From: "Tim O'Callaghan" <timo@dspsrv.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: suggestion: automatically recording entry creation date
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:24:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3d6808890911030424p31a9bd63n43a0ba4415bc987e@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091103000142.GE32187@atlantic.linksys.moosehall>
2009/11/3 Adam Spiers <orgmode@adamspiers.org>:
> Ilya Shlyakhter (ilya_shl@alum.mit.edu) wrote:
>> A frequently-needed task is to find recently created entries. Right
>> now I do this by manually pasting a date into each entry,
>> and using the timeline agenda.
>> Maybe, there are better ways? E.g. have the option to automatically
>> record a property, "Creation-date", when an entry is created.
>> There would be much clutter if every entry had a :PROPERTIES: line.
>> But maybe there could be an option to hide the :PROPERTIES:
>> lines completely, unless it contained some user-defined properties.
>>
>> Or, creation date could be stored as a text property, to avoid
>> clutter, for long-running emacs sessions. But it would be lost when
>> the file is closed.
>> Maybe at file-closing time it could be converted to a normal property
>> in the :PROPERTIES: drawer.
>>
>> Or maybe there are other options?
>
> This would be useful to me too. It would be valuable not just for
> finding recently created ones, but for sorting any generated list of
> entries by creation date. This would for example make it easier to
> ensure that entries don't get stale with age.
>
> Bernt's approach is nice, but I agree that a completely clutter-free
> solution (i.e. :PROPERTIES: drawers completely hidden by default)
> would be extremely nice.
>
I have a :CREATED: LOGBOOK property set up in all of my remember templates:
("Task" ?t
"* TODO %?\n:LOGBOOK:\n:CREATED:%U:\n:END:\n"
"~/org/0_inbox.org" "TASKS")
Tim.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-03 12:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-31 2:13 suggestion: automatically recording entry creation date Ilya Shlyakhter
2009-10-31 4:57 ` Bernt Hansen
2009-11-03 0:01 ` Adam Spiers
2009-11-03 12:24 ` Tim O'Callaghan [this message]
2009-11-04 12:59 ` Adam Spiers
2009-11-20 20:21 ` Paul Holcomb
2009-11-21 20:01 ` Jason Dunsmore
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