Improved documentation of exit-logging of states.

I got questions in email that made clear that the documentation
does not explain the meaning of the second logging trigger
(like the "/@" in WAIT(@/@)) well enough.
Hope it is better now.
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Carsten Dominik 2008-03-04 09:52:54 +01:00
parent 5e14025496
commit b72a2d71e7
2 changed files with 10 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -1716,7 +1716,9 @@ that the WAIT state can be selected with the \"w\" key. \"WAIT(w!)\"
indicates to record a time stamp each time this state is selected.
\"WAIT(w@)\" says that the user should in addition be prompted for a
note, and \"WAIT(w@/@)\" says that a note should be taken both when
entering and when leaving this state.
entering and when leaving this state. The last double-setting is
only a backup, to force a note even if the target state has no
logging configured.
For backward compatibility, this variable may also be just a list
of keywords - in this case the interptetation (sequence or type) will be

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@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
@settitle Org Mode Manual
@set VERSION 5.22a
@set DATE February 2008
@set DATE March 2008
@dircategory Emacs
@direntry
@ -3015,9 +3015,12 @@ the @samp{Closing Note}.}, and that a note is recorded when switching to
WAIT or CANCELED. The setting for WAIT is even more special: The
@samp{!} after the slash means that in addition to the note taken when
entering the state, a time stamp should be recorded when @i{leaving} the
WAIT state. This allows you to get a record when switching from WAIT
back to TODO, without getting one when first turning an entry into a
TODO.
WAIT state. This second logging setting only comes into play when
switching to a state that has no logging set up. So it has no effect
when switching from WAIT to DONE, because DONE is configured to record a
timestamp only. But when switching from WAIT back to TODO, the
@samp{/!} in the WAIT setting now triggers a timestamp even though TODO
has no logging configured.
You can use the exact same syntax for setting logging preferences local
to a buffer: