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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Subject: Re: another way of inserting effort estimates
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:12:55 -0400
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Seweryn kokot <s.kokot@po.opole.pl> writes:

> When I want to insert effort estimates, I type for example 0:20 or 1:40 or cycle
> the allowed values of Effort properties. Would it be possible to have something
> similar to the date/time prompts, and instead of typing in the Effort property
> 0:20 or 1:40, just to type 20m or 1h40m or (1h40)? Where "m" stands for minutes
> and "h" for hour. The reason for this is that I moved the colon somewhere else
> on my keyboard and now it is not easily available.

As another alternative - in column mode:

When editing the effort column from a preset list of choices the number
keys 1-9 and 0 insert the value at that index in the list of choices
(where 0 inserts index 10)

-Bernt