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On Thu 19-Sep-2019 at 21:39:10 +02, garjola@garjola.net wrote:=20
> Hi,
>
> I like the warning in the mode line when the time clocked on a task goes
> beyond the effort estimates in the properties drawer.
>
> However, I don=E2=80=99t know how to use this for repeating tasks or habi=
ts.
> That is, I want to work on a given task every day for less than N
> minutes and be warned when going beyond this amount. Of course,
> using the Effort property will warn me the first time, but will be
> useless after that, unless I delete the clocked time at the beginning of
> each new session.
>
> Is there a way to do that properly?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> G.

Hi,

I have been investigating this and I think I could advice org-clock-get-clo=
ck-string. I have never written advices to functions and I don=E2=80=99t kn=
ow org=E2=80=99s API.

Since I want to change the clock string only for repeating tasks, I have do=
ne this, which just adds =E2=80=9CRepeating=E2=80=9D to the clock string wh=
en clocking a repeating task:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(defun ocgcs (orig-fun &rest args)
  "Advice for effort in repeating tasks"
  (progn
    (if (org-entry-get (point) "LAST_REPEAT")
        (concat "Repeating"=20
                (apply orig-fun args))
      (apply orig-fun args))))
(advice-add 'org-clock-get-clock-string :around #'ocgcs)
#+END_SRC

What I would like to do now is getting the total time clocked today for the=
 task and then compare it to the Effot property value. I have found how to =
get the total amount of time clocked for the task, but I don=E2=80=99t know=
 how to limit this to today.

Any ideas?

Thank you.

G.