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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
To: Christopher DeMarco <demarco@maya.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to measure a project's %complete?
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:34:42 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8763clckjx.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090818020317.GA7061@owl.prv.maya.com> (Christopher DeMarco's message of "Mon\, 17 Aug 2009 22\:03\:17 -0400")

Christopher DeMarco <demarco@maya.com> writes:

> Hi all...
>
> I like to use checkboxes with the magic cookies to track my progress
> through something complex.  This works nicely for a single TODO
> composed of multiple little steps; is something similar possible for a
> hierarchy of TODO items?  I.e. (assume "DONE", "PROJECT" and "TODO"
> are defined as state keywords):
>
> * PROJECT Overhaul personal productivity [50%]
> ** DONE Clean my desk
> ** TODO Learn Org
>
> I've tried this using plain lists, but they seem to be incompatible
> with state keywords, and likewise checkboxes don't work with outline
> levels.
>
> It's not a showstopper, but it would be nice to be able to
> automagically evaluate how far along the path a particular PROJECT is,
> based upon its constituents' state.
>
> Thanks in advance!

This already works.

,----[ x.org ]
| 
| * Test [1/2] [50%]
| ** DONE Clean my desk
|    CLOSED: [2009-08-18 Tue 09:33]
|    :LOGBOOK:
|    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2009-08-18 Tue 09:33]
|    :END:
| ** TODO Learn Org
`----

-Bernt

  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-18 13:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-18  2:03 How to measure a project's %complete? Christopher DeMarco
2009-08-18 13:34 ` Bernt Hansen [this message]
2009-08-18 13:38   ` Christopher DeMarco
2009-08-18 13:43   ` Bernt Hansen
2009-08-18 14:09     ` Christopher DeMarco
2009-08-18 14:34       ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-18 15:26         ` Christopher DeMarco
2009-08-18 13:36 ` Benjamin Andresen

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