From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Newman Subject: Re: A much simpler way of handling dependent tasks Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:51:23 +0000 Message-ID: <20090127225123.1791771a@newmanfamily.me.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRwmT-0006rN-Tx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:51:42 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRwmR-0006q3-5j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:51:41 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43902 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRwmQ-0006pv-Qo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:51:38 -0500 Received: from smtp2.enta.net ([62.249.192.218]:55698) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRwmQ-0006Av-FA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:51:38 -0500 Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown [84.45.232.14]) by smtp2.enta.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98B6814D9F9 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:50:32 +0000 (GMT) In-Reply-To: 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 On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:16:17 -0400 John Wiegley wrote: > I've been wanting a simple method for managing dependent tasks for > some time now, and only now did it occur to me that I could just > implement a much simpler method using your current blocking mechanism. > > The attached file, confusingly named org-depends.el, implements the > following scheme: > > 1. Any TODO which has incomplete child TODOs is blocked. > > 2. If a parent TODO has the ORDERED property, it's children must be > completed in order. Undone siblings block later siblings. > > 3. Blocked items are greyed out in the agenda list. > > John > This sounds like a sensible approach that would cover most my needs for dependencies between TODOs -- Mike