From: "Filippo A. Salustri" <salustri@ryerson.ca>
To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com
Cc: emacs-orgmode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Using '?' as a todo keyword?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:28:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEKxqcikOdsvoaASnyC4NCfssUE1OtmmgHh=MYoczzYou589bA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <14630.1334348520@alphaville>
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If I only used big screens, I'd probably do as you do.
But I travel with an 11" Macbook Air and I use it at least half the time.
I have very few keywords - only about a dozen.
I wanted to use '?' as a general one in a generic org capture template.
That way I don't have to worry about setting a proper keyword during
capture and I can just get the task down and move on. Later, during
review, the '?'s stand out against the other alpha keywords, drawing my
attention to them.
Whatever. Maybe I'll try it again once I've upgraded to 7.8. It's not a
showstopper.
Thanks again.
/fas
On 13 April 2012 16:22, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
> Filippo A. Salustri <salustri@ryerson.ca> wrote:
>
> > Maybe I'm just being a little compulsive, but all my states are 1
> > character long cuz that's all I really need to distinguish states
> > (plus a little colour), and it frees up more of a line for the actual
> > task.
>
> OK - thanks. To each his/her own, I guess. I use long, mnemonic keywords
> because I hate going back after six months and having to dig out the
> meaning of some obscure reference out of the rubble of my
> memory[fn:1]. org is one way to extend my memory so that by spending a
> few seconds now, I don't have to waste frustrating minutes or hours in
> the future. I also use big screens (256 columns or even bigger
> sometimes), so screen real estate is not a consideration for me.
>
> Nick
>
> PS. One habit that I cannot break is writing down a telephone number
> (particularly when listening to voice mail) without a name. Finding the
> scrap of paper again after a few days is frustrating and yet I seem to
> be unable to wean myself from the habit - calling the number to find out
> who's on the other end has always seemed crass so I avoid it :-)
>
> Footnotes:
>
> [fn:1] Nowadays, the "six months" are more like "six weeks" or "six
> days" and the older I get, the worse it gets...
>
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\V/_
Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Ryerson University
350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON
M5B 2K3, Canada
Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749
Fax: 416/979-5265
Email: salustri@ryerson.ca
http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-13 15:09 Using '?' as a todo keyword? Filippo A. Salustri
2012-04-13 17:47 ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-13 19:34 ` Filippo A. Salustri
2012-04-13 20:22 ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-13 20:28 ` Filippo A. Salustri [this message]
2012-04-14 23:34 ` suvayu ali
2012-04-15 1:59 ` Filippo A. Salustri
2012-04-14 23:09 ` Samuel Wales
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