From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Integrating the journaling system with the GTD system Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 19:20:49 -0400 Message-ID: <87octnpdim.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <1e5bcefd0905201505v5e9dfa35x34bd052e9b080f9@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M6v5q-0000tN-LH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2009 19:21:02 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1M6v5m-0000rd-5c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2009 19:21:02 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59184 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1M6v5l-0000rY-OD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2009 19:20:57 -0400 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:59923) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M6v5l-0006xS-Ev for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 20 May 2009 19:20:57 -0400 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: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Marcelo de Moraes Serpa writes: > I keep a journal using the simple journal-mode, and eventually, > journal entries give origin to new items (projects or next actions, in > the GTD context). > > When you are writing the journal post, and if a project, next action > comes to your mind, you don't want to switch context and go to the org > file to add this entry. So, what I thought was to either: > * Add each journal file to the agenda list (which could be > inefficient, as the list would eventually grow too big, not sure how > this would affect performance?) > * Copy these entries to the main gtd.org file > > The objective is to do it automagically, when saving the file (or in > the case of the first option, when the file is created). > Why not just use remember mode to record these things? You don't have to stop what you are doing - just hit the key sequence to invoke org-remember and enter the details of your item and C-c C-c and you're done. Just create a remember note with a target of your gtd.org file - or file to tasks.org and use the refile mechanism with ido completion later to move the task to the right place efficiently. My setup is described here: http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Remember http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Refiling HTH, Bernt