* timestamps and work logging
@ 2006-06-06 10:46 David O'Toole
2006-06-06 13:39 ` J. David Boyd
2006-06-07 13:09 ` Carsten Dominik
0 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: David O'Toole @ 2006-06-06 10:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Carsten. I have another modest proposal for you :-)
I notice that org-mode has a concept of timestamp ranges, and a
function to calculate the length of time in a given timestamp
range.
It seems to me that with a small amount of additional work, org-mode
could:
1. Provide a function org-clock-in, which lets you signal that you
have started working on a particular task. This would start a
timestamp range going on that task, so when you clock in on task
Foo, you get
** TODO Foo
WORK: <2006-06-06 Tue 06:33>--<>
2. Provide a function org-clock-out, which remembers where you last
clocked in, and completes the timestamp range:
** TODO Foo
WORK: <2006-06-06 Tue 06:33>--<2006-06-06 Tue 06:35>
3. Produce another timestamp range when you clock in again, thus
recording all the time intervals when you worked on this task:
** TODO Foo
WORK: <2006-06-06 Tue 06:33>--<2006-06-06 Tue 06:35>
WORK: <2006-06-06 Tue 06:39>--<>
4. Clock out of task A if you clock in to task B without manually
clocking out of task A.
5. Optionally display work time (i.e. no task completion) when
log-mode is on in the Agenda buffer.
6. When you call org-clock-total in a particular org-file, sum the
time intervals for each task in the file and produce a line like
TOTALWORK: 3:14 (3 hours, 14 minutes)
(This would make it easy for me to scan the file and produce client
bills from the output.)
I originally looked at timeclock.el for this, and wrote a simple org
interface for it, but I want to keep the time logging information in
my org-files, next to each task description, and separated for each
client---not all bundled together in a huge ~/.timelog file.
What do you think? Does it sound like a lot of work?
--
Dave O'Toole
dto@gnu.org
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2006-06-06 10:46 timestamps and work logging David O'Toole
@ 2006-06-06 13:39 ` J. David Boyd
2006-06-07 13:09 ` Carsten Dominik
1 sibling, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: J. David Boyd @ 2006-06-06 13:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
David O'Toole <dto@gnu.org> writes:
> Hi Carsten. I have another modest proposal for you :-)
>
> I notice that org-mode has a concept of timestamp ranges, and a
> function to calculate the length of time in a given timestamp
> range.
>
> It seems to me that with a small amount of additional work, org-mode
> could:
>
> ...
>
> I originally looked at timeclock.el for this, and wrote a simple org
> interface for it, but I want to keep the time logging information in
> my org-files, next to each task description, and separated for each
> client---not all bundled together in a huge ~/.timelog file.
>
> What do you think? Does it sound like a lot of work?
>
> --
> Dave O'Toole
> dto@gnu.org
I vote for this also. I used to use planner, and I liked being able to create
a work report, but didn't care all that much for planner, or the fact that all
the times were in a huge timelog file.
Dave in Largo, FL
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* Re: timestamps and work logging
2006-06-06 10:46 timestamps and work logging David O'Toole
2006-06-06 13:39 ` J. David Boyd
@ 2006-06-07 13:09 ` Carsten Dominik
2006-06-07 14:12 ` Jason F. McBrayer
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Carsten Dominik @ 2006-06-07 13:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David O'Toole; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Interesting functionality and not hard to do - I am putting it on my
list, but I am not sure how quickly this will happen.
- Carsten
On Jun 6, 2006, at 12:46, David O'Toole wrote:
>
> Hi Carsten. I have another modest proposal for you :-)
>
> I notice that org-mode has a concept of timestamp ranges, and a
> function to calculate the length of time in a given timestamp
> range.
>
> It seems to me that with a small amount of additional work, org-mode
> could:
>
> 1. Provide a function org-clock-in, which lets you signal that you
> have started working on a particular task. This would start a
> timestamp range going on that task, so when you clock in on task
> Foo, you get
>
> ** TODO Foo
> WORK: <2006-06-06 Tue 06:33>--<>
>
> 2. Provide a function org-clock-out, which remembers where you last
> clocked in, and completes the timestamp range:
>
> ** TODO Foo
> WORK: <2006-06-06 Tue 06:33>--<2006-06-06 Tue 06:35>
>
> 3. Produce another timestamp range when you clock in again, thus
> recording all the time intervals when you worked on this task:
>
> ** TODO Foo
> WORK: <2006-06-06 Tue 06:33>--<2006-06-06 Tue 06:35>
> WORK: <2006-06-06 Tue 06:39>--<>
>
> 4. Clock out of task A if you clock in to task B without manually
> clocking out of task A.
>
> 5. Optionally display work time (i.e. no task completion) when
> log-mode is on in the Agenda buffer.
>
> 6. When you call org-clock-total in a particular org-file, sum the
> time intervals for each task in the file and produce a line like
>
> TOTALWORK: 3:14 (3 hours, 14 minutes)
>
> (This would make it easy for me to scan the file and produce client
> bills from the output.)
>
> I originally looked at timeclock.el for this, and wrote a simple org
> interface for it, but I want to keep the time logging information in
> my org-files, next to each task description, and separated for each
> client---not all bundled together in a huge ~/.timelog file.
>
> What do you think? Does it sound like a lot of work?
>
> --
> Dave O'Toole
> dto@gnu.org
>
>
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>
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Carsten Dominik
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
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NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 525 7477
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* Re: timestamps and work logging
2006-06-07 13:09 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2006-06-07 14:12 ` Jason F. McBrayer
2006-06-07 15:29 ` Xavier Maillard
0 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Jason F. McBrayer @ 2006-06-07 14:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
> Interesting functionality and not hard to do - I am putting it on my
> list, but I am not sure how quickly this will happen.
I vote +1 on this. I'm using org-timestamp.el, and it's basically
adequate to my needs, but a more-integrated solution would help, too
(especially in terms of grouping related tasks). Totalling time usage
per-task and per-subtree would be really useful. Per-file, maybe not
so much --- I keep everything in one org file, not one-per-client.
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* Re: timestamps and work logging
2006-06-07 14:12 ` Jason F. McBrayer
@ 2006-06-07 15:29 ` Xavier Maillard
2006-06-07 15:42 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Xavier Maillard @ 2006-06-07 15:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jason F. McBrayer; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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2006/6/7, Jason F. McBrayer <jmcbray@carcosa.net>:
>
> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>
> > Interesting functionality and not hard to do - I am putting it on my
> > list, but I am not sure how quickly this will happen.
>
> I vote +1 on this. I'm using org-timestamp.el,
What is that ?
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* Re: timestamps and work logging
2006-06-07 15:29 ` Xavier Maillard
@ 2006-06-07 15:42 ` Carsten Dominik
2006-06-07 20:43 ` Jason F. McBrayer
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2006-06-07 15:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xavier Maillard; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
I Guess a typo. org-timeclock.el from David.
- Carsten
On Jun 7, 2006, at 17:29, Xavier Maillard wrote:
> 2006/6/7, Jason F. McBrayer <jmcbray@carcosa.net>:
>> dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>>
>> > Interesting functionality and not hard to do - I am putting it on my
>> > list, but I am not sure how quickly this will happen.
>>
>> I vote +1 on this. I'm using org-timestamp.el,
> What is that ?
> --
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
Kruislaan 403
NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 525 7477
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* Re: timestamps and work logging
2006-06-07 15:42 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2006-06-07 20:43 ` Jason F. McBrayer
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Jason F. McBrayer @ 2006-06-07 20:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: Xavier Maillard, emacs-orgmode
Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
> I Guess a typo. org-timeclock.el from David.
Yes, that's right; I mean org-timeclock.el, by David O'Toole.
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