From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tommy Kelly Subject: Journal versus clock tables: Opposing requirements? Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 08:31:31 +0000 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:33711) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNKcr-0002mW-8p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:32:18 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNKcq-0001Bn-A7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:32:17 -0500 Received: from cather.verilab.com ([64.20.234.125]:37014) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNKcq-0001BO-1v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:32:16 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f43.google.com (mail-fx0-f43.google.com [209.85.161.43]) by cather.verilab.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C2A2524D2 for ; Mon, 7 Nov 2011 08:32:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: by faat9 with SMTP id t9so6419795faa.2 for ; Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:32:12 -0800 (PST) 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I'm trying to get org-mode to provide me with two things, but haven't found a way to do it. 1. First, I want to be able to use it like a daily engineering or science journal, logging notes as they occur, in pretty much linear fashion chronologically. Or, more to the point, I want to be able to report and look at items as they occurred, in pretty much linear fashion chronologically. Essentially I want to be able to report on activity by time of occurrence, not topic. 2. But second, I want to see clock tables covering a period of time, which groups related items together regardless of when (within the given period) they happened. Essentially I want to be able to report on actrivity by topic, not time of occurrence. I'm using some of Bernt Hansen's excellent setup, but it still isn't getting me quite where I want to be. I'll note also that the agenda's log mode doesn't really give me point 1. It simply lists the *headlines* which have a clock entry or timestamp at a given time. I want to see my entire journal -- a la a blog. (*Ideally* I'd like to be able to control the depth to which that entire journal output went to, but seeing the whole shebang would be a good start.) Anyone have any ideas how to do this. thanks, Tommy