From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nathan Neff Subject: Re: Prompt for time when clocking in? Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:44:54 -0500 Message-ID: References: <25337.1319038504@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <25119.1319130585@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:34928) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGwfp-0006pj-Pi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:44:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGwfo-00059F-36 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:44:57 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.213.41]:39461) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGwfn-00058x-NW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:44:55 -0400 Received: by ywa17 with SMTP id 17so41892ywa.0 for ; Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:44:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <25119.1319130585@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> 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: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: emacs-orgmode > Two minor nits: t is a constant so you don't need to quote it; emacs-lisp > mode helps with indentation (putting it in a code block - see below - > in an org file and using C-c ' to edit it works wonderfully). Thanks for your suggestions re: using Emacs to edit lisp code and using the t in lieu of 't -- I appreciate these types of style/coding comments immensely! > > I'm not sure whether 'tis better to specify relative or absolute times > ("let's see: I should have clocked in 15 mins ago" vs "Let's see: I > should have clocked in at 12:20"), but just in case you want to try the > alternatives, here are two dummy function functions for the two > alternatives - they just print the result time in the echo area. Nick, I like the ability to just type "15", but I also like the ability to use the familiar org-calendar in case I want to get fancier (for example, I forgot to clock something that I worked on yesterday) It would be a cool feature of org-read-date to be able to type "-15M" and have org-read-date go back 15 minutes from the current date/time. I played around with org-read date for something like -"15m" and "-15M", but the "-15m" went back 15 *months*, not minutes. Does anyone know if there's a way to specify a relative *time* using org-read-date? For example, something like -15M would be "15 minutes earlier"? Thanks, --Nate > > The rel time can use a prefix arg (ESC -15 M-x > rel/dummy-clock-in-at-time) or the minibuffer if no prefix arg is > specified (and you might want to bias it towards the past, so 15 =3D 15 > mins ago and -15 =3D 15 mins from now, but that might be a bit > perverse). > > FWIW, I think I would tend to prefer your implementation, but since I > clock nothing, I'm no expert :-) > > Nick > > #+begin_src elisp > > (defun rel/dummy-clock-in-at-time (nmin) > =A0(interactive "N+/-minutes: ") > =A0(setq start-time (time-add (current-time) (seconds-to-time (* nmin 60)= ))) > =A0(message (format-time-string "%H:%M:%S" start-time))) > > (defun abs/dummy-clock-in-at-time() > =A0(interactive) > =A0(setq start-time (org-read-date t t)) > =A0(message (format-time-string "%H:%M:%S" start-time))) > > #+end_src > > > >> It's a bit wonky if you clock in to a past time, and then you want to >> resolve that clock, but my main use-case for now is this: >> >> 1) I start doing something >> 2) I forgot to clock in >> 3) I don't want to press 8 keys in order to clock in 15 minutes ago. >> >> This solution should work for now. =A0Although, I could see it being a >> handy way to >> prompt for clock-in *and* clock-out times. >> >> Thanks for the suggestions, >> >> --Nate >> >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Nick Dokos wro= te: >> > John Hendy wrote: >> > >> >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Nathan Neff = wrote: >> >> > Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a = task? >> >> > >> >> > Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through = the following >> >> > steps: >> >> > >> >> > 1) clock in on the task, >> >> > 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it >> >> > 3) Fix the clock-in time >> >> > >> >> > If it's not built in, does anyone have any slick functions that wou= ld accomplish >> >> > the same thing? :-) >> >> >> >> Check out a thread I started a bit back on this exact topic: >> >> --- http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg40498.html >> >> >> >> It wasn't exactly what I expected, the suggestion by Bernt for `M-x >> >> org-resolve-clocks` works reasonably well if you are trying to clock >> >> back-to-back activities. Post back after you read that perhaps? Maybe >> >> you'll find something helpful. >> >> >> > >> > org-clock-in takes an optional start-time argument which is used inste= ad >> > of the current time when non-nil. So I tried >> > >> > (setq ct (current-time)) >> > (setq start-time (cons (car ct) (list (- (cadr ct) 900) (caddr ct)))) >> > >> > and started a clock on a task with >> > >> > ESC ESC : (org-clock-in nil start-time) >> > >> > and it got clocked in 15 minutes before the current time. >> > >> > Now I don't propose this as a good UI :-), but it would require just a >> > small wrapper for it to dtrt. >> > >> > HTH, >> > Nick >> > >> > >> > >> >