From: Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is the Preferred Method for Logging Creation Date?
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:18:17 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5460C929.7040208@wilkesley.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20141106T191532-177@post.gmane.org>
On 06/11/14 20:20, Dominic Surano wrote:
> I'm a huge fan of Org-mode and have been using it daily for a little over a
> year. I've been following this list for about 8 months and really benefit
> from
> the level of technical discussion. I've finally encountered a methodology
> problem that I haven't quite been able to wrap my head around and I'm
> curious
> how other people implement this functionality.
>
> I'm a heavy user of capture templates. One thing I've been struggling with
> for a while now is how to appropriately log the creation time of such
> templates
> in a way that can be useful for agenda views. Knowing WHEN I created a
> heading is often just as useful as the content in the heading. The end goal
> is to
> be able to quickly pull up an agenda view that shows each entry on the day /
> time it was created.
>
> For all the examples below, I've just included the FINAL output from org-
> capture rather than the templates themselves. I feel I have a pretty good
> understanding of capture templates, but can provide them if you think
> they'll help in formulating a solution.
>
> Org-mode currently has built in support for DEADLINE, SCHEDULED, and CLOSED
> times. Ideally, for my use cases, CREATED would also be built in such that
> headings would look like:
>
> * DONE Task
> CLOSED: [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59] DEADLINE: <2014-11-06 Thu> CREATED: [2014-
> 11-06 Thu 10:50]
> :LOGBOOK:
> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59]
> :END:
> :PROPERTIES:
> :Via: Origin of this task
> :Note: Note describing task
> :ID: 64f7fa18-0936-46cb-a2c8-21a0fbc9bae3
> :END:
>
> And I would be able to pull up an agenda view using a similarly named
> special property (http://orgmode.org/manual/Special-properties.html#Special-
> properties). Unfortunately, since CREATED is not a special property, I end
> up with:
>
> * DONE Task
> CLOSED: [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59] DEADLINE: <2014-11-06 Thu>
> :LOGBOOK:
> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59]
> :END:
> CREATED: [2014-11-06 Thu 10:50]
> :PROPERTIES:
> :Via: Origin of this task
> :Note: Note describing task
> :ID: 64f7fa18-0936-46cb-a2c8-21a0fbc9bae3
> :END:
>
> I consider this similar to Bernt Hansen's approach
> (http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#InsertInactiveTimestamps). Turning on
> inactive timestamps, using v
> [ in the agenda view, doesn't just pull up the CREATED time, but also the
> state change time in LOGBOOK in addition to any other inactive timestamps
> (either in the entry, notes in LOGBOOK, etc.). I've considered using the
> special property TIMESTAMP_IA, but unfortunately, as shown above "CREATED:
> ..."
> always ends up getting bumped down when a state change is made or note is
> taken, and the :LOGBOOK: drawer is created.
>
> I have no doubt that implementing CREATED as a special time would be non-
> trivial.
>
> Here are some solutions I've contemplated implementing:
>
> 1) Including the creation date in the logbook using a format consistent with
> org-todo state changes:
>
> * DONE Task
> CLOSED: [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59] DEADLINE: <2014-11-06 Thu>
> :LOGBOOK:
> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59]
> - State "TODO" from "" [2014-11-06 Thu 10:50]
> :END:
> :PROPERTIES:
> :Via: Origin of this task
> :Note: Note describing task
> :ID: 64f7fa18-0936-46cb-a2c8-21a0fbc9bae3
> :END:
>
> This seems to make a lot of sense (although I'm still unclear about how to
> generate the aforementioned agenda view), but it breaks down for capture
> templates that don't use org-todo-keywords (i.e. are ALWAYS stateless).
>
> 2) Including the creation date in the logbook using something similar to
> note (C-c z):
>
> * DONE Task
> CLOSED: [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59] DEADLINE: <2014-11-06 Thu>
> :LOGBOOK:
> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59]
> - Created from capture template on [2014-11-06 Thu 10:50]
> :END:
> :PROPERTIES:
> :Via: Origin of this task
> :Note: Note describing task
> :ID: 64f7fa18-0936-46cb-a2c8-21a0fbc9bae3
> :END:
>
> This makes sense, but breaks consistency with org-todo state changes and has
> the same agenda problem described in (1).
>
> 3) Including the creation date in a the property drawer:
>
> * DONE Task
> CLOSED: [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59] DEADLINE: <2014-11-06 Thu>
> :LOGBOOK:
> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2014-11-06 Thu 10:59]
> - State "TODO" from "" [2014-11-06 Thu 10:50]
> :END:
> :PROPERTIES:
> :Via: Origin of this task
> :Note: Note describing task
> :Created: [2014-11-06 Thu 10:50]
> :ID: 64f7fa18-0936-46cb-a2c8-21a0fbc9bae3
> :END:
>
> This would maintain consistency with org-todo, but I'm not sure how I would
> generate the agenda view. It seems to be the preferred method for users of
> org-expiry.el.
>
Not quite what you wanted, but I use CREATED in the PROPERTY draw:
("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline
"~/Documents/emacs/org/org_files/tasks/todo.org" "Tasks") "* TODO
%?\nSCHEDULED: %^t\n
:PROPERTIES:\n:CREATED: %U\n:LOGGING: DONE(@)\n:END:\n%a\n" :prepend t)
I haven't needed to filter the Agenda by a PROPERTY, but according to
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-custom-agenda-commands.html it
is possible. However, a quick Google doesn't turn up any examples.
Ian.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-11-06 20:20 What is the Preferred Method for Logging Creation Date? Dominic Surano
2014-11-10 14:18 ` Ian Barton [this message]
2014-11-10 14:21 ` Ian Barton
2014-11-10 18:00 ` Karl Voit
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