From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eraldo Helal Subject: Re: timer for a task Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 12:44:03 +0200 Message-ID: <938fae2d0905250344i71979176yc7f0b6e47380ce6f@mail.gmail.com> References: <61176df0905250140l1e9a4d7cjfa1de41011b358a9@mail.gmail.com> <87k545h6v4.fsf@CPU107.opentrends.net> <61176df0905250330k4a21837bv755defde84297f69@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M8XfW-0002Q3-2g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2009 06:44:34 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M8XfQ-0002PA-Ft for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2009 06:44:32 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39177 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M8XfQ-0002P7-CM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2009 06:44:28 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:52925) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M8XfP-0004ux-Ro for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2009 06:44:28 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f161.google.com ([209.85.218.161]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M8XfO-0003W6-Fv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2009 06:44:26 -0400 Received: by bwz5 with SMTP id 5so3170735bwz.42 for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 03:44:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <61176df0905250330k4a21837bv755defde84297f69@mail.gmail.com> 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 Sounds good to me. Eraldo On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:30, Konstantin Antipin wrote: > Hi Daniel, > Yes, you are right indeed. I am talking about effort estimates - I'v > missed this chapter for some reason from the manual. > I like the idea you proposed - to show how much time is left in the > mode line. And I think I am going to write necessary code for this. > > Or, may be someone has even better idea? > > best, > Konstantin > > On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Daniel Clemente wro= te: >> >> Hi. >> =C2=A0I suppose you talk about estimated efforts. I also have noticed th= at I work better if I have defined them, but it is very easy to miss them a= nd work on a task more time than planned. >> =C2=A0An 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 notic= eably. >> >> =C2=A0Other 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 esti= mate (instead of the remaining time, the total time). >> >> =C2=A0And 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >