From: Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Definition of "unscheduled" task
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:45:30 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4712399A.3000106@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <03538477831a4ab9769f528b92313aaf@science.uva.nl>
That's certainly an option. But usually I like to mark any "actionable"
items with "TODO", while using non-TODO entries to record information,
or to group TODOs into logical groups. Like this:
* Dental
*** TODO See Dr. Xyz for cleaning
<2007-11-29 Thu 09:00>
* Medical
*** TODO See Dr. Abc for routine exam
* Useful Websites
Conceptually, I think it is cleaner that way (if the entry indicates
some action, have a "TODO" keyword. How that action is scheduled is a
separate issue.). Physiologically, If I know in my org system certain
entries need action but don't have a TODO keyword, my trust of the
system will decrease since there are many functions in org-mode that
operates on TODO entries only (or better so). Also, with a TODO keyword,
I can change the state of it (I can cancel it, I can mark it done and
etc.). Further, sometimes you just want to create a TODO entry like "See
Dr. Abc", and later make it an appointment by adding a time stamp. It
seems awkward to me that I need to remove the "TODO" keyword once I have
that item scheduled as an appointment.
In short, I think we should mark appointments as "TODO" entries and have
appointments removed from the TODO item list if "ignore-scheduled" is
turned on.
Wanrong
Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
> On Oct 14, 2007, at 5:35, Wanrong Lin wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am trying to follow GTD's principle that tasks should be reviewed
>> regularly. So I first turn on "org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled", and
>> do a "List of all TODO entries, and then review all tasks in the
>> list. However, I found that tasks with plain active time stamps
>> ("appointment tasks") are also listed. Should we exclude them when
>> org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled is set to "t"?
>
> Wouldn't it be better to not mark appointments TODO?
>
> - Carsten
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-10-14 15:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-10-14 3:35 Definition of "unscheduled" task Wanrong Lin
2007-10-14 6:17 ` Carsten Dominik
2007-10-14 15:45 ` Wanrong Lin [this message]
2007-10-15 18:45 ` Carsten Dominik
2007-10-15 19:08 ` Wanrong Lin
2007-10-16 6:49 ` Carsten Dominik
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