From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: starting a clock when not in org-mode Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 13:53:52 +0200 Message-ID: <80E641F1-06C1-4823-933E-FFF167BB04D4@gmail.com> References: <87k4dvc63u.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87y62arfku.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57153) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QKqwO-0003zJ-PG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2011 07:53:57 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QKqwN-0004FE-Q5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2011 07:53:56 -0400 Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:51905) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QKqwN-0004F6-IK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 May 2011 07:53:55 -0400 Received: by eyd9 with SMTP id 9so816944eyd.0 for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 04:53:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87y62arfku.fsf@fastmail.fm> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Matt Lundin Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On May 13, 2011, at 1:43 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Hi Eric, > > Eric S Fraga writes: > > [...] > >> The org-clock-in method works very well when I am pro-actively deciding >> what tasks to work on, e.g. through the agenda view. However, in some >> cases, I am reacting to external events (emails, somebody coming to see >> me, phone call, etc). I have a number of tasks which are more general >> and which capture this type of activity (admin, teaching, ...). If I >> happen to be in an org mode buffer, then "C-u M-x org-clock-in RET" >> allows me to pick the particular task (as it will typically be in the >> history) and clock it in. Works well. >> >> If I am *not* in an org buffer (yes, this happens sometimes ;-), I >> cannot do this as org-clock-in, even with the C-u arg, wants to find a >> headline. Can anybody suggest how I can clock in to a previously >> clocked task from any emacs mode? > > I cannot reproduce this. Here are the steps I took. I cannot reproduce it either. debug-on-error, and make a backtrace??? - Carsten > > - clocked into a headline > - clocked out > - switched buffer to *scratch* (I tried it a second time with a TeX > buffer, which also worked) > - typed C-u M-x org-clock-in > - selected 1 (the most recent task) > > Org successfully clocked into the task in the background. > > Best, > Matt > - Carsten