Re: Suggestions needed for handling "ideas"

[Ali Tofigh <alix.tofigh@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 13:00, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
> Ali Tofigh <alix.tofigh@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> What really feels unsatisfactory to me is that only headlines can be
>> TODO items. I want to be able to insert TODO items in the middle of a
>> section. I've looked at the inline-tasks add-on, but that doesn't
>> really do it for me...
>
> Could you please elaborate?

I often write journal entries after meetings describing what was
discussed. I often summarize using plain lists. Some of these are
ideas for future work, some are downright todos. Some paragraphs are
descriptions of ideas. Ideally for my case, I would want to be able to
tag a list item or even entire paragraphs as an 'idea' or turn a list
item into a todo-item without creating a new (sub)section:

text text text....
- *TODO* Sarah wants me to send her files A and B
- maybe we should try algorithm B on data set C   :idea:
text text text continuing the section...

> Here's one quick hack to search for non-headline todo items (i.e.,
> checkboxes):
>
> C-c a / \[ \] [RET]
>
> This will generate a list of all "open" list items, such as,
>
>  - [ ] Review this idea

Wow, I had not thought about that one! I'll be fiddling with that as
soon as I get some time on my hands. Thanks. I'm getting some really
good suggestions from people here.

/Ali