From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Masterson Subject: Re: Org-Mode and Task Dependencies Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 17:39:51 -0700 Message-ID: <8638ipr2js.fsf@gmail.com> References: <867g81r6qe.fsf@gmail.com> <87a9cxbpzq.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44840) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WNAyP-00057k-TT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:55:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WNAyG-0002Uk-SU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:55:13 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:51497) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WNAyG-0002Sp-Me for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:55:04 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WNAjh-0005Ze-Tr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 01:40:01 +0100 Received: from 71-84-12-50.dhcp.trlk.ca.charter.com ([71.84.12.50]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 01:40:01 +0100 Received: from dsmasterson by 71-84-12-50.dhcp.trlk.ca.charter.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2014 01:40:01 +0100 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nick Dokos writes: > David Masterson writes: > >> Simple question -- does org-mode handle task dependencies? And, if so, >> how well? In the outline form, I see you could setup parent-child >> relationships between tasks. I'm looking for more of tasks that aren't >> related, but are dependent on each other. >> >> In particular, in a parent-child relationship, you might say "THIS task >> is done when all of THOSE tasks are done" whereas I'm looking for more >> of a "THIS task can be started when all of THOSE tasks are done". >> >> How would you set this up in Org-Mode? > > Maybe what you are looking for is this section > > (info "(org) TODO dependencies") > > in the manual. Oh! Didn't see that before. It will take me some time to understand org-depend.el which, I think, is what I'm looking for. Thanks. Hmmm. That does bring up a question. Will MobileOrg handle dependencies in the org-depend sense? -- David Masterson