From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jambunathan K Subject: Re: Basic organization question Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:23:32 +0530 Message-ID: <8139ou67c3.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59142 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Pdz5H-0000fG-SD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:53:56 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pdz5G-0002ww-NK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:53:55 -0500 Received: from mail-gw0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:48439) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Pdz5G-0002wo-Kq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:53:54 -0500 Received: by gwj22 with SMTP id 22so1594056gwj.0 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:53:53 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Tommy Kelly's message of "Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:35:40 -0600") 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: Tommy Kelly Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > I can see that TODOs can be organized using tags, or categories, or > files, or simply subtrees (or several of those). Is there an obvious > choice? >From my own experience, Orgmode 'favors' tags more than categories i.e., there is more bells and whistles surrounding tags rather than categories. If you are starting out, my recommendation would be to fit/think (or re-fit/re-think) your personal workflow in terms of tags rather than categories. The key principle is tags to headline/task association is dynamic while tags to category association is persistent. > > All I'm really looking for is a basic organization, to let me "group" > tasks of different broad functional areas -- accounting, recruitment, > IT, and so on. > I suggest one file for each with a FILETAG attached to them. It might help you to define some sequence and specialized TODO keywords. Have zero tags to begin with and limit your tags as much as possible. Jambunathan K. > And I like the idea discussed in http://orgmode.org/org.html, where > tasks get captured into a single refile.org file and then later moved > about into their classification homes. > > But of those various ways of classifying, is there one to be preferred? > > thanks, > Tommy > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode