From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Inanna Underhill Subject: A more generic Effort property? Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:41:45 -0500 Message-ID: <87od0l6jeu.fsf@mrs-clingwrap.csail.mit.edu> 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 1L0Hsh-0003i9-Bs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:43:47 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L0Hsf-0003hx-HO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:43:46 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55336 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L0Hsf-0003hu-7D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:43:45 -0500 Received: from qmta03.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.32]:36808) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L0Hsf-0006Sg-5U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:43:45 -0500 Received: from erthbubble by mrs-clingwrap.csail.mit.edu with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1L0Hqj-0004Lw-1I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:41:45 -0500 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi, I am really enjoying upgrading from 5.23 to 6.11, especially the new summing in the columns-view of the agenda buffer. I'd been trying to figure out something like the Effort property behavior on my own, so this is a bonus, too. Thank you! In my own thinking about effort, however, effort is a psychological phenomenon. For example, some things that I do only take a short time but are very difficult (nagging small children) , while others take a long time but are easy (reading a book). I use the property DURATION to do what you are doing with Effort. So, obviously, I just changed the default name of the effort property to DURATION and that solves that. But here is (finally) why I'm writing. I think the Effort function you have designed should be more generic - specifically that it should not require a HH:MM format. That would significantly increase the number of ways people could use it. As an expense tracker, for example, or with a simple integer for physical or psychological strain. Or even memory usage! Ideally, multiple properties could share the Effort functionality, but that may be opening a whole new can of worms. I'm going to try to write an add-on myself, but I figured I'd throw it out there in case people think it would be a useful change to the core program. Inanna