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From: Rainer M Krug <r.m.krug@gmail.com>
To: John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: inline TODO?
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:27:41 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50CB456D.5090701@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ51ETp+SBDuBywd=G8nJZfiBArLrUxN2S7H1Fe4iPTuwTCtpg@mail.gmail.com>

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On 14/12/12 15:53, John Kitchin wrote:
> Is there a way to have a TODO item in an org-file that is not in a headline and that shows up
> in the agenda?
Hi

Look for inline tasks:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11718401/how-to-use-todo-tags-in-org-mode-without-defining-
headlines

Does this help?

Never used them, but always wanted to...

Cheers,

Rainer

> 
> I have been using org-mode to write papers, and often in the middle of a section I want to make
> a TODO item, right where something needs to be done, and I do not want to make a new heading
> there as it changes the overall organization (even though it is temporary and will be removed).
> Something like this would be great:
> 
> #+TODO: finish this section DEADLINE: <2012-12-14 Fri>
> 
> 
> At the moment I can search for these lines, but it would be nice if they showed up in the
> agenda. Is there any way to do this that I am overlooking?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> j
> 
> 
> Here is a simple usage for example.
> 
> 
> * introduction
> 
> Lots of text. blah blah #+TODO: finish this section DEADLINE: <2012-12-14 Fri>
> 
> end of introductory text that is still in the introduction section.
> 
> * Methods yadayadaya.
> 
> ** TODO I do not like this because subsequent text is in a subsection
> 
> we used this method to do that.
> 
> * Conclusions The end.
> 
> John
> 
> ----------------------------------- John Kitchin Associate Professor Doherty Hall A207F 
> Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 
> 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
> 
> 

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  reply	other threads:[~2012-12-14 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-14 14:53 inline TODO? John Kitchin
2012-12-14 15:27 ` Rainer M Krug [this message]
2012-12-14 15:54   ` John Kitchin
2012-12-16  5:57   ` J. David Boyd

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