* TODO keywords into drawers ?
@ 2009-08-18 5:31 Xavier Maillard
2009-08-18 11:12 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-18 12:40 ` Matt Lundin
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Xavier Maillard @ 2009-08-18 5:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
hi,
I am relatively new (even if I used it years ago) to orgmode.
I extensively use remember to jot down new tasks/notes/... it
feets perfectly since it is almost instantaneous.
Sometimes, when at work, someone enters my room to speak about a
project. When finished, I fire remember and try to sum up our
discussion. This is not really a task to do but when reviewing my
notes, it can be switched to a task entry.
With my current setup, I have to differenciate, when in remember,
if it is a task, a note or something else. If I do not, I do not
see these entries when reviewing my org files. This is the big
hole in my system which makes me not trust my system :/
What I'd like to have in orgmode is a simpler and homogeneous way
to do things.
* TODO foo bar
would be
* foo bar
:TYPE:
TODO
:END:
a note would be
* foo bar
:TYPE:
NOTE
:END:
etc.
A default entry would have a special entry type -say UNKNOWN-
thus making the review much more trustable. What I like in this
idea is the homegenous view of any orgmode file and I guess this
would make orgmode file parsing a lot easier.
We could even go further by storing all orgmode entries meta-data
into drawers (tags, timestamps, states, ...)
WDYT ?
Regards
Xavier
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* Re: TODO keywords into drawers ?
2009-08-18 5:31 TODO keywords into drawers ? Xavier Maillard
@ 2009-08-18 11:12 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-08-18 12:40 ` Matt Lundin
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Carsten Dominik @ 2009-08-18 11:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xavier Maillard; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
On Aug 18, 2009, at 6:31 AM, Xavier Maillard wrote:
> hi,
>
> I am relatively new (even if I used it years ago) to orgmode.
I still remember.... :-)
>
> I extensively use remember to jot down new tasks/notes/... it
> feets perfectly since it is almost instantaneous.
>
> Sometimes, when at work, someone enters my room to speak about a
> project. When finished, I fire remember and try to sum up our
> discussion. This is not really a task to do but when reviewing my
> notes, it can be switched to a task entry.
>
> With my current setup, I have to differenciate, when in remember,
> if it is a task, a note or something else. If I do not, I do not
> see these entries when reviewing my org files. This is the big
> hole in my system which makes me not trust my system :/
For things that you need to decide about later, I would use
a special template with a special tag. You can then later
always searc for this tag, decide, and refile.
>
> What I'd like to have in orgmode is a simpler and homogeneous way
> to do things.
>
> * TODO foo bar
>
> would be
>
> * foo bar
> :TYPE:
> TODO
> :END:
No. I believe that having TODO keywords and tags in special
places is really critical for Org-mode when used in a simple
way. And since the philosophy of Org is to build up use from
simple to complex, I don't want to change this. Also, I fail
to see how this would help the proble you describe above.
On the other hand, you can define with a template that will
interactively prompt you for a tag, so that you can make this
decision when starting remember.
- Carsten
>
> a note would be
>
> * foo bar
> :TYPE:
> NOTE
> :END:
>
> etc.
>
> A default entry would have a special entry type -say UNKNOWN-
> thus making the review much more trustable. What I like in this
> idea is the homegenous view of any orgmode file and I guess this
> would make orgmode file parsing a lot easier.
>
> We could even go further by storing all orgmode entries meta-data
> into drawers (tags, timestamps, states, ...)
>
> WDYT ?
>
> Regards
>
> Xavier
>
>
>
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* Re: TODO keywords into drawers ?
2009-08-18 5:31 TODO keywords into drawers ? Xavier Maillard
2009-08-18 11:12 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2009-08-18 12:40 ` Matt Lundin
2009-08-18 19:00 ` Xavier Maillard
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Matt Lundin @ 2009-08-18 12:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xavier Maillard; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Xavier Maillard <xma@gnu.org> writes:
> I extensively use remember to jot down new tasks/notes/... it
> feets perfectly since it is almost instantaneous.
>
> Sometimes, when at work, someone enters my room to speak about a
> project. When finished, I fire remember and try to sum up our
> discussion. This is not really a task to do but when reviewing my
> notes, it can be switched to a task entry.
>
> With my current setup, I have to differenciate, when in remember,
> if it is a task, a note or something else. If I do not, I do not
> see these entries when reviewing my org files. This is the big
> hole in my system which makes me not trust my system :/
As Carsten suggested, tags are probably the best way to mark tasks in
the way you suggest. Org-remember can be instructed (via templates) to
prompt for tags:
,----
| %^g prompt for tags, with completion on tags in target file.
| %^G prompt for tags, with completion all tags in all agenda files.
`----
Or, if you prefer, you could create different templates for different
tags (:NOTE:, :UNKNOWN:, etc.).
Another recommendation would be to instruct remember to file new notes
to a single location (e.g., inbox.org or * inbox). You could then
regularly review/process/empty this "inbox." That way you'd be sure not
to miss any new notes.
> What I'd like to have in orgmode is a simpler and homogeneous way
> to do things.
>
> * TODO foo bar
>
> would be
>
> * foo bar
> :TYPE:
> TODO
> :END:
>
> a note would be
>
> * foo bar
> :TYPE:
> NOTE
> :END:
>
> etc.
>
> A default entry would have a special entry type -say UNKNOWN-
> thus making the review much more trustable. What I like in this
> idea is the homegenous view of any orgmode file and I guess this
> would make orgmode file parsing a lot easier.
>
> We could even go further by storing all orgmode entries meta-data
> into drawers (tags, timestamps, states, ...)
If you want to avoid todos and tags, you can always use PROPERTY drawers
for custom metadata.
E.g.
* foo bar
:PROPERTIES:
:TYPE: note
:END:
And, of course, you can have remember templates prompt you to fill these
in.
,----
| %^{prop}p Prompt the user for a value for property prop
`----
Warning: it can be much slower to search for properties than to search
for todo-states and tags.
Best,
Matt
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