From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Avery Chan Subject: Reanalyzing archived TO-DOs Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2016 10:32:42 +0800 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_C6CC73B4-D887-44CF-A4C3-DF36942F05E9" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55966) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bWaNI-00041L-9n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:33:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bWaNA-0002nQ-Qe for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:33:03 -0400 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:36992) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bWaN8-0002mq-HH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2016 22:33:00 -0400 Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C657203E3 for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2016 22:32:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [10.119.8.177] (unknown [103.16.26.151]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 89533F296E for ; Sun, 7 Aug 2016 22:32:47 -0400 (EDT) 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --Apple-Mail=_C6CC73B4-D887-44CF-A4C3-DF36942F05E9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hey all, First I want to apologize for emailing this group. I tried searching the = mail archives, but: =E2=80=A2 Gmane is down. =E2=80=A2 The lists.gnu.org search is broken; = using the keyword =E2=80=98archive=E2=80=99 as the search string leads = to 0 references. I also did the prerequisite Google and search on Stackoverflow and = Reddit. I use org-mode as a TO-DO list: I setup a list of things to do, assign = time estimates to them, schedule them, and clock-in/clock-out. One of my = goals is to see how much time is actually spent on my to-dos versus the = amount of time I allocate to them.=20 One problem is what to do with completed tasks. They clutter up my todo = list so I usually archive them to another file. My problem is that after = archiving them, I can't compare the 'effort' with the actual 'clock = time' easily (i.e. using `C-c C-x C-c (org-agenda-columns)` doesn't = return the same results in my original org file as it does in the = archived file.) **What's a workflow that will allow me to open up my archived TO-DOs to = evaluate them?** Thank you! Avery= --Apple-Mail=_C6CC73B4-D887-44CF-A4C3-DF36942F05E9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Hey all,

First I want to apologize for emailing this group. I tried = searching the mail archives, but:

=E2=80=A2 Gmane is down.
=E2=80=A2 The lists.gnu.org search is broken; using the keyword = =E2=80=98archive=E2=80=99 as the search string leads to 0 = references.

I = also did the prerequisite Google and search on Stackoverflow and = Reddit.

I use org-mode as a TO-DO list: I setup a list of things to = do, assign time estimates to them, schedule them, and = clock-in/clock-out. One of my goals is to see how much time is actually = spent on my to-dos versus the amount of time I allocate to = them. 

One = problem is what to do with completed tasks. They clutter up my todo list = so I usually archive them to another file. My problem is that after = archiving them, I can't compare the 'effort' with the actual 'clock = time' easily (i.e. using `C-c C-x C-c     = (org-agenda-columns)` doesn't return the same results in my original org = file as it does in the archived file.)

**What's a workflow that will allow me = to open up my archived TO-DOs to evaluate them?**

Thank you!

Avery
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