From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs Subject: Re: GTD and adding next actions under projects with remember Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:30:30 +0200 Message-ID: <20090909153030.GA5318@taupan.ath.cx> References: <3678e0bb0909081742j43bf3f2brcf0721e01c6c0501@mail.gmail.com> <87vdjsl45e.fsf_-_@zinc.branchcut.ath.cx> Reply-To: friedel@nomaden.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MlP87-0002pg-SM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:30:43 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MlP82-0002mQ-VO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:30:43 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45934 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MlP82-0002lz-MH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:30:38 -0400 Received: from dudelab.org ([212.12.33.202]:3676 helo=mail.dudelab.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MlP81-0005H6-Tl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:30:38 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87vdjsl45e.fsf_-_@zinc.branchcut.ath.cx> 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: Desmond Rivet Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi! Let me give a bit of feedback on the aspect of "I'm implementing GTD". I do it a bit differently: * Projects are trees (or sub-trees) which have a :Project: Tag attached to them. They never have a TODO keyword of any kind. * Waiting-For items are tracked with a :WAITING: Tag. They never have a TODO keyword of any kind. * Only next actions get a todo keyword of TODO (or maybe DOING if they are work in progress) * Every tag is a potential context for me. The nice thing is that org let's me combine them, e.g. :Bob:Phone: * I use org's priority cookies exclusively as importance, ranging from A - C. That way I can see a list of next actions immediately by typing C-a a t, ordered by importance. With your system I fail to see how you can get quick access to your next action list. I also get a project list by typing C-a a p (tag match, with tag-inheritance turned off), also ordered by priority. Even though I keep todos, projects and reference material in one file together, org-mode allows me to quickly filter by TODO (=3D=3D Next Action List) :Project: (=3D=3D Project List) and any other Tag (=3D=3D Context). I also use active timestamps to designate tickler dates and :SCHEDULE: and :DEADLINE: cookies for the "hard landscape" of the day. Desmond Rivet schrieb: > The problem is that I have to specify a heading for the template in > org-remember-templates in the .emacs file. This is okay when I want to > jot down a new project, waiting item or *generic* next action, because > all these items have fixed headings, but I don't know how to make this > work when I don't know the heading ahead of time (remember that next > actions associated with projects live under the project heading). ---Zitatende--- Sorry for not helping with your particular problem (It looks like you might want to use C-1 C-c C-c or something like that), but: It sounds like you're mixing up collecting and processing. You only need to fill out the full context in the processing phase. At least I use the remember interface for quickly jotting down a note, then get back to work. The stuff I "remember" just goes into a Collect.org file, which I later process as an inbox. --=20 Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs TauPan on Ircnet and Freenode ;)