RE: [Orgmode] Feature Request: "Keeping me honest"

[Jonathan Arkell]

This is a great idea!

I was thinking about something similar, but my ideal implementation would 
enforce more granular discipline:

If the user is on a TODO item and hits Enter, moves up or down, or sets the 
TODO state of the todo item (to a not done state), then the enforcer kicks in, 
and does a check against a list of known good and known bad words.  During this 
process a small buffer would pop up, showing the text of the TODO item and any 
errors that popped up.

This secondary buffer would have keybindings similar to the tags interface, TAB 
to edit the todo item directly to fix the problem and enter to accept it as is, 
and maybe alpha-numerics to enter keywords

If "bad" words show up in the todo item, then the enter key has a y/n 
confirmation behind it.  ("This TODO Item seems unactionable, are you sure you 
want to use it?")

What are bad words?  A project verb in a TODO keyword I would consider bad, but 
it should be customizable per keyword and per todo item.

A few options I can think of:
- Don't Process enforce if  the todo item has checkboxes in it
- Loose enforcement, don't bug the user at all, only use agenda functionality.
- Strict enforcement, don't let the user enter out of confirmation

I saw a similar list to the one you have on P218 of "Making it all Work" (David 
Allen)

Right now this is all sitting in my "Long term ideas for Org Mode" headline...  
So I hope to get to it by the next decade. :p

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Tim O'Callaghan
Sent: August 3, 2009 7:47 AM
To: org-mode
Subject: [Orgmode] Feature Request: "Keeping me honest"

Hi, I'm not sure how/if these are implemented or implementable.

* "Keeping Me honest"

  When i outline a project, sometimes there are points that are
  ambigiously stated. Being neither actions or titles, they can slip
  through the cracks. So i've been thinking of a feature that would be
  similar to the "stuck projects" indicator. This would be a set of
  words that would naturally follow a TODO or similar, to indicate
  that the title has some honesty to it. Its to enforce a kind of "GTD
  verb" in every actionalble outline title.

  Implementation wise, i was thinking this could be a word list
  associated with a todo or tag. That list would then be used to font
  lock the first word of an outline header. e.g.

  <wrong> * TODO foobar compatibility needed for something
    vs
  <right> * TODO change feature X of something so that it works with foobar

  Either the first word, and/or the whole line would be highlighted a
  different colour. GTD words are not the only use for a feature like
  this. It might be used to highlight that a bug ID is needed in a
  "FIXME" heading with a regexp "ID#[0-9]+" associated to the "keep me
  honest" field.

  Not sure where i picked this list up from but here are some example
  GTD words to test with:

*** "PROJECT" todo-type outline action verbs
Finalize, resolve, handle, look into, submit, maximize, organize,
design, complete, ensure, research, roll out, update, install,
implement, set-up

*** "TODO" todo-type next action verbs
Address, ask, avoid, buy, change, clarify, collect, commend confront,
consider, create, decide, defer, develop, discard, do again, download,
enter, file, follow up, hire, improve, increase, inform, inquire,
maintain, measure, monitor, order, paint, phone, prioritize, purchase,
question, reduce, remember, repair, reply, report, research, resolve,
review, schedule, sell, send, service, specify, start, stop, suggest,
tidy, train, update, upgrade, write.

Tim.


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