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-rw-r--r--modules/org-agenda-config.el22
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/modules/org-agenda-config.el b/modules/org-agenda-config.el
index 599a8abf..20714d5d 100644
--- a/modules/org-agenda-config.el
+++ b/modules/org-agenda-config.el
@@ -199,17 +199,27 @@ nil so the org default category applies."
(defun cj/--org-set-todo-category ()
"Set buffer-local `org-category' to the project name for a todo.org buffer.
-Runs from `org-mode-hook'. Only overrides when `org-category' is still
-the default-from-filename (\"todo\"), so an explicit `#+CATEGORY:' in
-the file keeps precedence."
+Runs from `org-mode-hook'. Only overrides when nothing has set
+`org-category', so an explicit `#+CATEGORY:' in the file keeps precedence.
+
+The nil test is the whole guard, and it took a while to get right. Org does
+not assign the filename fallback to `org-category': with no `#+CATEGORY:' the
+variable stays nil and `org-get-category' derives \"todo\" at read time. An
+earlier version guarded on `(string= \"todo\" org-category)', which is a state
+org never produces, so this hook did nothing from the day it shipped."
(when (and buffer-file-name
(boundp 'org-category)
- (stringp org-category)
- (string= "todo" org-category))
+ (null org-category))
(when-let* ((project (cj/--org-todo-category-from-file buffer-file-name)))
(setq-local org-category project))))
-(add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'cj/--org-set-todo-category)
+;; Depth -100 so this runs FIRST, and it is load-bearing. `org-get-category'
+;; resolves a deferred `:CATEGORY' that the org-element cache then holds, so any
+;; hook that reads the category before this one freezes "todo" in that cache and
+;; leaves the `setq-local' below inert -- `org-category' reads correct while the
+;; agenda still shows "todo". `add-hook' prepends by default, so without the
+;; depth every hook added later would run earlier, and three already do.
+(add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'cj/--org-set-todo-category -100)
;; ------------------------ Org Agenda File List Cache -------------------------
;; Cache agenda file list to avoid expensive directory scanning on every view.