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From: "Daniel J. Sinder" <djsinder@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: logging transitional states
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:14:25 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45874B01.6070201@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4dcc096c9d8ff094cf0253c47f874b87@science.uva.nl>

Just to add a related idea which may be relevant to a new extension:

Even for 'type' TODO keywords, they are asymmetric.  There may be
any number of keywords that essentially mean 'to do', but only one
(DONE) that means 'done.'

I occasionally have TODO items that become moot or otherwise
uninteresting, but I want a record of the fact that they were
considered for action.  For these, I don't want to remove the 'TODO'
keyword altogether.  Rather, I could have keywords such as
WITHDRAWN, CANCELLED, SCRAPPED, etc.  These items are no longer
things I need 'to do', nor are they truly 'done' (i.e., the task was
not completed), but I might want to keep them with a record (e.g., a
closing note) of why I scrapped the idea/plan.

So, combined with Dmitri's suggestion, I guess I'm suggesting that
TODO keywords should be assigned one of 3 mutually exclusive categories:
1. Nothing done yet
2. Transitional -- Action taken, but not yet done; in-progress
3. Nothing left to do (whether truly 'done' or not)

Anything in category 2 or 3 would be eligible for completion
logging.  Anything in category 3 would not appear in agenda view
TODO lists, but could still be found via a TODO keyword search.

In an org file, they could be grouped like this:
#+TYP_TODO: {TODO NEXT MAYBE} {ORDERED PAYED RECEIVED} {DONE
WITHDRAWN SCRAPPED}

Dan

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Currently there is not, but this looks like a useful extension.
> 
> Forthcoming, some time next year.
> 
> 
> - Carsten
> 
> On Dec 18, 2006, at 13:59, Dmitri Minaev wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I use org-mode with TODO keywords denoting workflow states. E.g., when
>> tracking purchases, I set the keywords to:
>>
>> #+SEQ_TODO: TODO ORDERED INVOICE PAYED RECEIVED SENT
>>
>> Is there a way to log the dates not only for the completion (SENT
>> state), but also for all transitional states?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> -- 
>> With best regards,
>> Dmitri Minaev

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2006-12-19  2:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-18 12:59 logging transitional states Dmitri Minaev
2006-12-18 15:27 ` Carsten Dominik
2006-12-19  2:14   ` Daniel J. Sinder [this message]
2006-12-19  4:29     ` Eddward DeVilla
2006-12-19  9:00       ` DSPAM " Bastien
2006-12-19  9:33         ` Carsten Dominik
2006-12-19 13:18   ` Dmitri Minaev
2006-12-19 17:22     ` Carsten Dominik
2006-12-19 12:04 ` Carsten Dominik

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