From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: automatically scheduling sequences of events Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:46:09 +0530 Message-ID: References: <18592.38807.340001.749097@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSkMo-0004sS-I1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:16:14 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KSkMm-0004oh-Of for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:16:14 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43965 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KSkMm-0004oN-J4 for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:16:12 -0400 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.188]:12556) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KSkMm-0003Pl-Fr for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:16:12 -0400 Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id u5so1104769tia.10 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:16:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <18592.38807.340001.749097@gargle.gargle.HOWL> Content-Disposition: inline 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: peter.rayner@lsce.ipsl.fr Cc: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Peter Rayner wrote: > I have lots of projects which have work flows but no real schedule. > So a task like > * todo write satellite paper > might have subtasks like > ** todo prepare orbit simulation for Katja > ** todo get results from Claire > ** todo compare with David and Frederic > ** todo schedule teleconference to share writing tasks > etc etc > I would probably schedule the first of these for some free time. > What I would like is that when subtask 1 (simulation for Katja) is > done that the second (wait for results) is automatically scheduled and > so appears in my agenda. Of course the first thing I might do is > reschedule it but at least it hasn't fallen out of sight. I suspect > the "stuck project" agenda view accomplishes this manually but I > would be interested in automating this if it were possible. It could > be, too, that I need to learn to spend more time outside the "agenda > view". > Any pointers welcome Do take a look at contrib/lisp/org-depend.el. It can switch the TODO states but I do not think it does automatic scheduling. -- Manish