* Re: email -> TODO items?
2014-01-05 14:46 email -> TODO items? Peter Davis
@ 2014-01-05 20:48 ` Suvayu Ali
2014-01-05 21:50 ` John Kitchin
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From: Suvayu Ali @ 2014-01-05 20:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On Sun, Jan 05, 2014 at 09:46:58AM -0500, Peter Davis wrote:
> I've been using org-mode for a few years, but only for a few limited
> purposes. I keep TODO lists for work-related stuff, and I compose blog
> posts which I then export to HTML, cut from the browser and paste into
> Blogger.
>
> Sometimes it's much quicker and easier to email myself notes on things
> to do. I'd like to be able to import individual email messages, and
> turn them into TODO items in one of my .org files. I use half a dozen
> email clients, including mutt, which lets me easily pipe a message to
> a script. I figured I could write something that would parse the
> message and add a line to a .org file like:
>
> * TODO [[file:<subject'>.org][<subject>]]
>
> Then it would create the <subject'>.org file, insert a standard
> preamble I use, and put the body of the email into that
> file. (<subject'> is a filename-safe version of the message's subject
> line.)
>
> There are one or two complications, like checking for duplicate file
> names, etc., but on the whole, it seems pretty straightforward. I
> could do this in Perl relatively quickly. I'm not an elisp guy, but I
> imagine there would be a way to pipe the message to emacsclient (or a
> temp file) and do it with a macro.
>
> Does something like this already exist? Or is there an easier way?
Take a look at debbugs-org, available on ELPA.
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
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2014-01-05 14:46 email -> TODO items? Peter Davis
2014-01-05 20:48 ` Suvayu Ali
@ 2014-01-05 21:50 ` John Kitchin
2014-01-06 10:51 ` Karl Voit
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From: John Kitchin @ 2014-01-05 21:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Davis; +Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
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Maybe you could use some online service like Remember the Milk that offers
an rss-feed for your todos, and use org-feed to pull them in to an org
file. you can send emails to RTM of tasks. org-feed already handles the
file duplication issue.
another option might be: https://zapier.com/zapbook/email/google-tasks/
there seem to be lots of options like this.
John
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On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote:
> I've been using org-mode for a few years, but only for a few limited
> purposes. I keep TODO lists for work-related stuff, and I compose blog
> posts which I then export to HTML, cut from the browser and paste into
> Blogger.
>
> Sometimes it's much quicker and easier to email myself notes on things
> to do. I'd like to be able to import individual email messages, and
> turn them into TODO items in one of my .org files. I use half a dozen
> email clients, including mutt, which lets me easily pipe a message to
> a script. I figured I could write something that would parse the
> message and add a line to a .org file like:
>
> * TODO [[file:<subject'>.org][<subject>]]
>
> Then it would create the <subject'>.org file, insert a standard
> preamble I use, and put the body of the email into that
> file. (<subject'> is a filename-safe version of the message's subject
> line.)
>
> There are one or two complications, like checking for duplicate file
> names, etc., but on the whole, it seems pretty straightforward. I
> could do this in Perl relatively quickly. I'm not an elisp guy, but I
> imagine there would be a way to pipe the message to emacsclient (or a
> temp file) and do it with a macro.
>
> Does something like this already exist? Or is there an easier way?
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> -pd
>
>
> --
> ----
> Peter Davis
> The Tech Curmudgeon
> www.techcurmudgeon.com
>
>
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2014-01-05 14:46 email -> TODO items? Peter Davis
2014-01-05 20:48 ` Suvayu Ali
2014-01-05 21:50 ` John Kitchin
@ 2014-01-06 10:51 ` Karl Voit
2014-01-06 12:32 ` Peter Davis
2014-01-06 19:00 ` Brett Viren
2014-01-07 6:47 ` aitor
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From: Karl Voit @ 2014-01-06 10:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
* Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote:
>
> Sometimes it's much quicker and easier to email myself notes on things
> to do.
Using email for a todo management system has many disadvantages. I
read a *lot* about those attempts.
For the purpose you were mentioning, I am using MobileOrg (Android)
to quickly capture notes about todos. This way, I get those todos in
my inbox.org and refile them every other day.
--
mail|git|SVN|photos|postings|SMS|phonecalls|RSS|CSV|XML to Org-mode:
> get Memacs from https://github.com/novoid/Memacs <
https://github.com/novoid/extract_pdf_annotations_to_orgmode + more on github
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2014-01-06 10:51 ` Karl Voit
@ 2014-01-06 12:32 ` Peter Davis
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From: Peter Davis @ 2014-01-06 12:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On Mon, Jan 6, 2014, at 05:51 AM, Karl Voit wrote:
> * Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote:
> >
> > Sometimes it's much quicker and easier to email myself notes on things
> > to do.
>
> Using email for a todo management system has many disadvantages. I
> read a *lot* about those attempts.
>
> For the purpose you were mentioning, I am using MobileOrg (Android)
> to quickly capture notes about todos. This way, I get those todos in
> my inbox.org and refile them every other day.
>
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll look into them.
Strictly speaking, these are not TODO items, but ideas and notes for
blog posts I may want to write. The email approach has been ok, but
since I typically expand on these short notes in org-mode, it would be
useful to be able to import them directly. But I'll certainly look at
these alternatives.
Thanks!
-pd
--
Peter Davis
www.techcurmudgeon.com
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* Re: email -> TODO items?
2014-01-05 14:46 email -> TODO items? Peter Davis
` (2 preceding siblings ...)
2014-01-06 10:51 ` Karl Voit
@ 2014-01-06 19:00 ` Brett Viren
2014-01-07 4:49 ` Nick Dokos
2014-01-07 6:47 ` aitor
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From: Brett Viren @ 2014-01-06 19:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Davis; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
> I use half a dozen email clients, including mutt, which lets me easily
> pipe a message to a script.
The need to support multiple clients may rule out my suggestion but
capturing a TODO or a note while visiting a GNUS message and thus
preserving the link back to the article that spawned my task/idea is
fantastically useful.
In your pipe scheme maybe there is some way you can preserve this link
back.
-Brett.
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2014-01-06 19:00 ` Brett Viren
@ 2014-01-07 4:49 ` Nick Dokos
2014-01-13 16:35 ` Peter Davis
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From: Nick Dokos @ 2014-01-07 4:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Brett Viren <bv@bnl.gov> writes:
> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>
>> I use half a dozen email clients, including mutt, which lets me easily
>> pipe a message to a script.
>
> The need to support multiple clients may rule out my suggestion but
> capturing a TODO or a note while visiting a GNUS message and thus
> preserving the link back to the article that spawned my task/idea is
> fantastically useful.
>
> In your pipe scheme maybe there is some way you can preserve this link
> back.
>
There were a few discussions about mutt integration with org some years
back. In particular
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/18950
describes an implementation (or maybe two) of a "mutt" link type.
Searching the ML with "mutt links" will uncover a few more such discussions.
--
Nick
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* Re: email -> TODO items?
2014-01-07 4:49 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2014-01-13 16:35 ` Peter Davis
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From: Peter Davis @ 2014-01-13 16:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nick Dokos; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> writes:
> Brett Viren <bv@bnl.gov> writes:
>
>> Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> writes:
>>
>>> I use half a dozen email clients, including mutt, which lets me easily
>>> pipe a message to a script.
>>
>> The need to support multiple clients may rule out my suggestion but
>> capturing a TODO or a note while visiting a GNUS message and thus
>> preserving the link back to the article that spawned my task/idea is
>> fantastically useful.
>>
>> In your pipe scheme maybe there is some way you can preserve this link
>> back.
>>
Thanks, Brett. I've added Gnus to my repertoire, but I'm still just
learning the ropes on that. My current breakdown is:
GMail - GMail Web reader
IMAP - Gnus, Thunderbird, dedicated Web mail app
local MH folders - Mutt, MH
>
> There were a few discussions about mutt integration with org some years
> back. In particular
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/18950
>
> describes an implementation (or maybe two) of a "mutt" link type.
>
> Searching the ML with "mutt links" will uncover a few more such discussions.
aitor <aitors2005@gmail.com> writes:
>
> If you are using mutt, check out this link:
>
> http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2010/02/integrating_Mutt_with_Org-mode/
>
Thanks Nick and aitor. I'm looking into these mutt/org-mode integration
efforts. Looks like what I want may already exist, or at least major
pieces of it.
Thanks all!
-pd
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* Re: email -> TODO items?
2014-01-05 14:46 email -> TODO items? Peter Davis
` (3 preceding siblings ...)
2014-01-06 19:00 ` Brett Viren
@ 2014-01-07 6:47 ` aitor
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From: aitor @ 2014-01-07 6:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode; +Cc: Peter Davis
> ... I use half a dozen email clients, including mutt, which lets me
> easily pipe a message to a script.
If you are using mutt, check out this link:
http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2010/02/integrating_Mutt_with_Org-mode/
best,
aitor
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