From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Gilbert Subject: Re: workflow objective... how to display ONE task, take notes on it, etc Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:42:38 -0700 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1077) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NuQ35-0007MS-Ck for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:51:03 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51018 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NuQ33-0007Gd-Sz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:51:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NuPv2-00072H-8w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:42:45 -0400 Received: from [74.94.69.218] (port=49413 helo=peach.gilbert.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NuPv2-00071w-0I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 08:42:44 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.136] (unknown [10.1.10.11]) by peach.gilbert.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46FEEB1055F3 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 05:42:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist Thank you to Tycho & Bernt. You both got be down the right rode. I've = now managed to find several acceptable ways to do this.=20 =97 Michael On Mar 10,2010, at 3:32 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: > Org-mode just keeps growing on me. Now I have workflow I want to check = out. It's my habit to try to clear my screen of everything except the = one task I am working on (and logging) and its associated documents and = tools. I want to try to implement this in orgmode. Ideally, it would = look something like this: >=20 > - select a task from the AGENDA > - drill down to a view of just that task with only the task & = subordinate items visible > - edit those subordinate items, especially notes > - log the time I spend there > - log out, save notes, change task status > - return to agenda >=20 > Am I missing some obvious built-in way to do this? (I find that this = has happened so often, regardless of how esoteric my objective) that I = had better ask. Or could someone help me think through how it might be = done?=20