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[Orgmode] Re: Clocking in the current task should clock it out first
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Bernt Hansen |
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[Orgmode] Re: Clocking in the current task should clock it out first |
Date: |
Sun, 16 May 2010 16:44:16 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) |
John Wiegley <address@hidden> writes:
> On Mar 22, 2010, at 8:25 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote:
>
>> I can't get the clock resolution/idle time code to do anything really
>> useful in my setup. If I do org-resolve-clocks when my current task is
>> clocking it asks for how many minutes to keep etc, and then clocks in
>> from *now* leaving a hole in my clock data which I don't want.
>>
>> I'm not sure exactly how this stuff is supposed to work - maybe John can
>> shed some light on this. I can't find documentation about resolving
>> clocks in the regular org-mode documentation either. I remember an
>> article John posted on the mailing list but I don't think that got into
>> the official org-mode documentation other than the lisp functions and
>> docstrings.
>
> Can you be a bit clearer here, Bernt? I use the clock resolver
> constantly and have not been having the kinds of problem you describe.
> I'd like to get these hammered out now, though.
I'll try :)
I just turned it on in my setup by setting the following variables for
this session:
,----
| org-clock-auto-clock-resolution is a variable defined in `org-clock.el'.
| Its value is
| when-no-clock-is-running
`----
,----
| org-clock-idle-time is a variable defined in `org-clock.el'.
| Its value is 1
`----
I haven't tried the idle time stuff yet. I have a clocking entry to
test with that looks like this:
,----
| * NEXT Respond to John's email on clocking
| SCHEDULED: <2010-05-16 Sun>
| :CLOCK:
| CLOCK: [2010-05-16 Sun 15:29]
| :END:
`----
and I've been playing with starting clocks with open clock entries. I'm
a bit confused about the prompt when I clock in with an open clock. The
prompt seems to be geared towards the idle time stuff but I currently
don't have any idle time -- I'm just clocking in an open entry.
If I clock out, change the clock entry as above so that it is dangling
and then clock it in I get the following prompt:
"Dangling clock started 36 minutes ago [(kK)p (sS)ub (C)ncl (i)gn]"
As far as I can tell k and K are identical, s, S, and C are identical
and i leaves it untouched.
k and K asks me how many minutes to keep and then clocks in the entry
from now.
s, S, and C removes the open clock and clocks in the entry from now.
i leaves it alone and clocks in from the time of the open entry.
For this case I think it would make sense to simplify the prompt to just
k, s, and i (or whatever makes sense in this scenario).
Setting org-clock-auto-clock-resolution to t doesn't make any sense in
my setup since it asks for every clock-in what I want to do with the
minutes on my currently clocking entry.
I'm about to go light the barbecue for dinner... so I'll see what the
idle time stuff does shortly I hope.
...
Well that didn't seem to work. It's been 15 minutes and as far as I can
tell the idle time stuff didn't do anything. I clocked in another task
when the clock was still running and it simply closed the clock of my
open task and started the new clock normally.
Am I missing something in my setup to enable the idle time detection?
Regards,
Bernt