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

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