Hi Peter and all
Peter you wrote:
I can flatten this list into a list of TODO and I can store it as a
separate project that will be incorporated into the agenda view

Do you mind giving a short example on how thats done? id be
very interested in using this myself

best

Z


On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 4:13 PM, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:

> Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> writes:
>
> > * Peter Rayner <peter.julien.rayner@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I would like org-mode to remind me automatically of the next task in a
> >> project. Perhaps an example will help. I'll use outline headings to
> >> show the levels of tasks
> >
> > Auto-scheduling might be difficult.
> >
> > In my workflows I am using dependencies with :BLOCKER: and settings
> > SCHEDULED dates roughly but on the aggressive side.
> >
> > With (setq org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks t) I get them all on my
> > agenda. You just have to learn to visually ignore the dimmed tasks.
> > From time to time I re-check dimmed tasks for the reason why they
> > are dimmed/blocked to find dead-ends.
>
> You can also set org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks to 'invisible, which will
> remove blocked tasks entirely from the agenda. Then, you could add the
> property ":ORDERED: t" to the heading and schedule them (for the diary
> agenda) or mark them NEXT/TODO (for the todo list). This would cause
> each event to appear on the agenda after the blocking task is marked
> done.
>
> > An additional/other approach would be the use of :TRIGGER:
> > chain-siblings(NEXT) in order to move the NEXT state from a finished
> > task to the next one.
>
> Or, since the OP is using org-depend.el (in contrib), he could also use
> :TRIGGER: chain-siblings-scheduled(NEXT).
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
>