[O] Re: Bug: :clock-keep...not kept [7.5 commit-078c01bf3b1742b1015fac9f5bab3a429505f3c6]

[Bernt Hansen]

Hi Giovanni,

Giovanni Ridolfi <address@hidden> writes:

> I think I found a bug with the option ":clock-keep"
>
> :clock-keep'
>           Keep the clock running when filing the captured entry.
>
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)  of 2011-03-10 on 3249CTO
> Package: Org-mode version 7.5 commit-4168fccdc7eab648d9c4517afe56765aaa1e9664
>

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> I tried to look at the code to understand it, but it is beyond my skills.
>
> On the other hand I did some tests:
> ** set up  - beware I'm under Windows. 
>    (for Bernt's set up (linuxish) please refer to message
>    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/38485    )
>
> My minimal.emacs
> (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "c:/Documents and 
> Settings/my-path/org/lisp"))
> (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\|txt\\)$" . 
> org-mode))
> (require 'org-install)
>
> (global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
> (global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
> (global-set-key "\C-cb" 'org-iswitchb)
>
> (global-set-key "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
>
> (setq org-capture-templates (quote (("t" "todo" entry (file "c:/Documents and 
> Settings/my-path/a.org") "* TODO %?
> %U
> %a
> " :immediate-finish t :clock-in t :clock-keep t))))  
>
> I run emacs with:
>
> c:\path\>  emacs -q -l ~/minimal.emacs 
>
> C-c c t    to call the template.  
>            Fill it in and 
> C-c C-c    to close.
>
> I have modified the properties in the last row:
>
> ** if :immediate-finish nil :clock-in t :clock-keep t
>    the clock in clocks-in
>     BUT the clock is not kept, it is closed anyway. 

I can reproduce this problem.

I think :immediate-finish never clocks in at all which is
why :clock-keep is not doing anything in this case.

I think this is a bug and the clock should probably be started and kept
in the new capture task.

>
> **    without immediate-finish
> ** if                      :clock-in t :clock-keep t
>     the clock in clocks-in
>     BUT the clock is not kept, it is closed anyway. 

I can reproduce this problem as well.

I don't currently have a use case for :clock-keep so I'm not currently
using this feature in my templates.

I agree the clock should probably be started and kept in the new capture
task.


>
> cheers,
> Giovanni
>
> P.S. Side effect (very emacsish).
>
> While testing I found an unexpected behaviour with :clock-resume
>
> ** if :immediate-finish t :clock-in t :clock-resume t
> *** and If there is no clock to be resumed the clock-in does not
>     clock-in in the capture buffer.
> Is this  a bug?
> Shall be thrown a message: "No clock to be resumed"?
>
> *** If there is clock to be resumed
> the clock is resumed. It works.

I think this is intended behaviour.  If a clock is not already running
before you start the capture then there is no task to resume the clock
on.  In this case the clock stops after the capture is finalized.

Is throwing an error message for this really useful?

GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.0) of 2010-12-11
on raven, modified by Debian

Regards,
Bernt