From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Scott Jaderholm" Subject: Re: Duration Tally Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:45:53 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20070613134706.GA10452@odin.demosthenes.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0hma-0005Nz-Dj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:46:24 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I0hmU-0005NM-PH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:46:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I0hmU-0005NJ-Jd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:46:18 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.227]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I0hmS-00066Q-4W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:46:17 -0400 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id q3so1611544nzb for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:45:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: Eddward DeVilla , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 6/19/07, Carsten Dominik wrote: > So the discussion must be about how you would like Org-mode to make > use of such data. Obviously it would be easy to write (as you > suggest) a little function that returns all this data as, say, > a property list. But then you would still need to use it in > some way. Are you suggesting tis as a feature where some users > (those who can write Lisp code) write their own extensions? > That is certainly an option. Are you also envisioning ways > how Org-mode should use this? I see a property list under each heading as a way of doing columns, albeit in a less user friendly way. I can see this being useful anywhere you have hierarchal data to which you would like to add structure. Currently, I normally transfer it into a table, but it would be nice to be able to leave things as a list and still define some columns. See http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg Perhaps a property list has the advantage of being easier for the programmers and being a better way to store the data in a text file, but I think it would be really sweet if an interface were built on top of it so that the user saw something similar to the picture above. Carsten, Have spreadsheet like columns for lists been discussed before, and if so, what was the verdict? --Scott