From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
To: Tommy Kelly <tommy.kelly@verilab.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Journal versus clock tables: Opposing requirements?
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 07:28:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k47ag5n0.fsf@norang.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMg28OuqeYzzPucTARS+5gYn8yw8wt6CzwAvZAO3NvhCRuw6sQ@mail.gmail.com> (Tommy Kelly's message of "Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:06:47 +0000")
Tommy Kelly <tommy.kelly@verilab.com> writes:
>> ... it depends on how often you require this weekly report...
>
> Ermm, weekly :-)
>
>> It should be possible to write code that walks your agenda, visits the
>> tasks, and copies and pastes the details to a temporary org buffer/file
>> just for your chronological report.
>
> Absolutely. But as I've been thinking about this, I'm realizing that
> in fact a key input requirement (as opposed to my two output
> requirements -- chronology plus clock tables) is ease of entry. As I
> begin some new chunk of work, I don't want to have to hunt around for
> the most appropriate heading to clock into and begin writing notes
> under. As a result, what's happening is two things. First, I'm just
> falling back on your single "Organization" catch-all task; second, I'm
> not writing *any* notes.
>
> With a chronological journal, there's no decision to be made. You just
> start logging at the end (or start) of the journal. But maybe
> something in the org-capture area is what I need. I've tried it before
> and didn't get very far, but I'll have another look.
I tend to use capture mode to refile.org (all level 1 tasks) and then
refile them later to the appropriate place. I clock time on the task
when I create it and sometimes I end the capture task with C-c C-c
(which stops the clock) and immediately switch back to it with F9-SPC in
my setup. Sometime later I'll refile this item to the right place in
the tree. I don't do that now - when I'm supposed to be working on it
but later when I have 2 minutes to spare :)
When I start something new it's C-M-r (or C-c r or whatever your capture
binding is) t or n (for Todo or Note) then start entering data in the
capture buffer that is being clocked. C-c C-c when done and possible
switch back to it immediately with F9-SPC.
I never hunt around for where a task should live when I capture it - I
used to do that with multiple capture task targets and it was just too
slow.
Regards,
Bernt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-08 12:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-07 8:31 Journal versus clock tables: Opposing requirements? Tommy Kelly
2011-11-07 11:27 ` Bernt Hansen
2011-11-07 14:55 ` Tommy Kelly
2011-11-08 3:21 ` Bernt Hansen
2011-11-08 8:06 ` Tommy Kelly
2011-11-08 8:23 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-11-08 12:28 ` Bernt Hansen [this message]
2011-11-08 17:07 ` Bernt Hansen
2011-11-07 11:38 ` Olaf Dietsche
2011-11-07 14:51 ` Tommy Kelly
2011-11-07 17:19 ` Tommy Kelly
2011-11-08 9:04 ` Olaf Dietsche
2011-11-08 9:54 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-11-08 9:55 ` Tommy Kelly
2011-11-08 10:00 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-11-08 10:05 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-11-08 10:15 ` Carsten Dominik
2011-11-08 10:33 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-11-08 10:41 ` Tommy Kelly
2011-11-24 14:57 ` Eric S Fraga
2011-11-24 22:01 ` Olaf Dietsche
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