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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
>

  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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