From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: [PATCH] Separate file time from its tasks times Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:55:42 +0200 Message-ID: <87ty0rb3ip.fsf@gnu.org> References: <80398qb5fg.fsf@somewhere.org> <80r4wa9q73.fsf@somewhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46463) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHk2g-0007tU-Oj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:00:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHk2e-0006NY-Mz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:00:06 -0400 Received: from mail-wi0-f171.google.com ([209.85.212.171]:64109) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SHjxG-0005DK-6g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:54:30 -0400 Received: by wibhj13 with SMTP id hj13so2935314wib.12 for ; Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:54:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <80r4wa9q73.fsf@somewhere.org> (Sebastien Vauban's message of "Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:24:48 +0200") 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: Sebastien Vauban Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Sébastien, "Sebastien Vauban" writes: > This can be best understood with an example... I've been thinking about this again and I made up my mind with a clearer argument. > Before: > > #+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 4 :scope ("file-abc-tom.org" "file-abc-ann.org") :block 2012-02 > Clock summary at [2012-03-30 Fri 15:12], for February 2012. > > | File | Headline | Time | | > |------------------+------------------+-------+-------| > | | ALL Total time | 19:15 | | > |------------------+------------------+-------+-------| > | file-abc-tom.org | File time | 17:15 | | > | | Task A | 17:15 | | > | | TODO Subtask A1 | | 17:15 | > |------------------+------------------+-------+-------| > | file-abc-ann.org | File time | 2:00 | | > | | Task B | 2:00 | | > | | TODO Subtask B2 | | 2:00 | > #+END: > > Now: > > #+BEGIN: clocktable :maxlevel 4 :scope ("file-abc-tom.org" "file-abc-ann.org") :block 2012-02 > Clock summary at [2012-03-30 Fri 15:13], for February 2012. > > | File | Headline | Time | | | > |------------------+------------------+-------+-------+-------| > | | ALL Total time | 19:15 | | | > |------------------+------------------+-------+-------+-------| > | file-abc-tom.org | File time | 17:15 | | | > | | Task A | | 17:15 | | > | | TODO Subtask A1 | | | 17:15 | > |------------------+------------------+-------+-------+-------| > | file-abc-ann.org | File time | 2:00 | | | > | | Task B | | 2:00 | | > | | TODO Subtask B2 | | | 2:00 | > #+END: If we go for the second solution, the next step would be to put the "ALL Total time" into a different column than the "File time"... because it can look illogical to have both in the same column, for the same reasons it can look illogical to have a file's tasks times in the same column than the "File time" itself. So I'd rather stick to the current behavior, which I find more readable in the sense that it adds less columns. I hope you can explain this to your collaborators :) All best, -- Bastien