Re: [O] Showing remaining time in agenda mode

[Bernt Hansen]

Mats Kindahl <address@hidden> writes:

> On 09/12/2011 01:14 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote:
>> Mats Kindahl <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I have been using Org-Mode with great success over the last year (or
>>> so). There is a number of items that I need to handle, and I am
>>> reading through the code to try to figure out how to do the various
>>> items. However, recently I switched to using 7.7, which disabled a
>>> feature I use (but it seems to just be a matter of setting it up
>>> again) but also seem to have a lot of additions that I need.
>>>
>>> Beginning of each week, I plan the coming week using the agenda mode
>>> to sort out tasks over the week. To do this efficiently, I have been
>>> looking at Effort for each task and the summary for the day, and when
>>> the default column view for the agenda showed Effort and Clock, this
>>> worked quite well if you manage to complete the tasks during a week.
>>> However, quite often I run across tasks that I cannot easily split
>>> into smaller tasks and which take more than a week to complete (even
>>> though the tasks themselves might be small, I can just spend a few
>>> hours each week on them), which forces me to make the math in the head
>>> to distribute the right amount for each day.
>>>
>>> Now, the default column view changed with 7.7, so I have no idea on
>>> how to set up the agenda column view to show the following:
>>>
>>>     * Each "task line" should show Item, Effort, Clock, and Clock - Effort
>>>     * Each "day line" should show the summary of (at least) the Effort
>>>       and the Clock - Effort
>>>
>>> Does anybody know how to set this up, or do I need to go digging the code?
>>>
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Mats Kindahl
>> Hi Mats,
>>
>> Try customizing org-columns-default-format.
>
> Thanks Bernt,
>
> But how to define different formats for tasks and days and how to
> define the format for "Clock - Effort"?

Hi Mats,

I'm not sure what you need to put in for these requirements.  I'm not
sure if column mode can calculate Clock - Effort for you automatically
(but maybe it can with some fancy extra table formula).

I only use column view in a fairly basic mode - showing item, estimate,
and clock time with the following setting.

(setq org-columns-default-format "%80ITEM(Task) %10Effort(Estimated Effort){:} 
%10CLOCKSUM")

Regards,
Bernt