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From: Noorul Islam <gnukid@gmail.com>
To: Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose@gmx.de>
Cc: org-mode Mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Repeated Tasks
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:26:58 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53821f890909011056n6e58e1acv87d378707c86e62@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87hbvmwvaf.fsf@gmx.de>

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Sebastian Rose<sebastian_rose@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Noorul,
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> Noorul Islam <gnukid@gmail.com> writes:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I have a requirement for calculating the time spent on repetitive
>> task. Say for example checking mails. I don't have a specific schedule
>> or deadline for this task.
>>
>> * TODO Check Mail
>>
>> I went through this document,
>> http://orgmode.org/org.html#Repeated-tasks. The methodologies
>> mentioned in the document requires a scheduled date or a deadline
>> which I don't have in this scenario.
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>> For time being, I do the following.
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>> 1. Change TODO to STARTED
>> 2. Clock-In
>> 3. Check mail. After checking mail return to org file.
>> 4. Clock-out
>> 5. Change STARTED to TODO
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> how about:
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> 1. On the `TODO Check Mail' headline, clock in:
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>   C-c C-x C-i
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> 2. Check mail
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> 3. On the `TODO Check Mail' headline, clock out:
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>   C-c C-x C-o
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> Note, that you can use the menu from the clock display in the modeline
> to clock out again.
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>

Thanks for the suggestion. Sometimes I do that also. But that won't
change the mod-line status saying that I am Checking Mails.

Thanks
Noorul

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2009-09-01 17:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-01 15:03 Repeated Tasks Noorul Islam
2009-09-01 15:15 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-09-01 17:56   ` Noorul Islam [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-05-13  5:16 Repeated tasks N. Raghavendra
2016-05-13 20:07 ` Leandro Noferini
2016-05-16 18:13   ` N. Raghavendra
2016-05-13  4:51 N. Raghavendra
2016-05-13  4:39 N. Raghavendra
2016-05-13  2:56 N. Raghavendra
2016-05-12 20:11 N. Raghavendra
2009-04-11  5:10 Repeated Tasks Antano Solar John
2009-04-12  3:13 ` Matthew Lundin

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