* handling cyclic tasks (general question)
@ 2007-11-03 18:32 Stuart McLean
2007-11-04 11:42 ` Bastien
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From: Stuart McLean @ 2007-11-03 18:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi,
Following is an example of the setup I currently have. What I am
interested in is how other members of the group might more elegantly
(or just differently) handle something similar.
* 2007
** January
...
** October
** November
each date has the following within it, example:
** November
** 2007-11-01
*** Todo
:PROPERTIES:
:CATEGORY: todo
:END:
**** TODO something
**** TODO something else
*** Work
:PROPERTIES:
:CATEGORY: work
:END:
**** Work I did <2007-11-01 Thu 08:00>--<2007-11-01 Thu 16:00>
1. work A
2. work B
3. etc
*** Exercise
:PROPERTIES:
:CATEGORY: exercise
:END:
**** exercise that I did
Now, at the end of each month, e.g 2007-11-30, I have a heading on the
same level called Cyclic Todo. These contain things that I need to do
everyday, and need to remember to do everyday. I end each with a
closing note when I do them. The thing is some of the details that I
wish to record in the closing note are long and would clutter up the
heading, so I add a hyperlink back to the date (e.g 2007-11-01) and
record the info there under the proper category (usually Exercise, but
you can generalize from there, it could be applied to something else.)
What I would like to know, are there more elegant solutions for accomplishing this? Is anyone willing to share their particular setup, or examples of variations. I find my current setup a little cumbersome.
Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
Stuart
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2007-11-03 18:32 handling cyclic tasks (general question) Stuart McLean
@ 2007-11-04 11:42 ` Bastien
2007-11-04 21:38 ` Stuart McLean
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From: Bastien @ 2007-11-04 11:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Stuart,
Stuart McLean <makhector@gmail.com> writes:
> Following is an example of the setup I currently have.
Your setup might be difficult to maintain because of its chronological
structure. I don't know if other people use Org this way or have used
it this way, but I think it could be hard to maintain... usually your
Org files will be project-oriented (or task-oriented) and you will use
the agenda and timeline functions to display information time-wise.
But maybe I'm wrong here, or you may specifically need this structure.
> Now, at the end of each month, e.g 2007-11-30, I have a heading on the
> same level called Cyclic Todo. These contain things that I need to do
> everyday, and need to remember to do everyday. I end each with a
> closing note when I do them.
> What I would like to know, are there more elegant solutions for
> accomplishing this?
Usually, closed entries get archived at some point. The general issue
you're raising here is: how to archive closed instances of cyclic tasks?
Here is how I do it:
- I close the cyclic task
- I add a note if needed
- I archive the task with C-c C-x C-s
- I copy the task back at point with C-y
Then, instead of having the same task with loooongs notes under its
headline, I have several archived instances of the task with a note
for each of them.
I'm quite okay with the workaround above, but it has two drawbacks:
- it's safer to C-y immediately (otherwise you'll struggly to find the
right thing to yank)
- each archived task has the same headline (which might be confusing
when reviewing (?) your archives
I don't know if other people already came across the same need and other
workarounds.
> Is anyone willing to share their particular setup, or examples of
> variations. I find my current setup a little cumbersome.
Argh... we definitely need to demonstrate different setups in the
tutorial section of http://orgmode.org :-/
--
Bastien
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* Re: handling cyclic tasks (general question)
2007-11-04 11:42 ` Bastien
@ 2007-11-04 21:38 ` Stuart McLean
2007-11-04 22:34 ` Bastien
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From: Stuart McLean @ 2007-11-04 21:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bastien; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Thanks again for your speedy response. I have to do a bit of thinking
as to why I use the setup I do, I somehow just evolved as "the Right
Thing". I'll experiment with archiving the cyclic tasks, sounds like a
great idea. I'm not very very new to org-mode, but it has grown on me
so much that I try to do more and more of my organizational stuff with
it, and I am having a little trouble getting it to do exactly what I
want (or, more likely, I don't know exactly what I want ;-) ).
Thanks again,
Stuart
ps Bastien, in your signature you say "Remember: use `Reply All' to
send replies to the list."
I use Gnus 5.11. Is a Wide Reply, the same as Reply All?
Sorry for the naive question, I love using Gnus, but what you can do
with it is, well, a _lot_.
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* Re: handling cyclic tasks (general question)
2007-11-04 21:38 ` Stuart McLean
@ 2007-11-04 22:34 ` Bastien
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From: Bastien @ 2007-11-04 22:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stuart McLean; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hi Stuart,
Stuart McLean <makhector@gmail.com> writes:
> (or, more likely, I don't know exactly what I want ;-) ).
Er, at least now you *know* that :)
> ps Bastien, in your signature you say "Remember: use `Reply All' to
> send replies to the list."
This is appended to my signature by the mailing list bot (mailman).
> I use Gnus 5.11. Is a Wide Reply, the same as Reply All?
AFAIK, yes. "Reply All" is a most common labelling across mail user
agents, but the result should be the same. I guess the warning in the
sig is because a simple "Reply To" will only reply to the sender (as it
should be, even if some mailing list don't respect this convention...)
> Sorry for the naive question, I love using Gnus, but what you can do
> with it is, well, a _lot_.
A _lot_ is not enough to say!
--
Bastien
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