* how do you select tasks for clocking in?
@ 2016-06-16 6:24 Alan Schmitt
2016-06-16 13:20 ` cesar mena
2016-06-16 14:17 ` Allan Streib
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From: Alan Schmitt @ 2016-06-16 6:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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Hello,
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
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* Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?
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@ 2016-06-16 10:43 ` Eric S Fraga
2016-06-16 12:36 ` Alan Schmitt
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From: Eric S Fraga @ 2016-06-16 10:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Schmitt; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
On Thursday, 16 Jun 2016 at 06:24, Alan Schmitt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 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?
Depending on how many tasks you clock, you may find setting this
variable helpful:
,----[ C-h v org-clock-goto-may-find-recent-task RET ]
| org-clock-goto-may-find-recent-task is a variable defined in ‘org-clock.el’.
| Its value is t
|
| Documentation:
| Non-nil means ‘org-clock-goto’ can go to recent task if no active clock.
|
| You can customize this variable.
|
| [back]
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* Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?
2016-06-16 10:43 ` how do you select tasks for clocking in? Eric S Fraga
@ 2016-06-16 12:36 ` Alan Schmitt
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From: Alan Schmitt @ 2016-06-16 12:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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On 2016-06-16 12:43, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
> On Thursday, 16 Jun 2016 at 06:24, Alan Schmitt wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> 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?
>
> Depending on how many tasks you clock, you may find setting this
> variable helpful:
Thank you for the suggestion. This would probably be enough if I could
figure out how to use `org-clock-select-task' with a completion engine.
Alan
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* Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?
2016-06-16 6:24 Alan Schmitt
@ 2016-06-16 13:20 ` cesar mena
2016-06-16 14:20 ` Alan Schmitt
2016-06-16 14:17 ` Allan Streib
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From: cesar mena @ 2016-06-16 13:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Schmitt, emacs-orgmode
Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:
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> Hello,
>
> 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.
-cm
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* Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?
2016-06-16 6:24 Alan Schmitt
2016-06-16 13:20 ` cesar mena
@ 2016-06-16 14:17 ` Allan Streib
2016-06-16 14:27 ` Alan Schmitt
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From: Allan Streib @ 2016-06-16 14:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alan Schmitt, emacs-orgmode
Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> 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.
I clock in on the Agenda view. Assumming the tasks for which you are
tracking time are "TODO" items or otherwise on your agenda, this works
pretty well for me.
Allan
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* Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?
2016-06-16 13:20 ` cesar mena
@ 2016-06-16 14:20 ` Alan Schmitt
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From: Alan Schmitt @ 2016-06-16 14:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cesar mena; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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On 2016-06-16 15:20, cesar mena <cesar.mena@gmail.com> 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.
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
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* Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?
2016-06-16 14:17 ` Allan Streib
@ 2016-06-16 14:27 ` Alan Schmitt
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From: Alan Schmitt @ 2016-06-16 14:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Allan Streib; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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On 2016-06-16 16:17, Allan Streib <astreib@indiana.edu> writes:
> Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> 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.
>
> I clock in on the Agenda view. Assumming the tasks for which you are
> tracking time are "TODO" items or otherwise on your agenda, this works
> pretty well for me.
Thank you for the suggestion. I guess that keeping too many tasks
implicit (not in the agenda) works against this, and I should try to
make them explicit if I want to clock them.
Alan
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