There can only be one item with priority 1?

There can only be one item with priority 1?

[Fredrik]

When I think about priority I want to see if one item is more 
prioritized then another. So if I have a list like this:

* TODO Not important
* TODO Really important
* TODO Kind of import

So setting in the priority would look like this :

* TODO 3 Not important
* TODO 1 Really important
* TODO 2 Kind of import

And adding a new item that is more important then kind of important 
would look like this :

* TODO 4 Not important
* TODO 1 Really important
* TODO 2 More important then kind of important
* TODO 3 Kind of import

So is there any such functionality for handling priorities the anyone 
knows of? I know there is the ABC but that doesn't support what I shown 
here where I add an item in the middle of the list changes the priority 
of everything below it?

Regards,

Fredrik

Re: There can only be one item with priority 1?

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Fredrik <fredrik@jumans.net> writes:

> When I think about priority I want to see if one item is more
> prioritized then another. So if I have a list like this:
>
> * TODO Not important
> * TODO Really important
> * TODO Kind of import
>
> So setting in the priority would look like this :
>
> * TODO 3 Not important
> * TODO 1 Really important
> * TODO 2 Kind of import
>
> And adding a new item that is more important then kind of important
> would look like this :
>
> * TODO 4 Not important
> * TODO 1 Really important
> * TODO 2 More important then kind of important
> * TODO 3 Kind of import
>
> So is there any such functionality for handling priorities the anyone
> knows of? I know there is the ABC but that doesn't support what I
> shown here where I add an item in the middle of the list changes the
> priority of everything below it?

Why not use ABC and differentiate with tags, e.g.:

* TODO [#C] Not important :low:
* TODO [#A] Really important
* TODO [#B] More important then kind of important
* TODO [#C] Kind of import :medium:

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten

Re: There can only be one item with priority 1?

[Fredrik]

That would be an idea and I have tried it but when adding a new item in 
the list I manually need to change the priority for all the rest which 
is too much work

Regards,

Fredrik

On 2014-01-30 16:51, Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
> Fredrik <fredrik@jumans.net> writes:
>
>> When I think about priority I want to see if one item is more
>> prioritized then another. So if I have a list like this:
>>
>> * TODO Not important
>> * TODO Really important
>> * TODO Kind of import
>>
>> So setting in the priority would look like this :
>>
>> * TODO 3 Not important
>> * TODO 1 Really important
>> * TODO 2 Kind of import
>>
>> And adding a new item that is more important then kind of important
>> would look like this :
>>
>> * TODO 4 Not important
>> * TODO 1 Really important
>> * TODO 2 More important then kind of important
>> * TODO 3 Kind of import
>>
>> So is there any such functionality for handling priorities the anyone
>> knows of? I know there is the ABC but that doesn't support what I
>> shown here where I add an item in the middle of the list changes the
>> priority of everything below it?
> Why not use ABC and differentiate with tags, e.g.:
>
> * TODO [#C] Not important :low:
> * TODO [#A] Really important
> * TODO [#B] More important then kind of important
> * TODO [#C] Kind of import :medium:
>

Re: There can only be one item with priority 1?

[Thorsten Jolitz]

Fredrik <fredrik@jumans.net> writes:

> That would be an idea and I have tried it but when adding a new item
> in the list I manually need to change the priority for all the rest
> which is too much work

How many categories do you need? 
Using ABC with :low: :medium: :high: tags or so you got already 3x3
categories - isn't that already overkill?

You seem to want a kind of ordinal relationship between your tasks, not
really groups of tasks with similar importance.

You could use 

* [#A] My A Tasks 
** Subtask
** Subtask
** Subtask
* [#B] My B Tasks 
** Subtask
** Subtask
** Subtask
* [#C] My C Tasks 
** Subtask
** Subtask
** Subtask

and let the textual order of the subtasks determine their priority:
most important on top, least important at the bottom. 

Then insert a new task where you think it fits ...

> On 2014-01-30 16:51, Thorsten Jolitz wrote:
>> Fredrik <fredrik@jumans.net> writes:
>>
>>> When I think about priority I want to see if one item is more
>>> prioritized then another. So if I have a list like this:
>>>
>>> * TODO Not important
>>> * TODO Really important
>>> * TODO Kind of import
>>>
>>> So setting in the priority would look like this :
>>>
>>> * TODO 3 Not important
>>> * TODO 1 Really important
>>> * TODO 2 Kind of import
>>>
>>> And adding a new item that is more important then kind of important
>>> would look like this :
>>>
>>> * TODO 4 Not important
>>> * TODO 1 Really important
>>> * TODO 2 More important then kind of important
>>> * TODO 3 Kind of import
>>>
>>> So is there any such functionality for handling priorities the anyone
>>> knows of? I know there is the ABC but that doesn't support what I
>>> shown here where I add an item in the middle of the list changes the
>>> priority of everything below it?
>> Why not use ABC and differentiate with tags, e.g.:
>>
>> * TODO [#C] Not important :low:
>> * TODO [#A] Really important
>> * TODO [#B] More important then kind of important
>> * TODO [#C] Kind of import :medium:
>>
>
>
>

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten

Re: There can only be one item with priority 1?

[Daniel Clemente]

El Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:49:59 +0100 Fredrik va escriure:
> I know there is the ABC but that doesn't support what I shown here where I add
> an item in the middle of the list changes the priority of everything below it?
> 

  If you consider section order as priority, then you already have it: when you insert a section in the middle, all the ones below are of lower priority, without you having to change anything else.
  Use M-up and M-down to reorder sections.

  You can use the sorting order only when you have many [#A] or [#B] or [#C] of the same type together.

  You could also use [#A] [#B] [#C] [#D] [#E], but I think 3 groups is enough.