Re: [Orgmode] Docs submitted (Was Re: Advice sought on managing decision alternatives.)

[Carsten Dominik]

On Feb 11, 2009, at 2:08 AM, Tom Breton (Tehom) wrote:

> > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> > > On Feb 10, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Manish wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Tom Breton (Tehom) wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > > > OK, I've add comments, keywords, and some docstrings I forgot to
> > > > > org-choose.el, and I wrote a standalone doc. Both are attached.
> > > >
> > > > This is very intriguing functionality. I tried to follow your and
> > > > Casten's
> > > > earlier exchanges but could understand only a little. So I tried to
> > > > follow
> > > > your tutorial but I am getting stuck at switching the  
> > > > `choosenness' of
> > > > items.
> > > > I get following error when I try to switch to any state from "no
> > > > state".
> > > > Once
> > > > I assign a state by typing it out manually (as opposed to using  
> > > > state
> > > > switching commands), I can then switch between states but the error
> > > > repeats
> > > > when I try to switch to "MAYBE" state.
> > > >
> > > > ,----
> > > > | save-excursion: Symbol's function definition is void:
> > > > outline-up-heading-all
> > > > `----
> > >
> > > Hmm, not sure if I messed up there - so I fixed this bug. Tom,
> > > please check if I did this right.
> >
> > This issue is gone for me.  Thanks.
> >
> > > > So far, my understaning is that only one item can be in "YES"  
> > > > state. If
> > > > I
> > > > try
> > > > to switch another item to "YES" then the existing "YES" will be  
> > > > demoted
> > > > to "MAYBE". So for a two-state choosenness only one item can be in
> > > > CHOOSE
> > > > state while all others will switch to NOT_CHOOSEN state.. is that
> > > > understanding correct?
> >
> > With three choices for choosenness, it works as I expected (only  
> > one item
> > in
> > CHOSEN state at a time) but for more choices like:
> >
> > #+CHOOSE_TODO: REJECTED(r) NOT_CHOSEN(n,-) MAYBE(,0)
> > LEANING_TOWARDS(l) CHOSEN(c,+)
> >
> > it allows multiple items to be in CHOSEN state.  How do we  
> > interpret that?
>
> Having fetched and set up 6.22b, I can now reproduce it.
>
> This bug is simple.  In "Setting it all up" at the end of org- 
> choose.el,
> in 6.22b a quote got introduced before progn.  That's all.  With that
> quote, it "evaluated" a quoted form and did nothing.  I'd send a  
> patch,
> but ISTM it's easier to just press backspace once.  It's here:
>
> (eval-after-load 'org
>  '(progn
> ;;^--HERE.
>     (add-to-list 'org-todo-setup-filter-hook
>                   #'org-choose-setup-filter)
>     (add-to-list 'org-todo-get-default-hook
>                   #'org-choose-get-default-mark)
>     (add-to-list 'org-trigger-hook
>                   #'org-choose-keep-sensible)
>     (add-to-list 'org-todo-interpretation-widgets
>                   '(:tag "Choose   (to record decisions)" choose)
>                   'append)
>   ))

Hi Tom,

maybe you can educate me:  I have never understood what the "#" does
in code like the one you have here.  You are using it, so maybe you  
know?

- Carsten