From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Noorul Islam Subject: Re: Repeated Tasks Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 23:26:58 +0530 Message-ID: <53821f890909011056n6e58e1acv87d378707c86e62@mail.gmail.com> References: <53821f890909010803t372254e9vb583d90b3da01eff@mail.gmail.com> <87hbvmwvaf.fsf@gmx.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MiXbM-00017G-H4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:57:04 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MiXbH-0000ua-PW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:57:04 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60291 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MiXbH-0000uQ-M8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:56:59 -0400 Received: from mail-vw0-f178.google.com ([209.85.212.178]:54473) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MiXbH-0006pM-9L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:56:59 -0400 Received: by vws8 with SMTP id 8so227047vws.14 for ; Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:56:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87hbvmwvaf.fsf@gmx.de> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Sebastian Rose Cc: org-mode Mailinglist On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Sebastian Rose wrote= : > Hi Noorul, > > > > > > > > Noorul Islam 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. >> >> For time being, I do the following. >> >> 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 >> > > how about: > > > 1. On the `TODO Check Mail' headline, clock in: > > =A0 C-c C-x C-i > > 2. Check mail > > 3. On the `TODO Check Mail' headline, clock out: > > =A0 C-c C-x C-o > > > Note, that you can use the menu from the clock display in the modeline > to clock out again. > > 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