From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Rayner Subject: automatic scheduling of next task in project Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:04:25 +1100 Message-ID: <21263.7097.839300.475663@raynernix2.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au> Reply-To: prayner@unimelb.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41495) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WIylZ-0005ce-Ug for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 06:04:43 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WIylU-000443-In for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 06:04:37 -0500 Received: from mail-gw1.its.unimelb.edu.au ([128.250.5.150]:41834) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WIylU-00043h-7K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 06:04:32 -0500 Received: from raynernix2.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au (morbo.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au [128.250.120.155]) by mail-gw1.its.unimelb.edu.au (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD977225 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:04:28 +1100 (EST) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I would like org-mode to remind me automatically of the next task in a project. Perhaps an example will help. I'll use outline headings to show the levels of tasks * Write trends paper ** global section *** analyze GCP results *** Calculate confidence intervals on trends ** Inverse Model section *** Code to read inverse model output *** Calculate regional Uncertainties **** Generate new region groupings **** Rerun calculation etc etc I can flatten this list into a list of TODO and I can store it as a separate project that will be incorporated into the agenda view. What I would like is that when I change one of these items to "done" the next one is automatically scheduled into the agenda. It means I can plan the workflow for a project then not have to bother remembering where I was up to ... guess who is doing too many things at once :-) Is this already possible? If not, is it worth creating some kind of file option so that, when a file is scanned for incorporation into the agenda view, the first TODO item that isn't listed as done will be listed in the agenda? Thanks in advance Peter *** -- Support us in the OXFAM trailwalker as we try to walk 100km in 24 hours. Peter Rayner room 343 School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, 3010, Vic, Australia tel: work: +61 (0)3 8344 9708; fax: +61 (0)3 8344 7761 mobile +61 402 752 379, skype: petermorag mail-to: prayner@unimelb.edu.au