Re: Org-mode Habit with Varying Description

[Samuel Loury <konubinix@gmail.com>]

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Hi,
Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> I've been (very gradually) working on something I'm calling org-log, for
> just this sort of situation -- a library that would possibly go
> underneath org-habit and maybe even org-clock. It would look like:
>
> * Read <book>
>   :LOGBOOK:
>   - Note taken on [2014-10-20 Mon 10:33] \\
>     PAGES: 49
>   - Note taken on [2014-10-20 Mon 10:32] \\
>     PAGES: 150
>   :END:
>
> When adding notes (or state-change log notes) the user would be prompted
> to record values for the key(s) already existing in the logbook (in this
> case, PAGES). Multiple key-value pairs would be possible. Generic tables
> could be created for a heading, with more specialized tables with
> user-defined column formulas and all that.
>
> Add unit manipulation/calculation from the calc-units package, and I
> think this could be a nice extension to Org.
>
> I originally started thinking of this while translating a novel. I had a
> certain number of characters to translate, and a certain deadline. What
> I wanted was a single heading where I logged my progress, and a
> reporting facility that said "given today's date and how many characters
> you've already done, you'll need to average XXX characters per day to
> hit the deadline." I envisioned a gnuplot table that showed
> actual-characters-per-day against the shifting
> average-characters-per-day.

That is a very interesting idea. Do you think we could see your actual
work?

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