From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Spiers Subject: Re: property searches for #+CATEGORY Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:28:05 +0000 Message-ID: <20071107142805.GN13544@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> References: <20071107111730.GH13544@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <3d6808890711070523u50bd8bbp963960978171e132@mail.gmail.com> <20071107133404.GL13544@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <3d6808890711070559x3b24ed3djc4276fdc09d074a9@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Adam Spiers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iplt4-0003gF-GU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:28:10 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iplt3-0003g3-Qp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:28:09 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Iplt3-0003g0-OJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:28:09 -0500 Received: from mail.beimborn.com ([70.84.38.100]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Iplt3-0005aM-Ak for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:28:09 -0500 Received: from mail.beimborn.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.8) with ESMTP id lA7ES8KQ029105 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:28:08 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id lA7ES8N8029100 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:28:08 GMT Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3d6808890711070559x3b24ed3djc4276fdc09d074a9@mail.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: org-mode mailing list On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 02:59:35PM +0100, Tim O'Callaghan wrote: > On 07/11/2007, Adam Spiers wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 02:23:12PM +0100, Tim O'Callaghan wrote: > > > It would seem to me that this is exactly what tags does. > > > You could move everything down a level and use tag inheritance: > > > * personal stuff :personal: > > > * work stuff :work: > > > > I could, but this would mean that each file would have a single > > top-level entry, and the entire contents would be indented an extra > > level, which I fear is a rather unattractive solution! > > It's the technique i've been using, and yes, it is unattractive. > > When i thought of tags, it was not explicitly for GTD context > specifier, it was also for adding searchable metadata to a todo node. Same here. I used tags for a lot more than GTD contexts, e.g. also for a rough ETC and to group them by areas of responsibility. (N.B. Sometimes a task can be motivated by multiple areas of responsibility, so subheadings aren't good enough.) > How about adding the context to the tag table with a prefix character, say #? I don't follow you, sorry. Perhaps I should state explicitly that my need to distinguish between 'work' and 'personal' categories has nothing to do with my use of GTD contexts. I can (and do very often) work from home, and I also occasionally(!) do personal tasks from the office.