From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Not not using GTD Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:28:12 +0200 Message-ID: <5726f2198c29b405a27930514e8eabbf@science.uva.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IQRL0-0007ts-0q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IQRKz-0007rc-89 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IQRKz-0007rK-5d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:17 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IQRKy-000803-PO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:28:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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: Dmitri Minaev Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Aug 28, 2007, at 11:21, Dmitri Minaev wrote: > In the last year, I tried a couple of times to adopt the GTD planning > style. Until now, I was not successful, mainly due to my own inability > to keep the records up to date. Two weeks ago I gave another try and, > as before, I felt the initial relief that comes with getting rid of > the necessity to keep everything in mind. My org-mode setup is very > close to what Carsten described in Another GTD Question thread [1]: > tags for contexts, todo keywords for task state, outlines for pretty > everything else. Scheduling and deadlines make the standard agenda > view an amazing tool. Someday/Maybe lists simply have no todo state. I > have yet to explore the ways of dealing with projects. > > There are, however, some things I might want to do, but either don't > know how or still not sure if I should. > > * WAITING states in agenda > I really love the standard agenda view, but the list of currently > open todo items includes all unfinished entries, including waiting > tasks. To exclude them, I can define a custom agenda, but I would > prefer to customize the standard view, though, to replace the huge > "open todo items" list with a slightly more compact list of selected > todo-states. Is there a way to do so? > > How do you prefer to see your waiting items -- in the same list with > other todos or in a separate list? You can exclude selected stuff from any agenda view using `org-agenda-skip-function' For example (in a customize buffer) for org-agenda-custom-commands: Org Agenda Custom Commands: [Hide Value] [INS] [DEL] Choice: [Value Menu] Single command: Key: a Choice: [Value Menu] Agenda Match: Local options: [INS] [DEL] List: Option: org-agenda-skip-function Value: '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'regexp "\\*+[ ]+WAITING") [INS] [DEL] List: Option: org-agenda-overriding-header Value: "Agenda without the WAITING entries" [INS] [ ] Export: [INS] [INS] > > * Inherited tags in agenda > > The inherited tags are not shown in the agenda. It would be OK if I > were careful enough to tag all new entries. Now, as soon as I see an > untagged item in the agenda, I am tempted to check if it belongs to > a tagged upper level or I have simply forgotten to tag it. Is it > possible to show the inherited tags in the agenda? Not currently. The "T" key shows the tags in the echo area, though. - Carsten -- Carsten Dominik Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek" Universiteit van Amsterdam Kruislaan 403 NL-1098SJ Amsterdam phone: +31 20 525 7477