From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in? Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:43:39 +0100 Message-ID: <87k2hps9b8.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <36df951f45fe4b5aab1453e37b70f4dd@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> Reply-To: Eric S Fraga Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46651) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDUmB-0001Gs-Ib for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 06:43:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDUm8-0004EM-4K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 06:43:55 -0400 Received: from mail-db3on0125.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.55.234.125]:24864 helo=emea01-db3-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDUm7-0004Ce-NW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 06:43:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <36df951f45fe4b5aab1453e37b70f4dd@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> (Alan Schmitt's message of "Thu, 16 Jun 2016 06:24:55 +0000") 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" To: Alan Schmitt Cc: emacs-orgmode On Thursday, 16 Jun 2016 at 06:24, Alan Schmitt wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big > obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task as > I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to find it > there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do it. Ideally, I > would like to have a global key that I hit that let me choose with > ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start clocking it. > > Does such a thing exist? If not, how do you start clocking in? Depending on how many tasks you clock, you may find setting this variable helpful: ,----[ C-h v org-clock-goto-may-find-recent-task RET ] | org-clock-goto-may-find-recent-task is a variable defined in =E2=80=98org= -clock.el=E2=80=99. | Its value is t |=20 | Documentation: | Non-nil means =E2=80=98org-clock-goto=E2=80=99 can go to recent task if n= o active clock. |=20 | You can customize this variable. |=20 | [back] `---- --=20 : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.94.1, Org release_8.3.4-869-gf2c421