From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Egli Subject: Re: Time estimates time format? Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:57:02 +0200 Message-ID: <87r53b1z29.fsf@sbs.ch> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:39162) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5uGf-00012f-D5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:57:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5uGe-0002eh-Ic for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:57:21 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:41823) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R5uGe-0002eX-DX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:57:20 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5uGa-000874-9p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:57:16 +0200 Received: from alouette.sbs.ch ([194.29.12.218]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:57:16 +0200 Received: from christian.egli by alouette.sbs.ch with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:57:16 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Johan Ekh writes: > But I'd like to make estimates in days, weeks or even months. You can certainly do that. Have a look at org-effort-durations. You could for example define the effort as '2d', '4w' or '7m'. > And have spent time displayed in percentage of the estimate. Is this > possible? You might be able to do something along this line. Have a look at the doc string of org-properties-postprocess-alist where it gives you an example on how to calculate the remaining time (clocked vs estimated). HTH -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland