Re: Definition of "unscheduled" task

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

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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