From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: A more generic Effort property? Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:16:29 +0100 Message-ID: <1A003C51-11DE-484B-AAEC-2A6D1D4C4916@uva.nl> References: <87od0l6jeu.fsf@mrs-clingwrap.csail.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L0Owu-0005rB-Je for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:16:36 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L0Ows-0005pD-MV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:16:35 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47695 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L0Ows-0005ou-FL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:16:34 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.190]:14247) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L0Owr-0005VA-PT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:16:34 -0500 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c7so392516nfi.26 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:16:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87od0l6jeu.fsf@mrs-clingwrap.csail.mit.edu> 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: Inanna Underhill Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Inanna, I am not sure if I understand correctly, but you can have several summing properties and use them just like the Effort property, but with just plain numbers, for example. - Carsten On Nov 12, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Inanna Underhill wrote: > > Hi, > > I am really enjoying upgrading from 5.23 to 6.11, especially the new > summing in the columns-view of the agenda buffer. I'd been trying to > figure out something like the Effort property behavior on my own, so > this is a bonus, too. Thank you! > > In my own thinking about effort, however, effort is a psychological > phenomenon. For example, some things that I do only take a short time > but are very difficult (nagging small children) , while others take a > long time but are easy (reading a book). I use the property > DURATION to > do what you are doing with Effort. > > So, obviously, I just changed the default name of the effort > property to > DURATION and that solves that. > > But here is (finally) why I'm writing. I think the Effort function > you > have designed should be more generic - specifically that it should not > require a HH:MM format. That would significantly increase the > number of > ways people could use it. As an expense tracker, for example, or > with a > simple integer for physical or psychological strain. Or even memory > usage! > > Ideally, multiple properties could share the Effort functionality, but > that may be opening a whole new can of worms. > > I'm going to try to write an add-on myself, but I figured I'd throw > it out > there in case people think it would be a useful change to the core > program. > > Inanna > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode