From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp10.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:bcc0::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms5.migadu.com with LMTPS id CG9/LP2MD2N5oAAAbAwnHQ (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:31:57 +0200 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:bcc0::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp10.migadu.com with LMTPS id wJaqK/2MD2OkBwAAG6o9tA (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:31:57 +0200 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2EA75AFBE for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:31:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:41520 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oTQdA-0002WF-AO for larch@yhetil.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:31:56 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57996) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oTQZG-0001iD-On for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:27:54 -0400 Received: from libre.brussels ([2a01:4f8:201:1044::1]:47920) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oTQZE-0001qA-U2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Aug 2022 12:27:54 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=libre.brussels; s=mail; t=1661963267; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=pIFN0qI4BmStfIW1kUWSP8Smy4LwEAaI4ULA1tbKzCg=; b=aT0deHaIkBvkyEf4qsimgVR4qSnfSgvegv42nvycRUd6CtJStFZJ+DiBqx6vaKNGffAV9E ajaFy4l8mIFNj4Z1QsrFjrwUIyWfcnSzREVEDI8QoaCxFy9QG8KoqS5L7gEhpdDul0Qg4o 1G2ubLzfPV0L/oRSTUMIH9i1Rro9ZXg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:27:47 +0200 From: indieterminacy To: Eduardo Suarez Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Subject: Re: Manual Ordering and Dynamic Priority In-Reply-To: <20220831161348.GA2413557@itccanarias.org> References: <20220831161348.GA2413557@itccanarias.org> Message-ID: <5d498adf74034689087b03a3126e23f5@libre.brussels> X-Sender: indieterminacy@libre.brussels Organization: Icebreaker Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a01:4f8:201:1044::1; envelope-from=indieterminacy@libre.brussels; helo=libre.brussels X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-To: larch@yhetil.org X-Migadu-Country: US ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1661963517; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post:dkim-signature; bh=pIFN0qI4BmStfIW1kUWSP8Smy4LwEAaI4ULA1tbKzCg=; b=teALPlwC95Js8Y3FTJdXl2vMgZKZ4paXcWqwDf+wvqdRFditUPa9nDdIrBZ2S9qW5QxbwE qkSyF1tub8Kbtopmia+duDOAn3k6kR4w9HrOfq77OZE2qMVje53wH4fOVx9RvgLgQgTQvD 8pgXs3EmAMB7e/38HWUNcgeEe03hlCwBW6ID3ty/L+IsUjY/6BPD7CvYbjAJOgKFL4U39t Ed9RJ+1kksgaaXsiVawDv09EtFb4as7yHsg1tnajjzvRKPMQ1VTlRQSQlFvr3OQhtdwCuS Xoq1t1zLDbZEIuqjQqVlsuOkCpWh327xoxsDFurDYgHkQlEYsduWx6q9g/wfZw== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1661963517; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=fxatifCUeIKkQSmU8x2BNkgHboeN6M8lrPg7ouM1Fp9psJbdt5L1+7tgwROLXCPhPUf1tx yN1qUy9qtOvTlPZdGjrBHB4lN3Dr9ROD/6XMg9Zb3bw29vLld0qJoD/gjSJl1GTJMJQk9f OJr+ObQz55K0gXxg3onp6EhO5GJEzQWkc28Zt2viUlWM2KKsJnR5BvEBrddlL8/7f1dCqn 07dguztMouQTfVEJ1SU0Gdvix1aHV1Zd7Q9X74KLnhrjGr1RVPZKhFcxFzAFTJHHPsGDGw KSFzL0Iw03tiqhYRxOGe4ObRjFaJoMoxamLwEXl9ene5ebOr88KR/tdxorUmBA== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=libre.brussels header.s=mail header.b=aT0deHaI; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=libre.brussels; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -7.08 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=libre.brussels header.s=mail header.b=aT0deHaI; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=libre.brussels; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="emacs-orgmode-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: 2EA75AFBE X-Spam-Score: -7.08 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: XyzjYGYW1CJA Hello Eduardo, On 31-08-2022 18:13, Eduardo Suarez wrote: > I have lots of tasks (todos) and I would like to create a long backlog > based on > my perceived priority. > > I was thinking to deal with them in the following way: > > - divide them in groups (categories or similar), > - manually sort priority for every group, > - mergesort groups, that is, start merging groups in pairs, and > manually sort > for every step the union group until I have a large sorted backlog. > > For this to be practical, I would need an easy way to sort manually a > group of > tasks and get them assigned automatically a priority (or any other > hack) so > that priority ordering matches manual ordering. > > Any idea about how to get this done? > While these are non orgmode solutions inside Emacs I hope they can give you some ideas of what you want: https://github.com/sp1ff/elfeed-score https://www.unwoundstack.com/blog/scoring-elfeed-entries.html https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Scoring.html > If I had to implement it (I don't know lisp), I would assign a property > (say > BACKLOG_PRIORITY) for every new task, with value the higher value of > any other > tasks in agenda plus ten (for instance). Then I would query a subset of > tasks > and sort them manually, swapping their values every time I swap their > order. I > would also allow to assign a value directly based on free slots, not to > bubble > the whole list for a low priority task. > > Does it sound over-engineered? Any idea? HTH -- Jonathan McHugh indieterminacy@libre.brussels