From: Desmond Rivet <desmond.rivet@videotron.ca>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GTD and adding next actions under projects with remember
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:23:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873a6vhckl.fsf@zinc.branchcut.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090909153030.GA5318@taupan.ath.cx>
Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs <friedel@nomaden.org> writes:
> That way I can see a list of next actions immediately by typing C-a a
> t, ordered by importance. With your system I fail to see how you can
> get quick access to your next action list.
I have several custom agenda views defined:
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
'(("w" tags-todo "+waiting")
("p" "Project View" tags-todo "+project" ((org-agenda-remove-tags t)))
("n" tags-todo "-waiting-project")
))
Next actions are defined as those TODO items that don't have a project
or a waiting tag. In other words, every TODO item that isn't a project
or waiting item is a Next Action.
So, my wait list can be pull up by a C-c a w, my project list can be
pulled up by a C-c a p, and my next action list can be pulled up with a
C-c a n.
I have tag inheritence turned off for the "project" tag:
(setq org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance '("project"))
So that way I don't get a project's next actions when I just want to see
the project list on its own.
I like the idea of using TODO's as project items because that allows be
to track "active" projects - active projects arethose which are in the
TODO state. For example, I just completed a project called "Maine
vacation". It's done, and I don't want it to show up in my project list
anymore. But at the same time, I'd like to keep a record of it.
Same thing with the WAIT items. TODO means "waiting" and DONE means
"I'm finished waiting".
> Desmond Rivet schrieb:
>> The problem is that I have to specify a heading for the template in
>> org-remember-templates in the .emacs file. This is okay when I want to
>> jot down a new project, waiting item or *generic* next action, because
>> all these items have fixed headings, but I don't know how to make this
>> work when I don't know the heading ahead of time (remember that next
>> actions associated with projects live under the project heading).
> ---Zitatende---
>
> Sorry for not helping with your particular problem (It looks like you
> might want to use C-1 C-c C-c or something like that), but:
>
> It sounds like you're mixing up collecting and processing. You only
> need to fill out the full context in the processing phase. At least I
> use the remember interface for quickly jotting down a note, then get
> back to work. The stuff I "remember" just goes into a Collect.org
> file, which I later process as an inbox.
That's an interesting idea. My uderstanding was that my "collection"
basket would be managed outside of org-mode, via physical lists on
notepads. Processing that list would result in my next actions items.
Using remember to put stuff in a separate digital collection basket
seems like a reasonable idea.
Still, I like the idea of quickly being able to add a Next Action item
to a particular project, via a keystroke or two...
--
Desmond Rivet
Pain is weakness leaving the body.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-10 0:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-08 18:14 Prefixing a function call with C-digit Raffi R
2009-09-09 0:42 ` Haroldo Stenger
2009-09-09 0:44 ` Raffi R
2009-09-09 11:59 ` GTD and adding next actions under projects with remember Desmond Rivet
2009-09-09 12:25 ` Paul Mead
2009-09-09 15:30 ` Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs
2009-09-10 0:23 ` Desmond Rivet [this message]
2009-09-09 23:20 ` Matt Lundin
2009-09-09 12:39 ` Prefixing a function call with C-digit Carsten Dominik
2009-09-09 14:23 ` Peter Westlake
2009-09-09 14:33 ` Raffi R
2009-09-11 11:41 ` Feature request: org-agenda-store-link Peter Westlake
2009-09-12 5:06 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-09-12 9:42 ` Peter Westlake
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