From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Abrahams Subject: I must be missing something... Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:41:13 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ME1Za-0003DK-Kj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:41:06 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ME1ZV-0003B6-W9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:41:06 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34902 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ME1ZV-0003B0-SY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:41:01 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:45415 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ME1ZV-00078t-Ct for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:41:01 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1ME1ZR-00052A-31 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:40:57 +0000 Received: from 207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com ([207.172.223.249]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:40:57 +0000 Received: from dave by 207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:40:57 +0000 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 Hi, I've been using and studying org mode for a few months now, and though it seems to have great potential, some things still escape me. For example, do my DONE items simply accumulate forever in todo.org? I know there's an archiving feature... do I move those done items manually to an archive when I no longer need to see them? Also, how do I manage my projects? Org mode seems to "want" to put everything in one big file. I know I *can* separate trees by file, but it doesn't seem to be very convenient to do so. For example, if I'm visiting a project file, is there a way to get an agenda view on just /that/ file without having to modify org-agenda-files? I know I'm being a bit vague, but so far the basic operations of org-mode, which were very fast to use at first, haven't "scaled up" very easily to handle my whole life, and I'm not sure how to get there. Many thanks in advance for any advice you can give, -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com