Re: [O] Need help understanding how to limit a function to a tree

[mediapathic steen]

This worked a treat, and I learned a bit more. Thanks so much!

-- Steen

> On Feb 28, 2018, at 7:35 PM, John Kitchin <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> You probably want this:
> 
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (defun my-redo ()
>   (interactive)
>   (org-map-entries
>    (lambda ()
>      (org-todo "TODO"))
>    "TODO=\"DONE\""  ;; the match argument
>    'tree))  ;; the scope
> #+END_SRC
> 
> Then call:
> 
> M-x my-redo 
> 
> in the tree you want to reset.
> 
> 
> 
> John
> 
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> 
> On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 4:36 PM, mediapathic steen <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have a subtree that contains a daily list of things to do (which I keep as 
> TODOs rather than checklist form for more granular time tracking). I want to 
> reset all of the DONE to TODO every day when I start it. Right now I have 
> this piece of code I copypasted from somewhere now lost (possibly this very 
> group):
> 
> (org-map-entries (lambda ()
>           (when
>               (string=
>                (nth 2 (org-heading-components)) "DONE")
>                (org-todo "TODO"))))
> 
> This more or less makes sense to me. I have this code sitting in the subtree, 
> and  in order to do my daily reset, I edit the subtree in an indirect buffer, 
> eval-region the code, then kill the buffer.
> 
> What I would like to accomplish:
> 1) Can you help me understand how to modify this code so that it only applies 
> to the subtree it's run in (parents also would be fine in this case but not 
> necessary and seems more of a challenge)? Doing the indirect buffer thing 
> seems more hassle than is reasonable.
> 
> 2) I think I understand how to put this in my init in such a way that I can 
> C-x invoke it, rather than having to eval-region it, but I'm not certain. Can 
> you point me toward a reasonable tutorial or hints on how to do that in 
> general?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> -- Steen
>