Re: When is a TODO really a TODO ? ...

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@googlemail.com>
Cc: org-mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: When is a TODO really a TODO ? ...
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 07:50:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6E89C935-605F-46C8-8B97-63FEE2A827F5@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ds7ikxewrx.fsf@home.net>

Hi Richard,

you make an interesting point.  The fact that items with a process  
state are called TODO
items had two roots:

- historically:  Initially, there was only TODO and DONE.

- pedagogically: Org-mode tries to be "easy-entry, but then
   lots of stuff under the hood".
   This is why TODO items are introduced the way they are.
   You said that you have been confused by this, so maybe it
   is not the right way after all.  Any proposals on how to
   address this in the docs?

- Carsten

On  4Nov2007, at 6:38 PM, Richard G Riley wrote:

>
> I'd just like to point a little issue when discussing TODO items.  
> There
> is frequently a tendency to confuse an item marked with "TODO" for a
> TODO item ....
>
> e.g
>
> ,----
> | C-c C-v runs the command org-show-todo-tree
> |   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `/home/ 
> shamrock/programming/lisp/org-5.13h/org.elc'.
> | It is bound to C-c C-v, <menu-bar> <Org> <TODO Lists> <Show TODO  
> Tree>, <menu-bar> <Org> <Special views current file> <TODO Tree>.
> | (org-show-todo-tree arg)
> |
> | Make a compact tree which shows all headlines marked with TODO.
> `----
>
> Items marked with TODO are not more special than one marked with  
> APPLE :
> its all down to the sequences e.g
>
> #+SEQ_TODO: APPLE(t) WAITING(w@) INPROGRESS(p@) | DONE(d) CANCELLED 
> (x@) DELEGATED(l@)
>
> And the org-show-todo-tree actually shows any tasks marked as "in
> sequence" or "being processed" if you will
>
> I mention this because I got confused a lot earlier in my experiences
> with org-mode as to what TODO items really are. It seems, and please
> correct me if I am wrong, that there really are not any TODO items -
> there are only items assigned a process status. ie far more generic.
>
> Anyway, just some idle thoughts!
>
>
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