From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gary Oberbrunner Subject: Re: TODO items in lists (not headings) Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:45:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87zjdzgvbm.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0158cae261d9bd0503423d5b Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49280) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XUEbx-0005T5-Lz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:45:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XUEbo-0003z2-D1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:45:29 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-f179.google.com ([209.85.192.179]:62412) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XUEbo-0003wM-6n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:45:20 -0400 Received: by mail-pd0-f179.google.com with SMTP id g10so2045521pdj.38 for ; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 05:45:16 -0700 (PDT) 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: Orgmode Mailing List --089e0158cae261d9bd0503423d5b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Aloha Gary, > > Gary Oberbrunner writes: > > > Gary: > > My reason for not using TODO is just that it'd be ugly and confusing to > > put a heading in the middle of a list. > > > > Compare this: > > * Meeting report > > ** Meeting 1 > > - a thing that happened > > - another thing that happened > > - TODO: email everyone about all the things > > - some more things that happened > > > > to this: > > * Meeting report > > ** Meeting 1 > > - a thing that happened > > - another thing that happened > > ***TODO: email everyone about all the things > > - some more things that happened > > One solution is to use a capture template for TODO items and then refile > them. I picked this up from Bernt Hansen and like it a lot: > > http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Capture Wow, that guy is serious! I don't think his setup solves what I'm looking for, but there is so much great stuff in there it'll take me weeks to check it all out. -- Gary --089e0158cae261d9bd0503423d5b Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 11:48 PM, Thomas S. Dye <<= a href=3D"mailto:tsd@tsdye.com" target=3D"_blank">tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
Aloha Gary,

Gary Oberbrunner <garyo@oberbru= nner.com> writes:

> Gary:
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0My reason for not using TODO is just that it'd be ugly= and confusing to
> put a heading in the middle of a list.
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0Compare this:
> * Meeting report
> ** Meeting 1
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0- a thing that happened
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0- another thing that happened
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0- TODO: email everyone about all the things
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0- some more things that happened
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0to this:
> * Meeting report
> ** Meeting 1
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0- a thing that happened
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0- another thing that happened
> ***TODO: email everyone about all the things
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0- some more things that happened

One solution is to use a capture template for TODO items and then re= file
them.=C2=A0 I picked this up from Bernt Hansen and like it a lot:

ht= tp://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Capture

Wow, that guy is serious! =C2=A0I don't think his setup solves what I= 'm looking for, but there is so much great stuff in there it'll tak= e me weeks to check it all out.
=C2=A0
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Gary
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