Re: Show parent PROJECTS for an item

From: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
To: Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Show parent PROJECTS for an item
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 09:21:16 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20524da70905180921n11808ec8w6b3702157573474@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k54fyxhm.fsf@fastmail.fm>

I recall that there was a variable that controls whether dots get put
into the agenda line to show that it is a child of the previous agenda
line, or something like that.

Might possibly work if you include the parent?

What was the name of that variable anyway?

On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 19:07, Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
> Eraldo Helal <admin@eraldo.at> writes:
>
>> On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 23:25, Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
>>
>>     Why not use categories for this? You could define a category for
>>     each
>>     project:
>>
>>     --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>     ** Some Project
>>       :PROPERTIES:
>>       :CATEGORY: special project
>>       :END:
>>     *** TODO Testing
>>     --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>>     Would show up in the agenda as:
>>
>>     --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>      special project:TODO Testing
>>     --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Sounds line a good idea, but:...
>> Doubts:
>> 1. I would have to set that prop for each project headline. // a lot of
>> work
>
> More work than adding the project name to each todo by hand, as your
> original post proposed?
>
>> 2. It is prone to "errors" > renaming the project does not rename the
>> context, etc.
>
> In my opinion, the easiest way to figure out which project a TODO
> belongs to is to use follow mode in the agenda. That way you can see the
> original context (i.e., project) to which a todo belongs.
>
> - Matt
>
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