Kyle Meyer <k...@kyleam.com> writes: >> This behaviour of `tags-todo` seems inconsistent to me. If `todo` can >> find DONE items, why shouldn't `tags-todo` do the same? > > Perhaps it should. The behavior has been that way for a long time, and > the code makes it look very deliberate. That of course is not an > argument that it should be that way, just one basis for expectations > (and a reason to be wary of breaking workflows). > > And it looks like it was actually supposed to change to your preference > in 2017. There was a report [0] that essentially boils down to what > you're saying, I think. In response, 942b6267a (org-agenda: `tags-todo' > command type includes DONE keywords, 2017-04-18) was applied, but then > reverted for reasons not related to the intended change in behavior [1]. > > There was then a follow-up in 2fb129b5c (`org-scan-tags' retrieve all > TODO keywords, not only not-done ones, 2017-08-17). As far as I can > tell, that was supposed to achieve the behavior you're after but didn't. > I don't have time to dig much at the moment, but quickly stepping > through org-scan-tags, I think the issue is that the MATCHER argument > still filters out done states. > > > [0] > https://orgmode.org/list/caf96xx0xxhpkjaxy0dqmoiy3rnt+duok4p1y71f1awyjanl...@mail.gmail.com/ > [1] https://orgmode.org/list/874lt89fi2....@free.fr/
Confirming this as an issue, if someone wants to fix it. -- Bastien