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Re: [Orgmode] handling cyclic tasks (general question)
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Bastien |
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Re: [Orgmode] handling cyclic tasks (general question) |
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Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:42:45 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) |
Hi Stuart,
Stuart McLean <address@hidden> writes:
> Following is an example of the setup I currently have.
Your setup might be difficult to maintain because of its chronological
structure. I don't know if other people use Org this way or have used
it this way, but I think it could be hard to maintain... usually your
Org files will be project-oriented (or task-oriented) and you will use
the agenda and timeline functions to display information time-wise.
But maybe I'm wrong here, or you may specifically need this structure.
> Now, at the end of each month, e.g 2007-11-30, I have a heading on the
> same level called Cyclic Todo. These contain things that I need to do
> everyday, and need to remember to do everyday. I end each with a
> closing note when I do them.
> What I would like to know, are there more elegant solutions for
> accomplishing this?
Usually, closed entries get archived at some point. The general issue
you're raising here is: how to archive closed instances of cyclic tasks?
Here is how I do it:
- I close the cyclic task
- I add a note if needed
- I archive the task with C-c C-x C-s
- I copy the task back at point with C-y
Then, instead of having the same task with loooongs notes under its
headline, I have several archived instances of the task with a note
for each of them.
I'm quite okay with the workaround above, but it has two drawbacks:
- it's safer to C-y immediately (otherwise you'll struggly to find the
right thing to yank)
- each archived task has the same headline (which might be confusing
when reviewing (?) your archives
I don't know if other people already came across the same need and other
workarounds.
> Is anyone willing to share their particular setup, or examples of
> variations. I find my current setup a little cumbersome.
Argh... we definitely need to demonstrate different setups in the
tutorial section of http://orgmode.org :-/
--
Bastien