From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yuri Niyazov Subject: Re: How to include time when generating timestamp for DEADLINE/SCHEDULE Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:37:37 -0700 Message-ID: References: <8e8765aacd3d4148986e0834917c3596@fcmailsvr3.familycareinc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34843) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YM4Gv-0004za-K5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:38:18 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YM4Gs-0008LL-9X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:38:17 -0500 Received: from mail-la0-f44.google.com ([209.85.215.44]:42297) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YM4Gs-0008L7-2U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:38:14 -0500 Received: by labgf13 with SMTP id gf13so13454439lab.9 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:38:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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: Subhan Michael Tindall Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" PS It is clear that you can *both* select the correct date using calendar, and *then* type in the time while still in the calendar selector, right? On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Yuri Niyazov wrot= e: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Subhan Michael Tindall > wrote: >> Not really an acceptable answer. Having to use 2 different interface met= hods to fill in one time/date stamp value is confusing and cludgy. Plus, if= you type in a full time/date stamp + time, you can still move around in th= e calendar, but it doesn't update the selected datestamp in yellow. Also c= onfusing. > > Cludgy is in the eye of the beholder. I am hugely bothered by various > inconsistencies in org-mode user interface (see my other posts to this > list) but this one is very far down on the list. This is why: > > When I need to schedule a date, it is sufficiently close to today's > date that it is usually 2-3 S+ARROWS keystrokes away from today, so > the calendar with "today" selected as default is great. > > So, let's see how a time selector would work: > > When you bring up a time selector, it could by default show one of the > following three options: > > 1) The current time > 2) The last time you selected when you used the time selector > 3) Some default configurable time like "noon" > > When I need to schedule a time for an event, the time that something > needs to happen is usually not related to any times on that list, so > using S+ARROWS would be less efficient than typing out the time, which > is at most four keystrokes if its on the hour. (E.g. "10pm" ). Of > course, this is only true if you are a touch-typist.