Re: [O] Bug: :clock-keep...not kept [7.5 commit-078c01bf3b1742b1015fac9f5bab3a429505f3c6]

[Giovanni Ridolfi]

Hello everyone,

I think I found a bug with the option ":clock-keep"

:clock-keep'
          Keep the clock running when filing the captured entry.

Emacs  : GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)  of 2011-03-10 on 3249CTO
Package: Org-mode version 7.5 commit-4168fccdc7eab648d9c4517afe56765aaa1e9664

The option was introduced on 2011-03-07, by Bastien,
in commit:

b969081ebd0da2711f1006fec39e04fe4a90ef71  : org-capture.el: 
                           new :no-clock-out template option.

and, after Carsten chimed in, message:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/38951
Bastien:
> See my previous message -- I used :no-clock-out to stick to the default
> behavior and avoid users to have to change their config.  Let me know if
> this is okay for you!

I like this decision, because of the templates is asked to clock
in, it seems natural for me that it will clock out when it is done.

This only suggestion I would have is it maybe call the property
:clock-keep-running.  No sure though.
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in commit  

54c638523d4706d955c9d16cb5f499bcfa92bec9   : org-capture.el: 
                                  Rename :no-clock-out to :clock-keep.

The thread with the complete discussion is here:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/38485

I tried to look at the code to understand it, but it is beyond my skills.

On the other hand I did some tests:
** set up  - beware I'm under Windows. 
   (for Bernt's set up (linuxish) please refer to message
   http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/38485    )

My minimal.emacs
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "c:/Documents and 
Settings/my-path/org/lisp"))
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\|txt\\)$" . org-mode))
(require 'org-install)

(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
(global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
(global-set-key "\C-cb" 'org-iswitchb)

(global-set-key "\C-cc" 'org-capture)

(setq org-capture-templates (quote (("t" "todo" entry (file "c:/Documents and 
Settings/my-path/a.org") "* TODO %?
%U
%a
" :immediate-finish t :clock-in t :clock-keep t))))  
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I run emacs with:

c:\path\>  emacs -q -l ~/minimal.emacs 

C-c c t    to call the template.  
           Fill it in and 
C-c C-c    to close.

I have modified the properties in the last row:

** if :immediate-finish nil :clock-in t :clock-keep t
   the clock in clocks-in
    BUT the clock is not kept, it is closed anyway. 

**    without immediate-finish
** if                      :clock-in t :clock-keep t
    the clock in clocks-in
    BUT the clock is not kept, it is closed anyway. 


cheers,
Giovanni

P.S. Side effect (very emacsish).

While testing I found an unexpected behaviour with :clock-resume

** if :immediate-finish t :clock-in t :clock-resume t
*** and If there is no clock to be resumed the clock-in does not
    clock-in in the capture buffer.
Is this  a bug?
Shall be thrown a message: "No clock to be resumed"?

*** If there is clock to be resumed
the clock is resumed. It works.