Re: specifying priority with template expansion

[Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 5:42 PM, David A. Thompson <thompdump@gmail.com> wrote:
> Most of my todos are neither associated with deadlines nor are they
> scheduled. Schedules and deadlines have seemed a more time-intensive way to
> go relative to setting priorities (but perhaps this is a 'Green Eggs and
> Ham' thing?)

Maybe. :-)

They were certainly the ticket for me.

> I guess the main difference is that I generally am typically able to
> recognize, when recording a todo, whether it's in the 'urgent/asap' pile
> (A), the 'try-and-get-it-done-sometime-soon' pile (B), or in a
> 'sure-would-be-nice-to-get-it-done' pile (C). Given that, it seemed both
> logical and more efficient to immediately prioritize the item rather than
> going back later and prioritizing the item.

Someone else is probably better suited to address your original post.
As far as additional thoughts, I was only thinking about keystroke
savings:

1) You can set priorities in agenda view by typing a comma and
choosing priority. You can set them anywhere with =C-c ,=. Or, you can
simply type them, =[#A]=.
2) Say you type them. That's four keystrokes. You could use =%?= in a
template to past the cursor within the priority cookie, like =[#%?]=.
But then you need two keystrokes to get out.
3) Whether 2) saves more time than 1) isn't clear to me, but might fit
your case until/if/when priorities are added to templates.

Hope this helps,
Jeff

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