From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Gilbert Subject: Re: tabular logging of values in habits and other repeating tasks Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 18:18:47 -0700 Message-ID: <2E670287-CFE9-45EA-A078-CC45EE03AF2F@gilbert.org> References: <4c319f87.5b26e30a.1749.ffffd9cd@mx.google.com> <5F22792E-7BCB-4CEB-9119-FCD4A56DA320@gilbert.org> <20100705210755.5F720E7ED4E8@peach.gilbert.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51545 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OVwp5-00067w-Si for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:19:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OVwp4-0006cF-Uu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:19:43 -0400 Received: from [74.94.69.218] (port=60911 helo=peach.gilbert.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OVwp4-0006bw-Ka for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:19:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100705210755.5F720E7ED4E8@peach.gilbert.org> 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: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira Cc: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist Darlan =97 Thank you for the additional hand-holding. This will be very useful to = me. Much obliged! =97 Michael On Jul 5,2010, at 2:06 PM, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira wrote: > What I though is something like the task below > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > * TODO Running > :PROPERTIES: > :STYLE: habit > :END: >=20 > | Date | Place | Distance | > |------------------+------------------+----------| > | [2010-07-03 S=E1b] | Park Something | 6km | > | [2010-07-05 Seg] | Some other place | 5km | > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >=20 > You then create a template that adds a line after the hline in the > table. That way the most recent completed task would be in the top. >=20 > Whenever you do the task you call org-capture with the template to add = a > new line to the table and then mark the task as done. It is true that > adding the line and marking the task as done are not a "single thing", = but > with org-capture you can add a line to the table from any buffer = without > needing to go until the task heading and the table keeps everything = more > organized. >=20 > Also, you can give this table a name and do whatever you want with it = using > org babel super powers. You could easily calculate the mean distance = that > you run, the variance, maybe even plot the distances that you run in = each > day (there is probably a way to use the inactive timestamps as values = for > the x axis). This would not be possible if you store the information = as > notes in the task.