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Re: [Orgmode] Not not using GTD
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Carsten Dominik |
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Re: [Orgmode] Not not using GTD |
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Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:28:12 +0200 |
On Aug 28, 2007, at 11:21, Dmitri Minaev wrote:
In the last year, I tried a couple of times to adopt the GTD planning
style. Until now, I was not successful, mainly due to my own inability
to keep the records up to date. Two weeks ago I gave another try and,
as before, I felt the initial relief that comes with getting rid of
the necessity to keep everything in mind. My org-mode setup is very
close to what Carsten described in Another GTD Question thread [1]:
tags for contexts, todo keywords for task state, outlines for pretty
everything else. Scheduling and deadlines make the standard agenda
view an amazing tool. Someday/Maybe lists simply have no todo state. I
have yet to explore the ways of dealing with projects.
There are, however, some things I might want to do, but either don't
know how or still not sure if I should.
* WAITING states in agenda
I really love the standard agenda view, but the list of currently
open todo items includes all unfinished entries, including waiting
tasks. To exclude them, I can define a custom agenda, but I would
prefer to customize the standard view, though, to replace the huge
"open todo items" list with a slightly more compact list of selected
todo-states. Is there a way to do so?
How do you prefer to see your waiting items -- in the same list with
other todos or in a separate list?
You can exclude selected stuff from any agenda view using
`org-agenda-skip-function'
For example (in a customize buffer) for org-agenda-custom-commands:
Org Agenda Custom Commands: [Hide Value]
[INS] [DEL] Choice: [Value Menu] Single command:
Key: a
Choice: [Value Menu] Agenda
Match:
Local options:
[INS] [DEL] List:
Option: org-agenda-skip-function
Value: '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'regexp
"\\*+[ ]+WAITING")
[INS] [DEL] List:
Option: org-agenda-overriding-header
Value: "Agenda without the WAITING entries"
[INS]
[ ] Export:
[INS]
[INS]
* Inherited tags in agenda
The inherited tags are not shown in the agenda. It would be OK if I
were careful enough to tag all new entries. Now, as soon as I see an
untagged item in the agenda, I am tempted to check if it belongs to
a tagged upper level or I have simply forgotten to tag it. Is it
possible to show the inherited tags in the agenda?
Not currently. The "T" key shows the tags in the echo area, though.
- Carsten
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Carsten Dominik
Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
Universiteit van Amsterdam
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