Re: Definition of "unscheduled" task

[Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com>]

Sounds like my argument did not convince you. :-)  But a new variable 
works for me. I really appreciate the extra effort you take.

Wanrong

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Well,
>
> I am not about the change the meaning of "scheduled", but I can give 
> you a new
> variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date'.  How about that?
>
> - Carsten
>
> On Oct 14, 2007, at 17:45, Wanrong Lin wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
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