Variable: org-treat-insert-todo-heading-as-state-change
org-treat-insert-todo-heading-as-state-change is a customizable
variable defined in org.el.gz.
Value
nil
Documentation
Non-nil means inserting a TODO heading is treated as state change.
So when the command M-x org-insert-todo-heading (org-insert-todo-heading) is used, state change
logging will apply if appropriate. When nil, the new TODO item will
be inserted directly, and no logging will take place.
Source Code
;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/org/org.el.gz
(defcustom org-treat-insert-todo-heading-as-state-change nil
"Non-nil means inserting a TODO heading is treated as state change.
So when the command `\\[org-insert-todo-heading]' is used, state change
logging will apply if appropriate. When nil, the new TODO item will
be inserted directly, and no logging will take place."
:group 'org-todo
:type 'boolean)