From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Jones Subject: Re: Release 6.02 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:28:23 -0600 Message-ID: <86d4of9hns.fsf@pmade.com> References: <73E732AA-5744-43D7-A583-8465C09CC0DA@science.uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jp77Y-0003c1-TF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:28:40 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jp77U-0003aP-FG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:28:40 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36415 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jp77U-0003aE-CU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:28:36 -0400 Received: from pmade.com ([64.92.223.213]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jp77T-0006j3-Ub for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:28:36 -0400 Received: from beefy.local.pmade.com (75-166-98-176.hlrn.qwest.net [75.166.98.176]) (authenticated bits=0) by pmade.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m3OJSURc098573 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:28:31 GMT (envelope-from pjones@pmade.com) In-Reply-To: <73E732AA-5744-43D7-A583-8465C09CC0DA@science.uva.nl> (Carsten Dominik's message of "Thu\, 24 Apr 2008 10\:39\:59 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Carsten Dominik writes: > The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if > you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated > work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to > entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later > want to compare the planned effort with the actual working > time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special > property `Effort', displayed side-to-side with clock sums, > and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned > work load of a day. See the manual for more details. Carsten, I'm already using a property called "Estimate" that works great, especially in column view. What extra functionally would I get by switching to this Effort property, or changing the org-effort-property to work with my Estimate property? Thanks. -- Peter Jones, pmade inc. http://pmade.com