Re: [Orgmode] `org-agenda-get-timestamps' fails on active timestamp before first headline

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Erik,

you should not put active time stamps before the first headline.
Active time stamps have a specific meaning in Org-mode.

Still, I have made the change to catch this error.

Greetings

- Carsten

On Jun 20, 2010, at 10:18 PM, Erik L. Arneson wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I've discovered a bug in `org-agenda-get-timestamps' wherein an active
> timestamp before the first headline causes it to fail.  I realize that
> this is probably an error in my use of active timestamps, but there  
> was
> no really handy error message and this bugged me for weeks.
>
> I'm not familiar enough with org-mode to know what the correct  
> behavior
> should be here (it'd be nice to get an error message saying "Don't use
> active timestamps that way!"), but here's an example .org file that  
> will
> trigger the bug:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> #+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 3 :scope today
> Clock summary at [2010-06-20 Sun 13:09]
>
> | L | Headline                              | Time   |
> |---+---------------------------------------+--------|
> |   | *Total time*                          | *0:13* |
> |---+---------------------------------------+--------|
> | 1 | Track down funky bug <2010-06-20 Sun> | 0:13   |
> #+END:
>
> * Track down funky bug <2010-06-20 Sun>
>  :LOGBOOK:
>  CLOCK: [2010-06-20 Sun 12:43]
>  CLOCK: [2010-06-20 Sun 12:30]--[2010-06-20 Sun 12:43] =>  0:13
>  :END:
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> I hope this can help somebody else track down the right place to fix
> this bug.
>
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- Carsten