* Request for suggestions about best practices: tracking responses
@ 2010-09-22 14:04 Robert Goldman
2010-09-22 20:08 ` Sébastien Vauban
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From: Robert Goldman @ 2010-09-22 14:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org Mode
Often now I have org-mode tasks that I move to WAIT status when I send
someone an email to get some next step done.
The problem is that I have a hard time getting back to those tasks when
I get a response email (or phone call).
There is nothing salient about these that means that when I get a
response email, I see the task and can mark it as completed.
Does anyone have a good solution for this?
I have a hazy idea that always having a special agenda window open with
a special agenda display of tasks awaiting responses might do the trick,
but few ideas about how to accomplish this in practice. Presumably a
special TODO status for awaiting response, and special agenda view...
does that sound reasonable? I notice that the manual refers to "THE
agenda." Is it possible to have multiple agenda windows so that I could
always have the "waiting for response" agenda up w/o cutting off my
access to other views?
thanks,
r
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* Re: Request for suggestions about best practices: tracking responses
2010-09-22 14:04 Request for suggestions about best practices: tracking responses Robert Goldman
@ 2010-09-22 20:08 ` Sébastien Vauban
2010-09-23 15:53 ` Robert P. Goldman
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From: Sébastien Vauban @ 2010-09-22 20:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ
Hi Robert,
Robert Goldman wrote:
> Often now I have org-mode tasks that I move to WAIT status when I send
> someone an email to get some next step done.
I do that as well. Though, I'm still testing what my own process must be like.
> The problem is that I have a hard time getting back to those tasks when
> I get a response email (or phone call).
>
> There is nothing salient about these that means that when I get a
> response email, I see the task and can mark it as completed.
>
> Does anyone have a good solution for this?
>
> I have a hazy idea that always having a special agenda window open with
> a special agenda display of tasks awaiting responses might do the trick,
> but few ideas about how to accomplish this in practice. Presumably a
> special TODO status for awaiting response, and special agenda view...
> does that sound reasonable? I notice that the manual refers to "THE
> agenda." Is it possible to have multiple agenda windows so that I could
> always have the "waiting for response" agenda up w/o cutting off my
> access to other views?
As far as I fully understand your request, what you need is a custom agenda
report:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
'(("W" "Waiting"
todo "WAIT" nil)))
#+END_SRC
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Best regards,
Seb
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2010-09-22 20:08 ` Sébastien Vauban
@ 2010-09-23 15:53 ` Robert P. Goldman
2010-09-23 18:44 ` David Maus
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From: Robert P. Goldman @ 2010-09-23 15:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On 9/22/10 Sep 22 -3:08 PM, Sébastien Vauban wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> Robert Goldman wrote:
>> Often now I have org-mode tasks that I move to WAIT status when I send
>> someone an email to get some next step done.
>
> I do that as well. Though, I'm still testing what my own process must be like.
>
>
>> The problem is that I have a hard time getting back to those tasks when
>> I get a response email (or phone call).
>>
>> There is nothing salient about these that means that when I get a
>> response email, I see the task and can mark it as completed.
>>
>> Does anyone have a good solution for this?
>>
>> I have a hazy idea that always having a special agenda window open with
>> a special agenda display of tasks awaiting responses might do the trick,
>> but few ideas about how to accomplish this in practice. Presumably a
>> special TODO status for awaiting response, and special agenda view...
>> does that sound reasonable? I notice that the manual refers to "THE
>> agenda." Is it possible to have multiple agenda windows so that I could
>> always have the "waiting for response" agenda up w/o cutting off my
>> access to other views?
>
> As far as I fully understand your request, what you need is a custom agenda
> report:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
> '(("W" "Waiting"
> todo "WAIT" nil)))
> #+END_SRC
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I know how to make a custom agenda for this; the problem is more how to
have that custom agenda always open for me to glance at. I don't want
to have to call up this agenda every time I get an email or a phone call
to decide whether a waiting task is "unwaiting"...
Should one open an org agenda buffer, and then rename it, so that
following org-agenda commands don't wipe it?
thanks,
r
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2010-09-23 15:53 ` Robert P. Goldman
@ 2010-09-23 18:44 ` David Maus
2010-09-23 19:06 ` Robert Goldman
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From: David Maus @ 2010-09-23 18:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert P. Goldman; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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Robert P. Goldman wrote:
>I know how to make a custom agenda for this; the problem is more how to
>have that custom agenda always open for me to glance at. I don't want
>to have to call up this agenda every time I get an email or a phone call
>to decide whether a waiting task is "unwaiting"...
>Should one open an org agenda buffer, and then rename it, so that
>following org-agenda commands don't wipe it?
This works... Somehow. The buffer is not wiped, but for example
refreshing the list of items will open a new *Agenda* buffer.
HTH,
-- David
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* Re: Re: Request for suggestions about best practices: tracking responses
2010-09-23 18:44 ` David Maus
@ 2010-09-23 19:06 ` Robert Goldman
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From: Robert Goldman @ 2010-09-23 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Maus; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
On 9/23/10 Sep 23 -1:44 PM, David Maus wrote:
> Robert P. Goldman wrote:
>
>> I know how to make a custom agenda for this; the problem is more how to
>> have that custom agenda always open for me to glance at. I don't want
>> to have to call up this agenda every time I get an email or a phone call
>> to decide whether a waiting task is "unwaiting"...
>
>> Should one open an org agenda buffer, and then rename it, so that
>> following org-agenda commands don't wipe it?
>
> This works... Somehow. The buffer is not wiped, but for example
> refreshing the list of items will open a new *Agenda* buffer.
I think one MIGHT be able to work around this by exploiting the dynamic
binding of emacs-lisp variables and doing something like
(let ((org-agenda-buffer-name "*Waiting-for-response*"))
(org-agenda-redo))
pretty evil, but....
Best,
r
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