From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastian Rose Subject: Re: Question re CATEGORY and Agenda Views Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:49:39 +0200 Message-ID: <87ws476pmk.fsf@gmx.de> References: 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 1MlhDq-00036E-3U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:49:50 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MlhDk-00034A-V7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:49:49 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36415 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MlhDk-00033x-Ct for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:49:44 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:50405) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MlhDj-0002ma-LY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:49:44 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Markus Heller's message of "Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:46:57 -0700") 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: Markus Heller Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Markus Heller writes: > Hello, > > I apologize if this is RTFM, i couldn't find the answer. Maybe it's also > because of a misconception on my part. > > I have a .org file with the following setup (HEAVILY inspired by Bernt Hansen, > http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html): > > * ABC1 > :PROPERTIES: > :CATEGORY: Bugfixes > :PROJECT: ABC1 > :END: > ** STARTED Find bugs > ** STARTED Fix bugs > > * ABC2 > :PROPERTIES: > :CATEGORY: Bugfixes > :PROJECT: ABC2 > :END: > ** STARTED Find bugs > ** STARTED Fix bugs > > So I have 2 different projects with identical tasks. If I bring up the agenda > and list all STARTED tasks, I get a list that looks like: > > Bugfixes: STARTED Find bugs :NEXT: > Bugfixes: STARTED Fix bugs :NEXT: > Bugfixes: STARTED Find bugs :NEXT: > Bugfixes: STARTED Fix bugs :NEXT: > > So the first column is taken from the CATEGORY property. How can I change this > so that the actual project is displayed in the agenda view? I would expect that > I'd have to use the PROJECT property, but how do I do this? Or is my whole idea > flawed? * Files To be honest, I never used the CATEGORY property at all, simply because that's a kind of information I need to see anyway and to put that information into a drawer is counterproductive. I'm still waiting for the day/mail when I apprehend the use of CATEGORY ;) Instead, I use one file per customer (or even project) and the file name is seen in the agenda. So I would have an `ABC1.org' and an `ABC2.org' [fn:1]. If I don't use one of those files anymore (everything is DONE and the customer is not likely to call anymore), I remove the file from the list of my agenda files. * Headlines "Fix Bugs" is my job, so why should I have a to-do entry with that title in one of my files? It wouldn't say anything about the task without context. That said, I would have to expand the entry when visiting the Org-file, just to find out what that entry is all about. In short, I use headlines that actually say something about the task. That way, never ran into an issue with two identical headlines. While the headline of two entries could be identical, the to-do state of those entries will be different. One of them will be DONE and thus not show up in the agenda. As an example, a bug could show up again for some reason, but I have to add a new entry, because the old one is billed already and therefore DONE. For small things that go in my organizer.org, I use tags which show up in the agenda, too. Best wishes Sebastian Footnotes: [fn:1] Note, that those files do not need to live in your `org-directory', but could live in your projects workspace if you prefer.