Re: Are colons forbidden for TODO keywords?

[Ihor Radchenko]

Tommy Kelly <tommy.kelly@verilab.com> writes:

> *Am I correct that colons are forbidden for TODO keywords (at very least as
> the last character)? *
> I can't see an explicit prohibition in the manual, or in
> https://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html, but I'm seeing behavior that
> suggests there perhaps should be, as follows.

Colons should be allowed, AFAIK.

> However I've just noticed that the colons do seem to be a problem for smart
> tree construction. For example, if I run 'C-c / T' and provide "DONE:"
> (with colon) as the keyword, no headlines are found, despite there being
> many with that keyword in the relevant file. But if I provide "DONE" (no
> colon)[1] as the keyword, then all of my "DONE:" (with colon) headlines are
> found.

Could you please provide an MWE?
See https://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback

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