Ken Mankoff <mank...@gmail.com> writes: > On 2015-09-16 at 17:37, Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Ken Mankoff <mank...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> I have repeating events of type OTHER, as in: >>> >>> * OTHER Foo >>> <2015-09-16 +1w> >>> >>> When I have finished the task for today, I mark it done. Because it is >>> a repeating event, it doesn't actually change to DONE, instead it >>> changes to TODO and adds a :LAST_REPEAT: item in the :PROPERTIES: >>> drawer. >>> >>> How do I tell this specific item, or all OTHER items in general, that >>> after completion it should remain OTHER rather than changing to TODO? >>> >> >> Do you *have* to have a TODO state? If not, >> >> #+TODO: OTHER | DONE >> >> should do the trick. > > Yes it does the trick. I had to switch the buffer out of and back into Org > mode for it to work, but now it does. >
The easiest way to get newly added #+ lines to take effect is to C-c C-C on one of them. -- Nick
