From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Scott Jaderholm" Subject: Creating prioritized todo list from GTD project/next action list Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:30:50 -0700 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1807327619==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HP9LN-0000d6-K6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:31:05 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HP9LM-0000cu-36 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:31:04 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HP9LL-0000cr-UX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:31:03 -0500 Received: from mu-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.134.186]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HP9LA-0000Yc-H2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:30:53 -0500 Received: by mu-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id w1so450966mue for ; Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:30:51 -0800 (PST) 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@gnu.org --===============1807327619== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_86902_26544273.1173324650938" ------=_Part_86902_26544273.1173324650938 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, It looks like many of the org-mode users are using it for a GTD-like setup. I imagine many of you have a format like this: * Project 1 ** Next Action * Project 2 ** Next Action I've heard some opposition from GTDers to a simple todo list for the day and it seems that the GTD way is to decide in-the-moment what to do based on a number of criteria. Well, I really do like having a todo list and planning out the critical things for my day in the morning and then going down the list checking them off. I but I also like having a project view because that allows me to make sure I come up with the next actions for all my commitments. I'm curious if anyone has come up with a nice way to make this todo list, organize it, but have it link back to your next actions for your projects. I've tried tagging TODOs with :today:, but you can't reorder them in the agenda match tag window. What I normally do now is schedule the TODOs for today and then I archive them in the agenda view with $ to complete them. The biggest problem with this is that I can't reorder the scheduled TODOs to reflect the priority or order in which I want to do them, and I clutter up my calendar view of the day. I thought of two solutions and I'm wondering if anyone has implemented either or come up with another. One, rearrange items in the agenda without having to assign them a time. Two, have a keystroke that you could press on a headline and it would create a link (or an agenda like display) of that headline in a temporary window (or a todo window) where you could use org-mode controls to rearrange the headlines. If you pressed C-c $ or C-c C-t you could archive or complete the tasks and have them be changed back in the real file. Just thought I'd ask and see if there was something I was missing. Thanks, Scott ------=_Part_86902_26544273.1173324650938 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi,

It looks like many of the org-mode users are using it for a GTD-like setup. I imagine many of you have a format like this:

* Project 1
** Next Action

* Project 2
** Next Action

I've heard some opposition from GTDers to a simple todo list for the day and it seems that the GTD way is to decide in-the-moment what to do based on a number of criteria. Well, I really do like having a todo list and planning out the critical things for my day in the morning and then going down the list checking them off. I but I also like having a project view because that allows me to make sure I come up with the next actions for all my commitments. I'm curious if anyone has come up with a nice way to make this todo list, organize it, but have it link back to your next actions for your projects.

I've tried tagging TODOs with :today:, but you can't reorder them in the agenda match tag window. What I normally do now is schedule the TODOs for today and then I archive them in the agenda view with $ to complete them. The biggest problem with this is that I can't reorder the scheduled TODOs to reflect the priority or order in which I want to do them, and I clutter up my calendar view of the day.

I thought of two solutions and I'm wondering if anyone has implemented either or come up with another.

One, rearrange items in the agenda without having to assign them a time.

Two, have a keystroke that you could press on a headline and it would create a link (or an agenda like display) of that headline in a temporary window (or a todo window) where you could use org-mode controls to rearrange the headlines. If you pressed C-c $ or C-c C-t you could archive or complete the tasks and have them be changed back in the real file.

Just thought I'd ask and see if there was something I was missing.

Thanks,
Scott
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