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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Question about org-new-numbered-item
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:45:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <C03AC000-A640-4683-87E7-D334E362342A@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d3l72z7d.fsf@fastmail.fm>

Hi Matt,

On Mar 31, 2011, at 3:31 PM, Matt Lundin wrote:

> Hi Carsten,
> 
> I noticed you have added a new function to org.el called
> org-new-numbered-item, which inserts items like this:
> 
> * TODO Action #1                                :#1:
> * TODO Action #2                                :#2:
> 
> I'd be curious to learn more about possible uses for this feature. For
> instance, if one reorganizes items, will the actions be renumbered?

No.  The purpose is exactly to have the old numbers retained
when moving and reorganizing them - a task not well served
by ordered lists.

> Do
> you envision additional functionality beyond inserting an incremental
> string and tag when inserting a new item? In my own experience, todos
> generated when taking notes often have to be reordered and tagged after
> the fact. How might this interact with the functionality already offered
> by enumerated lists? For instance, might it be helpful to be able to
> convert a list to a set of enumerated todos and vice versa?
> 
> Thanks in advance for entertaining these questions born of brainstorming
> and curiosity! 


Maybe you can first look at the tutorial which explains how
I am using this.  The function was added to minimize setup
required for this particular use case.

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-meeting-tasks.html

When you have read this, I am happy to brainstorm more about this
and see if there are other contexts where this might be useful.

- Carsten

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-31 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-31 13:31 Question about org-new-numbered-item Matt Lundin
2011-03-31 13:45 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
2011-03-31 14:44   ` Matt Lundin

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