From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ali Tofigh Subject: Re: Suggestions needed for handling "ideas" Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:30:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5874B798-900D-4C77-AFA6-4BFA385DA952@gmail.com> <87zl0q9miv.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O6S9L-0005kB-EC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:31:15 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57146 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O6S9K-0005jS-47 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:31:15 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O6S9I-0001Xx-LU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:31:14 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f194.google.com ([209.85.221.194]:47419) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O6S9I-0001Xk-J8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:31:12 -0400 Received: by qyk32 with SMTP id 32so8178458qyk.12 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:31:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87zl0q9miv.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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 13:00, Matt Lundin wrote: > Ali Tofigh 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, > > =C2=A0- [ ] 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