From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Basic organization question Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:58:05 -0500 Message-ID: <87fwssjkxu.fsf@norang.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54536 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PefIQ-0007wW-Jl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:58:19 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PefIP-0001Dl-6e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:58:18 -0500 Received: from mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.71]:54695) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PefIP-0001D3-4q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2011 21:58:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Tommy Kelly's message of "Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:07:06 -0600") 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: Tommy Kelly Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Tommy Kelly writes: > "Thomas S. Dye" writes: >> Several times when I've had this type of question, I've found answers >> I can use on Bernt Hansen's Org-mode pages: >> >> http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html > > Actually, when I said: > >>> And I like the idea discussed in http://orgmode.org/org.html, where > > I mis-copy/pasted. I was actually meaning Bernt's stuff. But although he seems > to rely a lot on different files and subtrees, he also seems to get into > tags and categories. I'm trying to take things slowly, adding a little > bit more functionality at a time as needed. I don't want to jump > straight to his overall method and then modify from there. Hi Tommy, I use categories only as a visual cue on the agenda for what the task is related to. TAGS are much more flexible for controlling what you see on the agenda and I use tags for filtering what is displayed on the agenda. Taking things slow and adding only what you need for your workflow is definitely how I recommend you approach your use of org-mode. That's what I did. The only use I have for categories is the left-column display of the agenda showing what category some task belongs to. I find that a little easier to read (at a glance) than a bunch of tags that are applied to the task. I tried various approaches and in the beginning everything was in one big file for me. I started separating things when it logically made sense to me to do that (and the single-file was getting unweildy). Try stuff out and see if you like it. Figure out what works best for you. HTH, Bernt