From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Lundin Subject: Re: Added support for "habit tracking" Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:55:43 -0400 Message-ID: References: <874opt290u.fsf@gmx.ch> <87zl7lzyfh.fsf@gmx.ch> <834CBDCA-5FC2-4A77-B47F-44F1DC5438DA@gmail.com> <1e5bcefd0910222310h29fe6327j3b56f916da0aeb48@mail.gmail.com> <1e5bcefd0910230824i820e70fsc4ff24b9978f069c@mail.gmail.com> 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 1N1g9x-0006yH-05 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:55:53 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N1g9q-0006u4-7Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:55:51 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50117 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N1g9p-0006te-TS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:55:45 -0400 Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:37673) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N1g9p-0000HU-IV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:55:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: (John Wiegley's message of "Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:20:13 -0400") 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: John Wiegley Cc: Matt Lundin , Org-mode Mode John Wiegley writes: > The only difference between regular repeating tasks and habits is this: > > 1. Habits appear at the bottom of the agenda (by default) Out of curiosity, might I ask what org-agenda-sorting-strategy setting produces the default behavior? My agenda shows habits intermingled with SCHEDULED todos. Here's my org-agenda-sorting-strategy setting. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- ((agenda time-up priority-down effort-down) (todo todo-state-up priority-down) (tags priority-down)) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > 2. Habits can be removed by hitting K > 3. Habits have a little graph, since you need to see consistency over > a > period of time. > > Another difference between habits and tasks is this: If I get to the > end of my day and there are tasks yet undone, it means I need to > schedule them for another day. But if there are habits undone, *I > never reschedule them*. Once I reach a point during the day when I > know I no longer have time or opportunity to work on my habits, I just > hit K and exclude them from the view. What it means is that I'll try > again to do them tomorrow. I very much appreciate this feature! - Matt