From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Egli Subject: Re: org-mode workflow Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:26:44 +0200 Message-ID: <1144657604.8041.6.camel@elrond.novell.com> References: <443A0293.8020105@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FSrk3-0005UY-E9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:27:23 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FSrk1-0005Tx-3e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:27:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FSrk0-0005Tu-Tw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:27:20 -0400 Received: from [195.33.99.129] (helo=gwia-smtp.id2.novell.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FSrob-0003aN-VW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:32:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: <443A0293.8020105@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi all Thanks Austin for starting this discussion. I've been wanting to start a discussion on use cases for org-mode for quite some time. On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 03:00 -0400, Austin Frank wrote: > 1) Do you find it to be more convenient to have one file per topic > (research.org, personal.org, etc), or one directory per topic with more > specific files within it (research/project1.org, personal/finances.org)? So far I've been using one file per topic. > 2) Within an org file, do you find it more effective to maintain one > tree for tasks and other trees for notes, or do you mix notes and tasks > within the same trees? I mix notes and tasks. > 3) If you use remember with org, what role does it play in your work > flow? When do you find yourself reaching for a remember note instead of > using an org link or editing an org file directly? I have not used remember so far. > 5) What's the one trick you're most pleased to have discovered, or the > one feature that changed your routine most once you began to use it? I always start the day with opening my agenda-list to see what I have planned to do today. I use the week view so I can see at a glance how busy the rest of the week is. -- Christian Egli, Senior Consultant Novell (Schweiz) AG, Leutschenbachstrasse 41, 8050 Zürich Tel. +41 43 299 75 46 direct, Tel. +41 43 299 78 00, Fax: +41 43 299 75 01