Re: [O] DONE repeating events become TODO, not OTHER

[Ken Mankoff]

On 2015-09-16 at 17:37, Nick Dokos <address@hidden> wrote:
> Ken Mankoff <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I have repeating events of type OTHER, as in:
>>
>> * OTHER Foo
>>   <2015-09-16 +1w>
>>
>> When I have finished the task for today, I mark it done. Because it is
>> a repeating event, it doesn't actually change to DONE, instead it
>> changes to TODO and adds a :LAST_REPEAT: item in the :PROPERTIES:
>> drawer.
>>
>> How do I tell this specific item, or all OTHER items in general, that
>> after completion it should remain OTHER rather than changing to TODO?
>>
>
> Do you *have* to have a TODO state? If not,
>
> #+TODO: OTHER | DONE
>
> should do the trick.

Yes it does the trick. I had to switch the buffer out of and back into Org mode 
for it to work, but now it does.

Thank you,

  -k.