From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Clemente Subject: Re: timer for a task Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 11:25:19 +0200 Message-ID: <87k545h6v4.fsf@CPU107.opentrends.net> References: <61176df0905250140l1e9a4d7cjfa1de41011b358a9@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M8WRL-0004wl-GR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2009 05:25:51 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M8WRG-0004wR-2a for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2009 05:25:50 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43411 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M8WRF-0004wO-TZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2009 05:25:45 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:29389) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M8WRF-0004QG-Fr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2009 05:25:45 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l27so450533fgb.7 for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 02:25:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <61176df0905250140l1e9a4d7cjfa1de41011b358a9@mail.gmail.com> (Konstantin Antipin's message of "Mon, 25 May 2009 10:40:24 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Konstantin Antipin Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi. I suppose you talk about estimated efforts. I also have noticed that I work better if I have defined them, but it is very easy to miss them and work on a task more time than planned. An easy improvement would be to show at the mode line not only how much time you have worked on the current task but also the remaining time according to your effort estimate. And if it comes to 0, highlight it noticeably. Other useful things to show would be the *total* elapsed time (not only the elapsed time of the last C-c C-x C-i) or directly the effort estimate (instead of the remaining time, the total time). And as you say, an alarm would be useful. -- Daniel El dl, mai 25 2009, Konstantin Antipin va escriure: > Hi everybody! > I am constantly trying to be more productive, and there is one thing > that I noticed: > If you give yourself a specific time for a task, then you tend to > finish this task in this time. It helps to stay focused and do stuff > that is most important. > > So, the question is - Is there any way to set a timer on a taks, and > get a bell when it is expired? > Some time before I even wrote a small extension that helps me to do > that http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/tea-time > But now I am thinking - is there an orgmode-way to do that? It would > be great to integrate it with great time tracking system, for > example... > If nobody uses proposed feature, please give me a hint how it would be > best to do that. > > > my best, > Konstantin > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode