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From: dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd)
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Do you like to have your TODOs at the same headline level?
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:08:02 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <gjub4mjmf2xp.fsf@W0144758.usac.mmm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 86bndus5nd.fsf@example.com

Sebastien Vauban <sva-news@mygooglest.com> writes:

> William Denton <wtd@pobox.com> writes:
>> I'm trying to spend more time in a sparse tree view where I just see
>> TODOs (C-c / t).  I didn't like having the TODOs at different levels
>> of indentation, though.  I prefer seeing them all lined up, so I moved
>> them all to be fourth-level headline.  It's visually pleasing, and
>> I don't care if a second-level headline has a fourth-level child
>> without a third-level one.
>>
>> Do other people do this?
>
> No, and I don't think that's sane.  It would be logical to expect
> problems at export time (to LaTeX, among others) and in Org-lint.
>
> I try to put all the tasks at the 2nd level, the 1st level being
> reserved for big sections such as "Administration", "Tasks", "Team",
> etc.
>
> I'm very rigorous about expecting that all my "project management"
> documents can be exported (without loosing subtrees or generating error)
> to HTML (as the very first goal) and to LaTeX (as the second one).
>
> OTOH, I don't deny your wish to get things aligned; that's why I've
> opted to 4-char todo states only!
>
> Best regards,
>   Seb

4-char todo states?  How about a list? I can't picture how to abbreviate some
things...

Dave

  reply	other threads:[~2015-08-26 16:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-25 19:54 Do you like to have your TODOs at the same headline level? William Denton
2015-08-26 10:31 ` Sebastien Vauban
2015-08-26 16:08   ` J. David Boyd [this message]
2015-08-26 19:00     ` Sebastien Vauban
2015-09-01 13:15       ` cesar mena

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