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 10:47:39 -0400 Message-ID: References: <5874B798-900D-4C77-AFA6-4BFA385DA952@gmail.com> 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 1O6PbS-000064-Hs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:48:06 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40760 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O6PbR-00004t-6F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:48:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O6PbM-0004sq-KX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:48:02 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f194.google.com ([209.85.221.194]:40874) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O6PbM-0004sg-Ho for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:48:00 -0400 Received: by qyk32 with SMTP id 32so7953329qyk.12 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:47:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5874B798-900D-4C77-AFA6-4BFA385DA952@gmail.com> 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: John Wiegley Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi John, On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 03:46, John Wiegley wrote: >> Frequently my notes on meetings contain ideas for stuff to try. Does >> anyone have any advice on how to handle these? > > For ideas I just use a done TODO state called "NOTE". =C2=A0I have the ke= y M-z bound to create one and switch me to the Org-buffer, so that I can st= ay there and keep typing. Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried both checkboxes and TODO items to keep track of my ideas, but your idea of using a done state seems very neat. I'll give it a go. 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... Anyway, I understand that the way org-mode is implemented right now, it would be very impractical to try to add non-headline TODO-items. In any case, org has simplified my life, even before I've optmized the way I use it. It's great! Cheers, /Ali