This is the official manual for the latest Org-mode release.
Any headline becomes a TODO item when it starts with the word ‘TODO’, for example:
*** TODO Write letter to Sam Fortune
The most important commands to work with TODO entries are:
org-todo
),-> (unmarked) -> TODO -> DONE --. '--------------------------------'
If TODO keywords have fast access keys (see Fast access to TODO states), you will be prompted for a TODO keyword through the fast selection
interface; this is the default behavior when
org-use-fast-todo-selection
is non-nil
.
The same rotation can also be done “remotely” from the timeline and agenda buffers with the t command key (see Agenda commands).
org-use-fast-todo-selection
is set to prefix
, use the fast
selection interface.
shift-selection-mode
. See also the variable
org-treat-S-cursor-todo-selection-as-state-change
.
org-show-todo-tree
)KWD1|KWD2|...
to list
entries that match any one of these keywords. With a numeric prefix argument
N, show the tree for the Nth keyword in the option org-todo-keywords
.
With two prefix arguments, find all TODO states, both un-done and done.
org-todo-list
)agenda-mode
, which provides commands to examine and
manipulate the TODO entries from the new buffer (see Agenda commands).
See Global TODO list, for more information.
org-insert-todo-heading
)Changing a TODO state can also trigger tag changes. See the docstring of the
option org-todo-state-tags-triggers
for details.