org-mode-mirror/EXPERIMENTAL/org-depend.el

;;; org-depend.el --- TODO dependencies for Org-mode

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;;; Commentary:
;;
;; WARNING: This file is just a PROOF OF CONCEPT, not a supported part
;;          of Org-mode.
;;
;; This is an example implementation of TODO dependencies in Org-mode.
;; It uses the new hooks in version 5.13 of Org-mode,
;; `org-trigger-hook' and `org-blocker-hook'.
;;
;; It implements the following:
;;
;; Triggering
;; ----------
;;
;; 1) If an entry contains a TRIGGER property that contains the string
;;    "chain-siblings(KEYWORD)", then switching that entry to DONE does
;;    do the following:
;;    - The sibling following this entry switched to todo-state KEYWORD.
;;    - The sibling also gets a TRIGGER property "chain-sibling(KEYWORD)",
;;      property, to make sure that, when *it* is DONE, the chain will
;;      continue.
;;
;; 2) If the TRIGGER property contains any other words like
;;    XYZ(KEYWORD), these are treated as entry id's with keywords.  That
;;    means, Org-mode will search for an entry with the ID property XYZ
;;    and switch that entry to KEYWORD as well.
;;
;; Blocking
;; --------
;;
;; 1) If an entry contains a BLOCKER property that contains the word
;;    "previous-sibling", the sibling above the current entry is
;;    checked when you try to mark it DONE.  If it is still in a TODO
;;    state, the current state change is blocked.
;;
;; 2) If the BLOCKER property contains any other words, these are
;;    treated as entry id's.  That means, Org-mode will search for an
;;    entry with the ID property exactly equal to this word.  If any
;;    of these entries is not yet marked DONE, the current state change
;;    will be blocked.
;;
;; 3) Whenever a state change is blocked, an org-mark is pushed, so that
;;    you can find the offending entry with `C-c &'.
;;
;;; Example:
;;
;; When trying this example, make sure that the settings for TODO keywords
;; have been activated, i.e. include the following line and press C-c C-c
;; on the line before working with the example:
;;
;; #+TYP_TODO: TODO NEXT | DONE
;;
;; * TODO Win a million in Las Vegas
;;   The "third" TODO (see above) cannot become a TODO without this money.
;;
;;   :PROPERTIES:
;;     :ID: I-cannot-do-it-without-money
;;   :END:
;;
;; * Do this by doing a chain of TODO's
;; ** NEXT This is the first in this chain
;;    :PROPERTIES:
;;      :TRIGGER: chain-siblings(NEXT)
;;    :END:
;; 
;; ** This is the second in this chain
;;
;; ** This is the third in this chain
;;    :PROPERTIES:
;;      :BLOCKER: I-cannot-do-it-without-money
;;    :END:
;;
;; ** This is the forth in this chain
;;    When this is DONE, we will also trigger entry XYZ-is-my-id
;;   :PROPERTIES:
;;     :TRIGGER: XYZ-is-my-id(TODO)
;;   :END:
;;
;; ** This is the fifth in this chain
;; 
;; * Start writing report
;;   :PROPERTIES:
;;     :ID: XYZ-is-my-id
;;   :END:
;;
;;

(require 'org)

(defun org-depend-trigger-todo (change-plist)
  "Trigger new TODO entries after the current is switched to DONE.
This does two different kinds of triggers:

- If the current entry contains a TRIGGER property that contains
  \"chain-siblings(KEYWORD)\", it goes to the next sibling, marks it
  KEYWORD and also installs the \"chain-sibling\" trigger to continue
  the chain.
- Any other word (space-separated) like XYZ(KEYWORD) in the TRIGGER
  property is seen as an entry id.  Org-mode finds the entry with the
  corresponding ID property and switches it to the state TODO as well."

  ;; Get information from the plist
  (let* ((type (plist-get change-plist :type))
	       (pos (plist-get change-plist :position))
	 (from (plist-get change-plist :from))
	 (to (plist-get change-plist :to))
	 (org-log-done nil) ; IMPROTANT!: no logging during automatic trigger!
	 trigger triggers tr p1 kwd)
    (catch 'return
      (unless (eq type 'todo-state-change)
	;; We are only handling todo-state-change....
	(throw 'return t))
      (unless (and (member from org-not-done-keywords)
		   (member to org-done-keywords))
	;; This is not a change from TODO to DONE, ignore it
	(throw 'return t))

      ;; OK, we just switched from a TODO state to a DONE state
      ;; Lets see if this entry has a TRIGGER property.
      ;; If yes, split it up on whitespace.
      (setq trigger (org-entry-get pos "TRIGGER")
	    triggers (and trigger (org-split-string trigger "[ \t]+")))

      ;; Go through all the triggers
      (while (setq tr (pop triggers))
	(cond
	 ((string-match "\\`chain-siblings(\\(.*?\\))\\'" tr)
	  ;; This is a TODO chain of siblings
	  (setq kwd (match-string 1 tr))
	  (catch 'exit
	    (save-excursion
	      (goto-char pos)
	      ;; find the sibling, exit if no more siblings
	      (condition-case nil
		  (outline-forward-same-level 1)
		(error (throw 'exit t)))
	      ;; mark the sibling TODO
	      (org-todo kwd)
	      ;; make sure the sibling will continue the chain
	      (org-entry-add-to-multivalued-property
	       nil "TRIGGER" (format "chain-siblings(%s)" kwd)))))

	 ((string-match "\\`\\(\\S-+\\)(\\(.*?\\))\\'" tr)
	  ;; This seems to be ENTRY_ID(KEYWORD)
	  (setq id (match-string 1 tr)
		kwd (match-string 2 tr)
		p1 (org-find-entry-with-id id))
	  (when p1
	    ;; there is an entry with this ID, mark it TODO
	    (save-excursion
	      (goto-char p1)
	      (org-todo kwd)))))))))

(defun org-depend-block-todo (change-plist)
  "Block turning an entry into a TODO.
This checks for a BLOCKER property in an entry and checks
all the entries listed there.  If any of them is not done,
block changing the current entry into a TODO entry.  If the property contains
the word \"previous-sibling\", the sibling above the current entry is checked.
Any other words are treated as entry id's. If an entry exists with the
this ID property, that entry is also checked."
  ;; Get information from the plist
  (let* ((type (plist-get change-plist :type))
	       (pos (plist-get change-plist :position))
	 (from (plist-get change-plist :from))
	 (to (plist-get change-plist :to))
	 (org-log-done nil) ; IMPROTANT!: no logging during automatic trigger
	 blocker blockers bl p1)
    (catch 'return
      (unless (eq type 'todo-state-change)
	;; We are not handling this kind of change
	(throw 'return t))
      (unless (and (not from) (member to org-not-done-keywords))
	;; This is not a change from nothing to TODO, ignore it
	(throw 'return t))

      ;; OK, the plan is to switch from nothing to TODO
      ;; Lets see if we will allow it.  Find the BLOCKER property
      ;; and split it on whitespace.
      (setq blocker (org-entry-get pos "BLOCKER")
	    blockers (and blocker (org-split-string blocker "[ \t]+")))

      ;; go through all the blockers
      (while (setq bl (pop blockers))
	(cond
	 ((equal bl "previous-sibling")
	  ;; the sibling is required to be DONE.
	  (catch 'ignore
	    (save-excursion
	      (goto-char pos)
	      ;; find the older sibling, exit if no more siblings
	      (condition-case nil
		  (outline-backward-same-level 1)
		(error (throw 'ignore t)))
	      ;; Check if this entry is not yet done and block
	      (unless (org-entry-is-done-p)
		;; return nil, to indicate that we block the change!
		(org-mark-ring-push)
		(throw 'return nil)))))

	 ((setq p1 (org-find-entry-with-id bl))
	  ;; there is an entry with this ID, check it out
	  (save-excursion
	    (goto-char p1)
	    (unless (org-entry-is-done-p)
	      ;; return nil, to indicate that we block the change!
	      (org-mark-ring-push)
	      (throw 'return nil))))))
      t ; return t to indicate that we are not blocking
      )))

(add-hook 'org-trigger-hook 'org-depend-trigger-todo)
(add-hook 'org-blocker-hook 'org-depend-block-todo)

;;; org-depend.el ends here