From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Lists handling Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 19:02:05 +0000 Message-ID: <87zkst5l1u.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <20101126191600.17972vn4jdlkdm68@webmail.df.eu> <28320_1290815524_oAQNq442028994_87wrnzhcde.wl%n.goaziou@gmail.com> <20101127124721.89832xmy1mxuwzwg@webmail.df.eu> <87vd3ihc0d.wl%n.goaziou@gmail.com> <4F78C3E7-6BC9-42EE-919E-A8B658D703BF@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57703 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PMmVs-00009G-3r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:02:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMmVq-0002fG-Q5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:02:15 -0500 Received: from vscane-a2.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.42]:56846) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PMmVq-0002eq-EN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:02:14 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4F78C3E7-6BC9-42EE-919E-A8B658D703BF@gmail.com> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:59:15 +0100") 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Karl Maihofer , Nicolas Goaziou Carsten Dominik writes: > On Nov 27, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > >> Hello, >> >>>>>>> Karl Maihofer writes: >> >>> Thanks for that. Did you work on the demote/promote problem, too? >> >> No, nothing related to lists actually. But I added a way to configure >> export of inline tasks. >> >>> As pointed out above in my special case inline tasks would be a >>> great thing to have in lists. But I understand your reservation. >> >> It would be desirable to hear the opinions of others here. > > 1. My feeling is that it would be nice to allow drawers inside a list. > 2. I don't think it is important to allow lists inside drawers inside > lists - you can just say in the docs that this is not supported > and let users deal with this limitation. > 3. What should be allowed is to have lists inside a drawer that is not > itself in a list. We need that for logbook entries and the like. > 4. I also think that inline tasks inside a list are overkill and would > overly complicate things. Well, my immediate reaction was to jump in and say that this (pt 4) is exactly when I most need inline tasks! My typical use case is taking minutes at a meeting and assigning actions to individuals: inline tasks are perfect for this. However, on reflection, obviously a simple nested single item list would do the job just fine *if* we could assign TODO actions to list items... *but* we cannot unfortunately. So, I'm back to needing to use inline tasks or putting in a request for taskable list items... Of course, this need could be because I don't actually understand drawers and their potential for my particular use case. Any elucidation on this aspect would be most welcome! For instance, could drawers give me todo assignments? thanks, eric -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 23.2.1 : using Org-mode version 7.3 (release_7.3.148.gc3b7e)