From: William Kunkel <will@wkunkel.com>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Recording results of TODO items
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:48:01 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+yBsdMNCx344VibXXjOGpRePM9xOTbEw=tsNdGi6nNjzKg_aw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8761maf0qn.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net>
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Alright, I'll just do my own thing then, I suppose. Thanks!
On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Eric Abrahamsen
<eric@ericabrahamsen.net>wrote:
> William Kunkel <will@wkunkel.com> writes:
>
> > I could well add it in a sub-heading under the TODO, I was just
> > curious if there was a built-in org-mode way that I ought to be using
> > instead of rolling something of my own.
>
> Ah, no -- I think the state-change note is about as built-in as it gets...
>
> > Cheers,
> > Will
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Eric Abrahamsen <
> > eric@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote:
> >
> > William Kunkel <will@wkunkel.com> writes:
> >
> > > Is there a standard way to record the outcomes of certain TODO
> > items?
> > > For example, I had a TODO item to research and come to a
> > decision
> > > about part of the architecture of a software project I'm
> > starting,
> > > and I'd like to record the result of that TODO item, that is,
> > the
> > > decision that I made. I found "closing notes" for TODO items,
> > but
> > > that's an option that applies to all TODO items and seems more
> > > intended for brief remarks (to me, at least). Is using the
> > closing
> > > notes functionality my best bet, or is there something better?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Will
> >
> > I do usually use the logging/notes functionality, but if you need
> > more
> > text, why not just make it the body of the TODO? A TODO is a
> > heading
> > like any other, you can just put a description of the outcome
> > underneath
> > it. If that gets unwieldy, separate the bits into multiple
> > sub-headings,
> > and/or make the TODO itself one smaller part of a larger TODO.
> >
> >
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-15 23:16 Recording results of TODO items William Kunkel
2014-04-16 2:27 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-04-16 2:29 ` William Kunkel
2014-04-16 2:48 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-04-16 2:48 ` William Kunkel [this message]
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