Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes: > Ken Mankoff <mank...@gmail.com> 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. Or you could use multiple > sets: > > #+TODO: TODO INPROGRESS | DONE > #+TODO: OTHER | COMPLETED > > In the latter case, the keywords all have to be different. > See > > (info "(org) TODO items")
Or after defining OTHER has a todo keyword add a property specifying which next state you want * OTHER Foo :PROPERTIES: :REPEAT_TO_STATE: OTHER :END: <2015-09-16 +1w> Regards, Bernt