From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Schmitt Subject: Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in? Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:20:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87lh25qnhr.fsf@cmena.pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49219) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDYA4-0002bA-VC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:20:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDYA0-0003pA-Ig for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:20:48 -0400 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.83]:38279) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bDYA0-0003ov-Az for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:20:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87lh25qnhr.fsf@cmena.pobox.com> (cesar mena's message of "Thu, 16 Jun 2016 09:20:16 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: cesar mena Cc: emacs-orgmode --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2016-06-16 15:20, cesar mena writes: >> I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big >> obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task as >> I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to find it >> there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do it. Ideally, I >> would like to have a global key that I hit that let me choose with >> ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start clocking it. >> >> Does such a thing exist? If not, how do you start clocking in? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Alan > > this http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Clocking is a different approach > using a default task and clocking history. it might be helpful.=20 This is great! I already use the project structure from this document, so I should be able to adapt this to my setting. Thanks a lot for reminding me of this treasure trove. Alan =2D-=20 OpenPGP Key ID : 040D0A3B4ED2E5C7 Monthly Athmospheric CO=E2=82=82, Mauna Loa Obs. 2015-05: 403.94, 2016-05: = 407.70 --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJXYrW7AAoJEAQNCjtO0uXHaTsH/iU8vZBULKoctGiMOqivGwhD EHB6Hy191eEwmZLoZOx/RBOKdudDwmOt/1N0NPsiYKSTmRRGAUdXP/YHJyy0HGcY AsZva8G2zy2h7IVW/NLDyKyFxDYzwRaAxr8iaXrWsE7mXK2ojtrMZ/Y/04JxymW9 qa0wj1I6ahbdluSOxbQVj5eoIMKEsc09hFJ0P8axg+aWay5bVAqojGb7r+Rp/TB6 G7Vb//S1crn7UBVxMoMYeP3SVY4wDmBXvN+ZXrplVqyJRiR0zo2LvgucRK/yUl7W Nkf0O4M+MTa/zWQbR7CHHhc+QcsMPOyonZv0VVnIAug0nUd+jrEfgwy4yHhC9hQ= =Xiyp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--