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[O] starting a clock when not in org-mode
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Eric S Fraga |
Subject: |
[O] starting a clock when not in org-mode |
Date: |
Fri, 13 May 2011 10:17:09 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
I have been using the clocking features of org mode more and more as
time goes on. Brilliant feature. However, I am having problems with
one specific use case:
The org-clock-in method works very well when I am pro-actively deciding
what tasks to work on, e.g. through the agenda view. However, in some
cases, I am reacting to external events (emails, somebody coming to see
me, phone call, etc). I have a number of tasks which are more general
and which capture this type of activity (admin, teaching, ...). If I
happen to be in an org mode buffer, then "C-u M-x org-clock-in RET"
allows me to pick the particular task (as it will typically be in the
history) and clock it in. Works well.
If I am *not* in an org buffer (yes, this happens sometimes ;-), I
cannot do this as org-clock-in, even with the C-u arg, wants to find a
headline. Can anybody suggest how I can clock in to a previously
clocked task from any emacs mode?
My current solution is to tag these general catch-all tasks
with :clocked:, use the agenda search (C-c a m clocked), select the
appropriate one and start the clock. This seems clumsy and doesn't make
use of the history feature of org clocking, which seems a waste!
I have read Bernt's excellent document [1] but it doesn't help me for
this particular use. I've also searched the mailing list but to no
avail unfortunately.
Thanks,
eric
Footnotes:
[1] http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html
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: Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.50.1
: using Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.274.gd6aba.dirty)