Re: [Orgmode] Re: file level categories

[Carsten Dominik]

On Mar 7, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Rainer Stengele wrote:

> Eddward DeVilla schrieb:
> > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Joel J. Adamson <address@hidden 
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm a little confused.  Forgetting for the moment what the OP  
> > > wants to
> > > accomplish, if I have multiple
> > >
> > > #+CATEGORY
> > >
> > > lines in a buffer, each one shows up in my agenda indexed by the
> > > category immediately preceding it.  Is there some other way *I  
> > > should*
> > > do this?
> >
> > The #+CATEGORY is more of a legacy thing now.  Unless you are like me
> > and try to have one category per file, you should use the category
> > property in the property drawer for an item.
> >
> > Edd
> >
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> you mean if I have 5 blocks of items, each belonging to another  
> CATEGORY
> I have to add a CATEGORY drawer to each and every item?

You dont have to.  However, the Use of #+CATEGORY has its problems.   
In particular,
in an outline, there is no such place as "between entries or trees".   
Therefore,
from the logical structure of the file, #+CATEGORY is always part of  
the previous
entry.  It is therefore confusing to have it set the category for the  
following
stuff.

If you only have top-level entries, putting category properties can be  
annoying.
However, CATEGORY is trated as a property with in inheritance.  So in

* HOME tasks
  :PROPERTIES:
    :CATEGORY: home
  :END:

** task 1
** task 2

both task 1 and task 2 have category "home".

Anyway, use of multiple #+CATEGORY lines will stay in org-mode for the  
foreseeable
future, but I will never use it.

HTH

- Carsten


> I am now working ok with #+CATEGORY at the beginning of each big  
> section.
>
> rainer
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