From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Suggestions needed for handling "ideas" Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:59:21 -0400 Message-ID: <87och4s5fq.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <5874B798-900D-4C77-AFA6-4BFA385DA952@gmail.com> <87zl0pqke3.fsf@mundaneum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O6wYw-00012d-I4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:59:42 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=46193 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O6wYu-00010j-C8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:59:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O6wYs-0001Bt-JO for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:59:40 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:43538) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O6wYs-0001BT-Ds for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:59:38 -0400 Received: from public by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1O6wYo-0000H7-FT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:59:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87zl0pqke3.fsf@mundaneum.com> (=?utf-8?Q?=22S=C3=A9bastien?= Vauban"'s message of "Tue\, 27 Apr 2010 12\:07\:00 +0200") 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: =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien?= Vauban Cc: public-emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@plane.gmane.org S=C3=A9bastien Vauban writes: > I really am puzzled by using a "TODO state" for saying "this is a note". > > For me, a so-called TODO state is a circumstance (or a mode), so one > transitional property on a cycle. That's something that evolves over time, > such as: > > TODO -> NEXT -> STARTED -> WAITING -> DONE > > A NOTE does not belong to such cycles. It's just some kind of "property". > > I would be more inclined to view a NOTE "property" as a tag, but that doe= s not > satisfy me neither. Tags are for contexts, mainly resources we need to ha= ve at > hand, or locations we need to be, or time ranges in which the action makes > sense. I think that's too narrow a view for tags. Tags should be whatever is useful. It can be a context, or resources you need, or locations, or anything else that is useful. I use arbitrary tags to match items with an external tracking system - and use the id of that system so I can match them easily. I also use :NOTE: for notes. It works for my needs just fine. Tags are not and should not be limited to context only. I also use tags for special todo states... if I cancel a task I give it a CANCELLED tag too ... so any subtask of the cancelled task is obviously cancelled and unavailable to work on. -Bernt