From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike McLean Subject: Re: Valid use cases for lists? Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:18:43 -0400 Message-ID: References: <878u97gija.fsf@gmx.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e0158af84e15138051dbfab02 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51686) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZSRcj-0003Ns-5e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:19:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZSRcg-0001hT-2R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:19:24 -0400 Received: from pb-sasl0.int.icgroup.com ([208.72.237.25]:52151 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZSRcf-0001eb-ON for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:19:21 -0400 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7CCD13357 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:19:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pb-sasl0. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-sasl0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A015613356 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:19:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-la0-f50.google.com (unknown [209.85.215.50]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-sasl0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 109C713354 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:19:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: by lalv9 with SMTP id v9so24634023lal.0 for ; Thu, 20 Aug 2015 08:19:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <878u97gija.fsf@gmx.us> 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: Rasmus Cc: emacs-orgmode --089e0158af84e15138051dbfab02 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Rasmus wrote: > Chris Patti writes: > > > I'm guessing I'm missing something obvious here, and that's why I'm > asking. > > Export. List are used everywhere. > I also use them for =E2=80=9Csimple=E2=80=9D projects. I have a set of Task= TODO keywords for one-off tasks. I have a set of Project TODO keywords for projects. Typically a project is a heading with a Project keyword and a number of (level + 1) headings with Task keywords. For projects that span several days/weeks this works well. Some things that I do fall between Project and Task in the complexity. The items needs 1-2 things done and discrete and different points in time (temporal dependency, first A then B) or with different co workers (collaboration) or both. The overall work, however, will only take 0-2 days. It's too big for a single task. It's too small for a Project. It's related items that conceptually belong together. In Goldilocks fashion, a check-box list is just the right size. #+begin_example ** TODO Medium Sized =E2=80=9Cproject=E2=80=9D [1/3] - [X] Get information from John - [ ] Process information and send to Mary for review - [ ] Finalize and submit final to Joe (based on Mary=E2=80=99s comments an= d changes) #+end_example --089e0158af84e15138051dbfab02 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

= On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:55 PM, Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us> wrote:
Chris Patti <cpatti@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm guessing I'm missing something obvious here, and that'= s why I'm asking.

Export.=C2=A0 List are used everywhere.

I also use them for =E2=80=9Csimple=E2=80=9D projects. I have a set of Tas= k TODO keywords for one-off tasks. I have a set of Project TODO keywords fo= r projects. Typically a project is a heading with a Project keyword and a n= umber of (level + 1) headings with Task keywords. For projects that span se= veral days/weeks this works well.=C2=A0

Some thing= s that I do fall between Project and Task in the complexity. The items need= s 1-2 things done and discrete and different points in time (temporal depen= dency, first A then B) or with different co workers (collaboration) or both= . The overall work, however, will only take 0-2 days. It's too big for = a single task. It's too small for a Project. It's related items tha= t conceptually belong together. In Goldilocks fashion, a check-box list is = just the right size.

#+begin_example
** TODO Medium Sized =E2=80=9Cproject=E2=80=9D [1/3]
- [X] Get = information from John
- [ ] Process information and send to Mary = for review
- [ ] Finalize and submit final to Joe (based on Mary= =E2=80=99s comments and changes)
#+end_example

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