Re: [Orgmode] items not disappearing from agenda once marked done

[Nick Dokos]

Jan Böcker <address@hidden> wrote:

> On 08/19/2010 07:55 AM, Gert van Oss wrote:
> > dear list,
> > 
> > I know this is in the FAQ-[1] but I can't get it working. I've started
> > with a new setup not edited by hand. Can someone point me in the right
> > direction to get this working when I do: C-c-a?
> > 
> > (custom-set-variables
> >   ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
> >   ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
> >   ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
> >   ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
> >  '(org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done t)
> >  '(org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done t)
> >  '(org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-done t)
> >  '(org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options t)
> >  '(org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled t)
> >  '(org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t))
> > 
> > Thanks for any reply,
> > Gert
> > 
> > 
> > 1- http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#scheduled-vs-deadline-vs-timestamp
> > 
> 
> Hi Gert,
> 
> I just did a test with org-skip-scheduled-if-done here. I set it to t,
> scheduled a TODO item for today, then marked that DONE from the agenda.
> It disappeared as soon as I pressed 'r' to rebuild the agenda view.
> 
> 
> I think that is the intended behaviour, because rebuilding the agenda
> can be a slow operation.
> 
> Please give us a small example of what exactly does not work for you:
> describe what you do, what happens, and what you expect to happen
> instead. The version of Org-mode you are using would also be useful to
> know (M-x org-version), in case you have hit a bug. That would greatly
> help us help you!
> 

In addition to Jan's suggestions, it would also help if you examined the
values of the various variables involved to verify that the values you
think you have set are really there, e.g.

C-h v org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done <RET>

etc.

Nick