org: Fast access to TODO states
5.2.4 Fast access to TODO states
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If you would like to quickly change an entry to an arbitrary TODO state
instead of cycling through the states, you can set up keys for
single-letter access to the states. This is done by adding the
selection character after each keyword, in parentheses(1). For example:
(setq org-todo-keywords
'((sequence "TODO(t)" "|" "DONE(d)")
(sequence "REPORT(r)" "BUG(b)" "KNOWNCAUSE(k)" "|" "FIXED(f)")
(sequence "|" "CANCELED(c)")))
If you then press ‘C-c C-t’ followed by the selection key, the entry
will be switched to this state. ‘SPC’ can be used to remove any TODO
keyword from an entry.(2)
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(1) All characters are allowed except ‘@^!’, which have a special
meaning here.
(2) Check also the option ‘org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo’, it
allows you to change the TODO state through the tags interface (
Setting tags), in case you like to mingle the two concepts. Note that
this means you need to come up with unique keys across both sets of
keywords.
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