From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Myles English Subject: Re: Remaining Work Report Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:39:42 +0100 Message-ID: <873971jyoh.fsf@gmail.com> References: <80ehsog1gi.fsf@somewhere.org> <87limshfif.fsf@gmail.com> <80zk9ppbxn.fsf@somewhere.org> <87havhk5qn.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: emacs-orgmode Mode , Myles English Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35263) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUIpg-0003St-1E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 May 2012 10:34:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUIpb-0007n6-4W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 May 2012 10:34:35 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:53310) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SUIpa-0007mN-Ri for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 15 May 2012 10:34:31 -0400 Received: by eekb47 with SMTP id b47so2084487eek.0 for ; Tue, 15 May 2012 07:34:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87havhk5qn.fsf@gmail.com> (Myles English's message of "Tue, 15 May 2012 13:07:12 +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 Mode Cc: Sebastien Vauban Forgot to copying this to the list: >> On Tue, 15 May 2012 13:07:12 +0100, Myles English said: > Hi Sebastian, I mean 'Sebastien'. > Sorry it has taken a long time to reply; I have been customising my > emacs, or has it been customising me...? >> On Thu, 03 May 2012 16:38:12 +0200, Sebastien Vauban said: >> Hi Myles, >> Myles English wrote: >>>>> On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:33:17 +0100, Sebastien Vauban said: >>> > The question I'm trying to give an answer to is: *what's the >>> > remaining number of hours (or days) to finish my project*? > So that is your goal. >>> To exclude DONE items from the columnview I moved the Effort property out of >>> the way to the Old_Effort property when the state changes to DONE: > [function snipped] >>> Unlike your example I made heavy use of inline tasks and also wanted heading >>> numbers instead of asterisks, so that the final table looks like a table of >>> contents with estimated times remaining. I had to do some more things to >>> achieve this and can elaborate if you like. >> I finally spend some time to look at your answer, and give a feedback. >> First, I really thank you for your answer. It really is interesting to see how >> others tackle with the same (kind of) problem. > You're welcome. It helps to justify the amount of time I spent on it if > I can share it with someone else. >> Second, about your "workaround". It does not satisfy me (renaming the property >> Effort to Old_Effort upon transition change to DONE)[1] because: >> - What happens if you reopen the task, clock some time on it, and close it? >> A new move of the property will occur, with a nil (hence, null?) value? >> Your Old_Effort will be overwritten? > Yes something like that, the function I posted is not consistent or > even reliable really. It was intended as a starting point. >> - My goal is to show, in a table, the progress made on all tasks (TODO, STRT, >> DONE), and moreover to compare "spent time" (CLOCK) vs "estimated time" >> (Effort). Hence, I need to have the effort property at all times[2]. > Okay so your goal has changed and looks like it would be approximately > double the work of what I needed. When you reopen a task presumably you > would re-estimate the effort too which could lead to complications. You > could may be consider never reopening a task and always starting a new > one? >> Do you have, maybe, an alternative way for those? > No, but if you look at the functions I sent originally and diff them > against the org- functions mentioned in their descriptions then you will > see what I had to change, which was not that much really, and maybe you > can build on it. > I would be interested to hear if you make something great with this. > -- > `--[ Myles ] -- `--[ Myles ]