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From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: Sebastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Can't use char ">" in TODO state
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:07:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k47ys50i.fsf@altern.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <80d3duoajd.fsf@somewhere.org> (Sebastien Vauban's message of "Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:32:06 +0200")

Hi Sébastien,

"Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:

> I find this behavior not entirely satisfying, even if I can fully accept that
> ">" is a forbidden character in the TODO states. For example, we could think
> of a warning being generated, or of the state being fully ignored, or ...

I agree there is inconsistency here.  Special chars are allowed in TODO
keywords but they create the confusion you describe when used at the beg
or the end of the keyword ("NE>W" is safe AFAICT.)

> BTW, do you have an alternative for this "NEW" state, in 4 positions?
> ;-)

NIOU?

:)

-- 
 Bastien

      parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-21 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-18 10:32 Can't use char ">" in TODO state Sebastien Vauban
2011-10-18 11:25 ` Michael Brand
2011-10-21 15:11   ` Bastien
2011-10-23  7:38     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-10-23 15:07       ` Jambunathan K
2011-10-23 16:19         ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-10-23 18:07       ` Bastien
2011-10-24  9:22       ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-10-26 16:51         ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-10-21 15:07 ` Bastien [this message]

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