On 10/10/2017 08:42 PM, Richard Lawrence wrote: > Hi John, > > John Goerzen <jgoer...@complete.org> writes: > >> Unfortunately, org-mode only recognizes the PROPERTIES when they >> occur immediately after the headline. So whenever I take an action >> on an item like this, the properties become invisible to org-mode. > > What version of Org are you running? This sounds like old behavior > (or maybe a problematic mix of new and old behavior). PROPERTIES > drawer syntax changed (incompatibly) in 8.3; see > http://orgmode.org/Changes_old.html. Hi Richard,
Thanks for the reply! I have 9.0.3. (Bit embarrassed I omitted that detail, sigh.) So the documentation says PROPERTIES can be after a "planning line", shich seems to be DEADLINE: or SCHEDULED: but not necessarily CLOSED:. I attempted to validate this, both by evaulating (org-id-get) on the spot and by using C-c l (which was what caused the problem to begin with; it added a second PROPERTIES block, as I have org-id-link-to-org-use-id set to 'create-if-interactive). Now somehow I cannot duplicate the problem. So I don't know what the heck happened -- I know it DID happen -- but it's possible this is a PEBKAC issue anyhow. I cannot make it misbehave with either SCHEDULED or CLOSED in my testing now. - John > > If you are running an older version, may want to try upgrading and > then running the org-repair-property-drawers function defined on that > page. > Hope that helps! > > Best, > Richard