[PATCH] Minor documentation patch

[PATCH] Minor documentation patch

[Gregory J. Grubbs]

When wrestling with org-remember, I got stuck on %i: I thought it would
display content, then create an active region ...


org-version: "Org-mode version 6.29trans (release_6.29c.86.gfa36.dirty)"

diff --git a/lisp/org-remember.el b/lisp/org-remember.el
index 5cfb217..191b678 100644
--- a/lisp/org-remember.el
+++ b/lisp/org-remember.el
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ Furthermore, the following %-escapes will be replaced with content:
               You may define a prompt like %^{Please specify birthday
   %n          user name (taken from `user-full-name')
   %a          annotation, normally the link created with org-store-link
-  %i          initial content, the region active.  If %i is indented,
-              the entire inserted text will be indented as well.
+  %i          initial content, copied from the active region.  If %i is 
+              indented, the entire inserted text will be indented as well.
   %c          current kill ring head
   %x          content of the X clipboard
   %^C         Interactive selection of which kill or clip to use

Re: [PATCH] Minor documentation patch

[Carsten Dominik]

Applied, thanks.

- Carsten

On Aug 27, 2009, at 7:40 PM, Gregory J. Grubbs wrote:

>
> When wrestling with org-remember, I got stuck on %i: I thought it  
> would
> display content, then create an active region ...
>
>
> org-version: "Org-mode version 6.29trans (release_6.29c. 
> 86.gfa36.dirty)"
>
> diff --git a/lisp/org-remember.el b/lisp/org-remember.el
> index 5cfb217..191b678 100644
> --- a/lisp/org-remember.el
> +++ b/lisp/org-remember.el
> @@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ Furthermore, the following %-escapes will be  
> replaced with content:
>               You may define a prompt like %^{Please specify birthday
>   %n          user name (taken from `user-full-name')
>   %a          annotation, normally the link created with org-store- 
> link
> -  %i          initial content, the region active.  If %i is indented,
> -              the entire inserted text will be indented as well.
> +  %i          initial content, copied from the active region.  If  
> %i is
> +              indented, the entire inserted text will be indented  
> as well.
>   %c          current kill ring head
>   %x          content of the X clipboard
>   %^C         Interactive selection of which kill or clip to use
>
>
>
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Is it possible to edit Effort remotely from the Agenda?

[Michael Gilbert]

Hi --

A few weeks into stable org usage (thanks again for getting Aquamacs  
to fix that issue) and I am starting to push past basic knowledge. I  
realize that there are many things that can be editing remotely from  
the agenda. One of the properties I most want to be able to edit is  
Effort. Is this possible?

-- Michael

Michael C. Gilbert -- mcg@gilbert.org

    The Gilbert Center -- http://gilbert.org
    Nonprofit Online News -- http://nonprofitnews.org

        "There can be no joy of life without joy of work." -- Aquinas

Re: Is it possible to edit Effort remotely from the Agenda?

[Manish]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> Hi --
>
> A few weeks into stable org usage (thanks again for getting Aquamacs to fix
> that issue) and I am starting to push past basic knowledge. I realize that
> there are many things that can be editing remotely from the agenda. One of
> the properties I most want to be able to edit is Effort. Is this possible?

If you display effort in the agenda in column view (C-c C-x C-c), you can edit
the effort by using Shift-right or Shift-left or "e".

This is from my .emacs.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setq org-drawers (quote ("PROPERTIES" "CLOCK" "EFFORT" "HIDE" "LOGBOOK")))
(setq org-global-properties (quote (("Effort_ALL" . "00:00 00:10 00:20
00:30 01:00 01:30 02:00 02:30 03:00 04:00 05:00 06:00 07:00 08:00"))))
(setq org-columns-default-format "%TODO %CATEGORY %60ITEM(Task)
%5Effort(Estim){:} %5CLOCKSUM(Clock) %SCHEDULED(Time) %DEADLINE")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

HTH
-- 
Manish

Re: Is it possible to edit Effort remotely from the Agenda?

[Michael Gilbert]

>> A few weeks into stable org usage (thanks again for getting  
>> Aquamacs to fix
>> that issue) and I am starting to push past basic knowledge. I  
>> realize that
>> there are many things that can be editing remotely from the agenda.  
>> One of
>> the properties I most want to be able to edit is Effort. Is this  
>> possible?
>
> If you display effort in the agenda in column view (C-c C-x C-c),  
> you can edit
> the effort by using Shift-right or Shift-left or "e".

This is working wonderfully, albeit with some lag. Thank you!

-- Michael

Can effort be edited conveniently outside column view?

[Michael Gilbert]

Hi --

Still working on developing my use of effort estimates. Is there a way  
to conveniently enter an effort estimate without entering column mode?  
I have gotten used to the easy ways to add deadlines and priorities in  
outline view and wondering if there was something similar.

-- Michael

Michael C. Gilbert -- mcg@gilbert.org

   The Gilbert Center -- http://gilbert.org
   Nonprofit Online News -- http://nonprofitnews.org

       "There can be no joy of life without joy of work." -- Aquinas

Re: Can effort be edited conveniently outside column view?

[Bernt Hansen]

Michael Gilbert <mcg@gilbert.org> writes:

> Still working on developing my use of effort estimates. Is there a way
> to conveniently enter an effort estimate without entering column mode?

Hi Michael,

I find column mode the easiest personally.  My setup is described at
http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#TaskEstimates

Starting column mode for a single entry (not a huge org file) should be
really fast.  Then right arrow to the effort column and enter your
quick-key for the value you want.  I actually assign effort values in my
refile agenda view.  This shows a bunch of tasks (normally less than 20)
and I assign efforts to each one before refiling them.

If an entry already has an effort value you can go to the property in
the property drawer and cycle through the preset values with S-right and
S-left.

HTH,
Bernt

Re: Can effort be edited conveniently outside column view?

[Carsten Dominik]

On Aug 29, 2009, at 3:24 AM, Michael Gilbert wrote:

> Hi --
>
> Still working on developing my use of effort estimates. Is there a  
> way to conveniently enter an effort estimate without entering column  
> mode? I have gotten used to the easy ways to add deadlines and  
> priorities in outline view and wondering if there was something  
> similar.

Hi Michael,

I think that editing effort estimates in bulk in column view
is really the bet way to do it, because then you have an overview over
all the tasks and you can add all the missing estimates.

However, I can see that occasionally it might be useful just to
add a single value.  For this, there is now

C-c C-x e

This will let you enter an effort estimate, with completion if
you have allowed values defined.  With a numeric prefix argument,
like `C-u 5 C-c C-x e', it will directly pick the nth value.

In the agenda, the `e' key will also run this command, so in the
agenda you can do `5 e' to get the fifth value.

HTH

- Carsten

>
> -- Michael
>
> Michael C. Gilbert -- mcg@gilbert.org
>
>  The Gilbert Center -- http://gilbert.org
>  Nonprofit Online News -- http://nonprofitnews.org
>
>      "There can be no joy of life without joy of work." -- Aquinas
>
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Re: Can effort be edited conveniently outside column view?

[Michael Gilbert]

Bernt, Manish, Carsten --

Thank you each for perspectives and tips. I now have more options for  
more contexts for effort editing. Thank you!

-- M

P.S. An FWIW, effort editing a bunch of items in context of each other  
works very well in column view for me. But since I tend to compose and  
take notes in outline view, the one-off method Carsten described is  
very helpful.