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From: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: starting a clock when not in org-mode
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 10:17:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k4dvc63u.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)

Hello,

I have been using the clocking features of org mode more and more as
time goes on.  Brilliant feature.  However, I am having problems with
one specific use case:

The org-clock-in method works very well when I am pro-actively deciding
what tasks to work on, e.g. through the agenda view.  However, in some
cases, I am reacting to external events (emails, somebody coming to see
me, phone call, etc).  I have a number of tasks which are more general
and which capture this type of activity (admin, teaching, ...).  If I
happen to be in an org mode buffer, then "C-u M-x org-clock-in RET"
allows me to pick the particular task (as it will typically be in the
history) and clock it in.  Works well.

If I am *not* in an org buffer (yes, this happens sometimes ;-), I
cannot do this as org-clock-in, even with the C-u arg, wants to find a
headline.  Can anybody suggest how I can clock in to a previously
clocked task from any emacs mode?

My current solution is to tag these general catch-all tasks
with :clocked:, use the agenda search (C-c a m clocked), select the
appropriate one and start the clock.  This seems clumsy and doesn't make
use of the history feature of org clocking, which seems a waste!

I have read Bernt's excellent document [1] but it doesn't help me for
this particular use.  I've also searched the mailing list but to no
avail unfortunately.

Thanks,
eric


Footnotes: 
[1]  http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html

-- 
: Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1
: using Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.274.gd6aba.dirty)

next             reply	other threads:[~2011-05-13  9:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-05-13  9:17 Eric S Fraga [this message]
2011-05-13 11:43 ` starting a clock when not in org-mode Matt Lundin
2011-05-13 11:53   ` Carsten Dominik
2011-05-13 12:12     ` Eric S Fraga
2011-05-13 12:18       ` Eric S Fraga
2011-05-13 12:32   ` Bernt Hansen
2011-05-13 11:46 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-05-13 12:14   ` Eric S Fraga

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