Re: Bug: Priority Of A Task In Emacs 27.2 Cannot Be Removed With Space Key ("SPC to remove")

[Tim Cross]

Confirmed

I can reproduce this in org 9.4.6, Emacs 27.2. Bug confirmed.

"Samuel Banya" <sbanya@fastmail.com> writes:

> Hello there,
>
> I noticed a weird bug within Emacs Org Mode as I use it often for my TODO 
> lists for both personal use and for work.
>
> I noticed that if you hit "C-c ," you are prompted nowadays to enter a number 
> from like 1 to whatever your highest priority was set to, and that you have
> to enter in the number and THEN press enter.
>
> This behavior on a side note is a little annoying since I usually only use 
> priorities 1 through 5, and don't want to have to hit enter each time. I kind 
> of wish
> I could just go back to just hitting '1' or '5' and moving on. But, I 
> understand this was to make the ceiling of the highest priority be like 65 or 
> something
> like that, so I understand why this was included.
>
> My main point is that the "SPC to remove" option doesn't actually work.
>
> If you try doing "C-c ," then hit Space, and then press Enter, the priority 
> of the task still remains the same.
>
> Workaround:
> I've had to manually delete the priority number as a workaround which is a 
> bit annoying.
> I've used F3 as a on-the-fly macro to quickly do this across multiple todo 
> list items as well.
> However, it does feel a little awkward having to do this, so I'm wondering if 
> anyone has encountered this as well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam

-- 
Tim Cross