Ah. My bad. Of course that's not how to set the property.
#+PROPERTY: COOKIE_DATA recursive works great. Alexander On 5/21/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On May 20, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Alexander wrote: > >> Thanks! >> >> It works great. However, I can't get it to work on a per-file basis, >> ie with: >> #+COOKIE_DATA: recursive > > What makes you think this should work? > > But: This is a property which is inherited, so I think > > #+PROPERTY: COOKIE_DATA recursive > > might do the trick (untested). > > - Carsten > >> >> It works fine for my purposes - I just set it on a per-tree basis, but >> I don't know if this is desired behavior or not. >> >> Best, >> >> Alexander >> >> >> On 5/20/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi Alexander, >>> >>> in the latest git version you can do >>> >>> (setq org-hierarchical-todo-statistics nil) >>> >>> Or, if you want this only for specific trees, you can >>> set a property[1] >>> >>> :COOKIE_DATA: todo recursive >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> - Carsten >>> >>> [1] The "todo" part in the property is unnecessary if the >>> entry does not have checkboxes >>> >>> On May 19, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Alexander wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I've now switched to following the development version because >>>> several >>>> things that I've wanted have been implemented in the short time I've >>>> been using org-mode already! And I was impressed with orgmode at the >>>> outset... >>>> >>>> I tried version 6.26trans, and the hierarchical checkbox statistics >>>> works as expected. But I can't get the same behavior for TODO's. I >>>> just wanted to check that this is correct - that I'm not doing >>>> something wrong. >>>> >>>> Maybe I should explain more what I use org-mode for in this case to >>>> make things clearer. I use it to keep track of the readings I have >>>> to >>>> do for a qualifying exam. I categorize the readings according to >>>> topic, and then track the progress of each reading as a TODO. The >>>> reason I want to be able to check the global number of readings is >>>> to >>>> make sure that I'm keeping the right pace. The list is pretty long >>>> (223 entries in ~20 topics), so it's cumbersome to do by hand. >>>> >>>> This is a better representation of the file I use: >>>> >>>> * readings [0/0] >>>> :PROPERTIES: >>>> :COOKIE_DATA: todo >>>> :END: >>>> ** topic a >>>> *** TODO book 1 >>>> *** TODO book 2 >>>> ** topic b >>>> *** TODO article 1 >>>> *** TODO article 2 >>>> ** topic c >>>> *** TODO book 1 >>>> *** TODO article 2 >>>> >>>> So is it possible to have the cookie at the top count the TODO's at >>>> the lower levels? >>>> >>>> If not, it's not a big problem really - I can count them reasonably >>>> using grep and wc, but it just seems like a combination of >>>> hierarchical-checkbox-statistics and COOKIE_DATA: todo would do it? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Alexander >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/19/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> We have had the same discussion recently about checkboxes, >>>>> and added a variable org-hierarchical-checkbox-statistics. >>>>> >>>>> However, my personal view is that the outline hierarchy is >>>>> different, because if you are organizing tasks into a hierarchy, >>>>> so it does not make sense to add TODO's on different levels. >>>>> >>>>> - Carsten >>>>> >>>>> On May 19, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Alexander wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Forgive me if there is an obvious way to do this that I haven't >>>>>> found. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there an easy way to calculate the total number of tasks for a >>>>>> file or a subtree? >>>>>> For example, if the checkbox/todo progress cookie would calculate >>>>>> the >>>>>> number of checkboxes/todos recursively for a subtree. >>>>>> >>>>>> so that this: >>>>>> >>>>>> * TODO heading 1 [1/3] >>>>>> ** DONE task A >>>>>> ** TODO task B >>>>>> ** TODO task C >>>>>> *** TODO task C1 >>>>>> *** TODO task C2 >>>>>> >>>>>> would be this instead: >>>>>> >>>>>> * TODO heading 1 [1/5] >>>>>> ** DONE task A >>>>>> ** TODO task B >>>>>> ** TODO task C >>>>>> *** TODO task C1 >>>>>> *** TODO task C2 >>>>>> >>>>>> I would be fine with any other solution as well, it was just >>>>>> that it >>>>>> seems closest to the checkbox/todo functionality. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks you, >>>>>> >>>>>> Alexander >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >>>>>> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >>>>>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>>>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
