Re: Re: orgmode and physical fitness training

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

Hi,

if you do not need the tags, calling

    (org-entry-properties nil 'standard)

will be a lot faster.

- Carsten

On Nov 6, 2008, at 5:56 PM, Eric Schulte wrote:

> Mikael Fornius <mfo@abc.se> writes:
>
>> David O'Toole <dto@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> Does anyone else here use org-mode for fitness and/or health  
>>> tracking?
> [...]
>> Lately I have been thinking of and trying to implement a true org- 
>> mode
>> running diary. Which means to use the org-mode file as raw-data file
>> (properties) instead of my parallell sexp-assoc-list-elisp-data-file.
>>
>> I tried column mode but it is far too slow for 300 headings and the
>> calculations possible is only sums but I need much more.
>>
>
> Hi Mikael,
>
> I ran into a very similar issue with column view lately while trying  
> to
> use org-mode to collect experimental results.  I created the attached
> file, which can be used to collect data from properties in a manner
> similar to column view, but using a simpler method meant only for  
> table
> display, rather than column viewing, and allowing for the  
> application of
> general elisp to the values before they are dumped into the table.  I
> think it would work in your case as well.
>
> I applied it to the data you posted with the following results.  The
> mechanics are working, but it could use some display cleaning.  The  
> file
> `org-collector.el' is attached
>
> <org-collector.el><mime-attachment.txt><mime-attachment.txt>