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Re: [Orgmode] automatically scheduling sequences of events
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Manish |
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Re: [Orgmode] automatically scheduling sequences of events |
Date: |
Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:46:09 +0530 |
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:18 AM, Peter Rayner wrote:
> I have lots of projects which have work flows but no real schedule.
> So a task like
> * todo write satellite paper
> might have subtasks like
> ** todo prepare orbit simulation for Katja
> ** todo get results from Claire
> ** todo compare with David and Frederic
> ** todo schedule teleconference to share writing tasks
> etc etc
> I would probably schedule the first of these for some free time.
> What I would like is that when subtask 1 (simulation for Katja) is
> done that the second (wait for results) is automatically scheduled and
> so appears in my agenda. Of course the first thing I might do is
> reschedule it but at least it hasn't fallen out of sight. I suspect
> the "stuck project" agenda view accomplishes this manually but I
> would be interested in automating this if it were possible. It could
> be, too, that I need to learn to spend more time outside the "agenda
> view".
> Any pointers welcome
Do take a look at contrib/lisp/org-depend.el. It can switch the TODO
states but I do not think it does automatic scheduling.
-- Manish