[Orgmode] Re: ColumnView and DateFormat

[Bernt Hansen]

Memnon Anon <address@hidden> writes:

> And another question related to the Agenda View.
>
> I dislike scheduling everything. I have got some Items I work on whenever I
> need a break. These Items do not get a real timestamp because I can not say
> before when I will work on them. But, if I do, I often spend some hours on
> them. Of course, I still clock them.

That sounds like a great use of the a tag (like TODAY) so you can create
a list of tasks with that tag and pick what to work on from that.

> Orgmode provides this nice timeline view, but this only displays tasks
> with time-stamped items. Using column view, it provides even more
> useful information.  Is there a way to have a timeline that focuses
> not on time-stamped items but on the clocked time? Thus showing me
> when and how long I actually worked on items and not when I planned to
> do so?  Like Wednesday 22 October 2008 Clocked 12:00-16:00: TODO Work
> on Thesis :UNI:LIBRARY: Clocked 16:15-18:00: Read LOTR (again;) :HOME:
> Clocked 18:30-20:00 DONE Call Parents :PHONE:HOME: Simchat Torah
>
>
> If I missed some crucial information in the org manual, a simple *RTFM*
> is enough and sorry for the noise.
> If anyone out there has a simple solution or a different "workflow" to adopt
> and achieve this, your suggestion would be very much appreciated.

You can use 'l' in the agenda view to see what, when, and how long
things were clocked for.  It doesn't summarize totals of the clocked
time - I use clock reports for that.

-Bernt