From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: How to deal with small projects which are often changing their status/ person Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:49:20 -1000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60484) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Txmez-0002Mk-Qw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:49:43 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Txmey-0001Zl-5o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:49:41 -0500 Received: from oproxy12-pub.bluehost.com ([50.87.16.10]:58009) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Txmex-0001ZZ-Tb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:49:40 -0500 In-Reply-To: (M.'s message of "Tue, 22 Jan 2013 23:27:18 +0100") 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: M Cc: emacs orgmode-mailinglist M writes: > Hi Thomas, > > thanks for your reply! > > Sure I know Bernt Hansen's web page and I'm already using his configuration > for my system. (I'm still learning Emacs and org-mode, so it was easier to > start with an existing setup). > > I already know and use the capture and refile feature, > my problem is that I have the feeling to do more administration of tasks > than really doing them if I track such projects like the one described with > org-mode and create a sub-task for each step. > Especially as I'd have to re-type each time again the name of the project if > I want it to appear in my agenda explicitly and not only: > WAITING John: Feedback > (and I would not know which text it is about). Good news. With Bernt's setup you are off to a good start. Perhaps Properties will do what you want? These are inherited by sub-trees, so they will follow Task 1, Task 2, etc. * Topic XYZ :PROPERTIES: :CATEGORY: XYZ :END: ** DONE Task 1 ** TODO Task 2 The CATEGORY property shows up in my Agenda, so I would know that Task 2 belonged to XYZ. This is how I manage the dozen or so open work projects I have at any one time. We assign each project a number, which I put in the CATEGORY property. When I generate my daily agenda, I see the project number beside each TODO task. See Chapter 7 of the manual for details. hth, Tom -- T.S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists 735 Bishop St, Suite 315, Honolulu, HI 96813 Tel: 808-529-0866, Fax: 808-529-0884 http://www.tsdye.com