Re: [O] DONE repeating events become TODO, not OTHER

[Nick Dokos]

Ken Mankoff <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2015-09-16 at 17:37, Nick Dokos <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Ken Mankoff <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> I have repeating events of type OTHER, as in:
>>>
>>> * OTHER Foo
>>>   <2015-09-16 +1w>
>>>
>>> When I have finished the task for today, I mark it done. Because it is
>>> a repeating event, it doesn't actually change to DONE, instead it
>>> changes to TODO and adds a :LAST_REPEAT: item in the :PROPERTIES:
>>> drawer.
>>>
>>> How do I tell this specific item, or all OTHER items in general, that
>>> after completion it should remain OTHER rather than changing to TODO?
>>>
>>
>> Do you *have* to have a TODO state? If not,
>>
>> #+TODO: OTHER | DONE
>>
>> should do the trick.
>
> Yes it does the trick. I had to switch the buffer out of and back into Org 
> mode for it to work, but now it does.
>

The easiest way to get newly added #+ lines to take effect is to C-c C-C on one 
of
them.

-- 
Nick