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* [Orgmode] New feature idea:  Todo completion log entries
@ 2006-09-07 20:14 Daniel J. Sinder
  2006-09-14  9:28 ` Carsten Dominik
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Daniel J. Sinder @ 2006-09-07 20:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

I find that completing a task often results in follow-up information
that I'd like to add to the entry in my org file.  In this way, my
follow-up notes are connected to the action which generated them.

Here's an example.  Prior to doing the task, I might have something
like this:
** TODO Generate a histogram of Foo data
   - Use August test data

Then, after completing the task, I might want something like this:
** DONE Generate a histogram of Foo data
   CLOSED: [2006-09-06 Tue 12:00]
   - Use August test data
   FOLLOW-UP:
    - Histogram is [[file:foo-aug-histogram.pdf][here]]

(alternatively, the FOLLOW-UP notes could be under a sub-heading.)

My thinking is that it would be nice to have a command which marks a
TODO item done and also opens a buffer to enter follow-up notes.
(This would be like entering log notes after a version control
check-in.)  When the "log" buffer is exited, the contents could be
appended to the org file (as above).  Like the current org-log-done
functionality, this would provide for more meta-data about the task
completion.

Dan

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* Re: New feature idea:  Todo completion log entries
  2006-09-07 20:14 [Orgmode] New feature idea: Todo completion log entries Daniel J. Sinder
@ 2006-09-14  9:28 ` Carsten Dominik
  2006-09-14 15:02   ` Daniel J. Sinder
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Carsten Dominik @ 2006-09-14  9:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Daniel J. Sinder; +Cc: emacs-orgmode


On Sep 7, 2006, at 22:14, Daniel J. Sinder wrote:

> I find that completing a task often results in follow-up information
> that I'd like to add to the entry in my org file.  In this way, my
> follow-up notes are connected to the action which generated them.
>
> Here's an example.  Prior to doing the task, I might have something
> like this:
> ** TODO Generate a histogram of Foo data
>    - Use August test data
>
> Then, after completing the task, I might want something like this:
> ** DONE Generate a histogram of Foo data
>    CLOSED: [2006-09-06 Tue 12:00]
>    - Use August test data
>    FOLLOW-UP:
>     - Histogram is [[file:foo-aug-histogram.pdf][here]]

I like this idea and will try to implement it.  However, where to store 
the followup note is difficult to determine - how about inserting it 
directly after the CLOSED time stamp?  This may be not be perfect 
because it will be before any other information in the entry, but I 
find it even more difficult to have it at the end of a possibly very 
long subtree of reference data.

- Carsten



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Carsten Dominik
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* Re: New feature idea:  Todo completion log entries
  2006-09-14  9:28 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2006-09-14 15:02   ` Daniel J. Sinder
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Daniel J. Sinder @ 2006-09-14 15:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: emacs-orgmode

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> 
> I like this idea and will try to implement it.  However, where to store 
> the followup note is difficult to determine - how about inserting it 
> directly after the CLOSED time stamp?  This may be not be perfect 
> because it will be before any other information in the entry, but I find 
> it even more difficult to have it at the end of a possibly very long 
> subtree of reference data.

I think that directly under CLOSED is pretty good.  For me, when I look 
back at my notes, it's usually the result of the TODO that I'm looking 
for anyway, so near the top is good.

Thanks for taking this on.

Dan

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