From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dominik Schrempf Subject: Feature Request: Time Line in Lab Book Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:12:53 +0200 Message-ID: <87lh4z9ibe.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59086) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1alXiu-0007ct-2n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:13:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1alXiq-0002eT-TF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:13:00 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-x233.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::233]:35249) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1alXiq-0002e6-LX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 04:12:56 -0400 Received: by mail-lf0-x233.google.com with SMTP id k79so53866581lfb.2 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2016 01:12:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([192.38.33.17]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j2sm1151694lfb.25.2016.03.31.01.12.54 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 31 Mar 2016 01:12:54 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Emacs Org Mode Mailing List Hello, I want to write a lab book with Org mode. Thereby my workflow is as follows: New stuff is appended to the bottom of the document (with time stamps in chronological order). Sometimes, especially when I discuss something in a meeting, tasks pop up that can only be done later. These tasks are filed into TODO entries. However, new stuff is being appended to the end of the document before I can come back to getting these tasks done. When I work on a task, I document it below this task and do not append it to the bottom of the document. This new stuff should belong to that task and not to the top level (i.e., the time line). New stuff belonging to the time line should belong to the top level and not to any task above it. I want to fold tasks together with text belonging to them while the time line is still visible below them. I am not sure if I make myself clear. A possible example: * February 2016 February 10th: Some text and stuff in February 2016. ** TODO A task to be done. Filed on February 10th. E.g., February 24th: Some text that should belong to the task only. I could not work on this task before February 18th. February 18th: Some more text belonging to February 2016 and not to the task. * March 2016 And so on. Maybe this feature does already exist, but I am not aware of it. I know that especially upon export, this is hard to realize, because all text always belongs to the previous headline. But maybe it is worth thinking about it because at least to me this would be highly useful (e.g., having different styles in HTML export for the text under the task and the text of the top level, the time line). Thanks and best wishes, Dominik