From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tommy Kelly Subject: What is your journaling setup? (was Re: Awesome! Date-tree from agenda! Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:59:40 -0600 Message-ID: References: <874ob57qoy.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <2AF51A11-F4F4-4734-ABC7-1992271E883E@gmail.com> <87fwuoebx3.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46205 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PM2ab-0003m1-UW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:00:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PM2aZ-0000Gx-H2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:00:05 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:39680) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PM2aZ-0000Eb-AY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:00:03 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PM2aQ-0001sY-RI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:59:54 +0100 Received: from cpe-70-112-150-104.austin.res.rr.com ([70.112.150.104]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:59:54 +0100 Received: from tommy.kelly by cpe-70-112-150-104.austin.res.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:59:54 +0100 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@gnu.org In response to Carsten's mention of a new capture target type, Eric wrote: > Excellent! This is perfect. I keep a journal but ... I'd be really interested in seeing how people use org-mode for journaling. By journaling I'm thinking of the various ways of capturing activity throught the day and then being able to say at some later point, "What exactly did I spend my time on?" I guess the more important part is deciding exactly how to slice and dice previously captured data so as to give a historical report with the right level of detail. But obviously that is affected by how the data is captured in the first place. I'm new to org-mode so I currently have a very simple capture setup. I have two types of capturing -- one a TODO and one just a note. And then I have two broad classes -- personal and work. So four templates in all. I also have it prompt me for a note if a pause on a task or complete it. ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (global-set-key (kbd "C-c c") 'org-capture) (setq org-capture-templates '( ("t" "Todo" entry (file+headline "~/org/journal.org" "Journal") "\n\n** TODO %?\nSCHEDULED: %t\n%i%a\n\n\n" :empty-lines 1) ("n" "Note" entry (file+headline "~/org/journal.org" "Journal") "\n\n** %?\n%U\n%i%a\n\n\n" :empty-lines 1) ("p" "Personal Templates") ("pt" "Personal Todo" entry (file+headline "~/org/personal.org" "Personal Journal") "\n\n** TODO %?\nSCHEDULED: %t\n%i%a\n\n\n" :empty-lines 1) ("pn" "Personal Note" entry (file+headline "~/org/personal.org" "Personal Journal") "\n\n** %?\n%U\n%i%a\n\n\n" :empty-lines 1) ) ) ;; Log notes and time at various points in a task's life (setq org-log-done 'note) ;; When we complete it (setq org-log-note-clock-out t) ;; When we clock out ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; All TODOs are captured SCHEDULED for today, but I reschedule them everytime I need to look at the agenda, so I keep today clean. I know there are better ways, but I'm adding to my org-mode setup slowly, so as not to be overwhelmed by new things. But as I say, I'm new to this so I know there's a lot more can be done than just the above. Also, I haven't yet figure out the best way to create reports from the above, other than just turning on log mode and showing inactive timestamped items in the agenda. I'd really appreciate seeing what others have come up with. So, anyone care to share their journaling approach? Tommy