From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Question about org-new-numbered-item Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:45:54 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87d3l72z7d.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52261 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q5ICG-0001vG-FC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:46:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5ICF-000184-4J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:46:00 -0400 Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:58782) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5ICE-00017s-PL for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:45:59 -0400 Received: by eyd9 with SMTP id 9so768467eyd.0 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:45:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87d3l72z7d.fsf@fastmail.fm> 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: Matt Lundin Cc: Org Mode Hi Matt, On Mar 31, 2011, at 3:31 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Hi Carsten, > > I noticed you have added a new function to org.el called > org-new-numbered-item, which inserts items like this: > > * TODO Action #1 :#1: > * TODO Action #2 :#2: > > I'd be curious to learn more about possible uses for this feature. For > instance, if one reorganizes items, will the actions be renumbered? No. The purpose is exactly to have the old numbers retained when moving and reorganizing them - a task not well served by ordered lists. > Do > you envision additional functionality beyond inserting an incremental > string and tag when inserting a new item? In my own experience, todos > generated when taking notes often have to be reordered and tagged after > the fact. How might this interact with the functionality already offered > by enumerated lists? For instance, might it be helpful to be able to > convert a list to a set of enumerated todos and vice versa? > > Thanks in advance for entertaining these questions born of brainstorming > and curiosity! Maybe you can first look at the tutorial which explains how I am using this. The function was added to minimize setup required for this particular use case. http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-meeting-tasks.html When you have read this, I am happy to brainstorm more about this and see if there are other contexts where this might be useful. - Carsten