From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eddward DeVilla" Subject: Fwd: Duration Tally Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:13:46 -0500 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 1HyzRl-0008BS-LH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:13:49 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HyzRj-00087w-T7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:13:49 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HyzRj-00087b-Mp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:13:47 -0400 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.235]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HyzRj-0008DO-EB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:13:47 -0400 Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id q3so678412nzb for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:13:46 -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: emacs-orgmode Just forwarding to the list. I forgot to. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eddward DeVilla Date: Jun 13, 2007 8:37 PM Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Duration Tally To: Scott Jaderholm On 6/13/07, Scott Jaderholm wrote: > On 6/13/07, Russell Adams wrote: > > > I'm planning ahead on some items, and having a way to represent the > > amount of time a TODO item will take > > On a similar note, I like using the clocktable to see how long things > have taken me, but sometimes I just want to put a time value under a > heading, not a time range (because I forgot to clock in/out). Could > CLOCK: => 2:00 or something similar work? If it did, maybe this could > work for Russell as well (if he didn't mind using a clocktable instead > of seeing it in the headline). > > Btw, I like Eddward's idea. Two other candidates for the property > list/table are status (TODO, DONE) and tags. It might be more work > however refactoring all the code that uses/displays them than the > consistency would be worth. > > --Scott Well, I wouldn't want too go to far in changing/breaking things. I just know that some things matter to me, but they might not matter to enough others to build it into org. Tags and todo sequences are pretty general in themselves and it make sense for them to be treated special bu org and agenda. Also, all of this hinges on it not being too unreasonable to fit into org-mode. I just figured that attaching an easy to access list of key value pairs that can be filtered on and use in calculations might be generally useful. I was just trying to expand on the schedule keywords. I haven't use clock table yet so I can't really comment on that. I was going to try to use deadlines, estimates and dependencies on todos to build something like a gant chart or milestone table. Edd