How to use TODO tags in org-mode without defining headings?

Question

When I'm writing down a few notes in org-mode :

note 1
note 2
note 3

And then want to make 'note 2' a TODO item, I need to turn it into a headline, as such :

note 1
* TODO note 2
note 3

But now, 'note 3' belongs to the 'note 2' headline. The only solution I know is to turn the other notes into headlines as well.

* note 1
* TODO note 2
* note 3

But that's tedious.

I've tried

# TODO note 2

But that doesn't work either.

How to get todo-keyworded items without actually changing the outline ?

Answer 1

Your question seems to be here in the Worg FAQ.

As BeSlayed mentionned, you need to put (require 'org-inlinetask) in your ~/.emacs file (don't forget M-x eval-buffer the first time) (or you can do M-x load-library RET org-inlinetask, also…).

Then, an inline task is a heading with >15 stars, as described here, and you can use C-c C-x t to insert them.