[Orgmode] Re: Clocking repeating tasks

[Bernt Hansen]

Jeff Horn <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Bernt Hansen <address@hidden> wrote:
>> The clocking total for the task on the modeline should reflect how much
>> time you have clocked since the last time you marked the task DONE.
>> org-mode records a property LAST_REPEAT which had the time you completed
>> the task last.  The modeline clock value counts minutes since that time.
>>
>> The modeline should have both your current clocking total time (since
>> last repeat) and the effort limit displayed (as the limit).
>
> Indeed, the mode line does display effort. However, it has the sum of
> all clocks compared against the effort level. Same thing for the
> clocksum column in the agenda columns display. I'm not sure why I'm
> not getting the expected behavior. I'll be able to work on this more
> later in the day.
>
> Did you customize any variables to get this behavior?

No - I tested it with a minimal emacs setup and it worked out of the
box for me.

The following task says [0:03/0:05] for me in the modeline when I clock
it in

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* TODO Test2
  SCHEDULED: <2011-01-25 Tue .+1d>
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:14]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:14] =>  0:00
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:14]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:14] =>  0:00
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:13]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:14] =>  0:01
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:13]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:13] =>  0:00
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:13]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:13] =>  0:00
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:13]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:13] =>  0:00
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:12]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:12] =>  0:00
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:12]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:12] =>  0:00
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:12]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:12] =>  0:00
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:10]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:12] =>  0:02
  CLOCK: [2011-01-24 Mon 13:12]--[2011-01-24 Mon 13:12] =>  0:00
  - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2011-01-24 Mon 11:11]
  CLOCK: [2011-01-23 Sun 13:05]--[2011-01-23 Sun 13:11] =>  0:06
  CLOCK: [2011-01-22 Sat 13:05]--[2011-01-22 Sat 13:11] =>  0:06
  :PROPERTIES:
  :LAST_REPEAT: [2011-01-24 Mon 11:11]
  :Effort:   0:05
  :END:
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-Bernt