Re: [O] Do you like to have your TODOs at the same headline level?

[J. David Boyd]

Sebastien Vauban <address@hidden> writes:

> William Denton <address@hidden> writes:
>> I'm trying to spend more time in a sparse tree view where I just see
>> TODOs (C-c / t).  I didn't like having the TODOs at different levels
>> of indentation, though.  I prefer seeing them all lined up, so I moved
>> them all to be fourth-level headline.  It's visually pleasing, and
>> I don't care if a second-level headline has a fourth-level child
>> without a third-level one.
>>
>> Do other people do this?
>
> No, and I don't think that's sane.  It would be logical to expect
> problems at export time (to LaTeX, among others) and in Org-lint.
>
> I try to put all the tasks at the 2nd level, the 1st level being
> reserved for big sections such as "Administration", "Tasks", "Team",
> etc.
>
> I'm very rigorous about expecting that all my "project management"
> documents can be exported (without loosing subtrees or generating error)
> to HTML (as the very first goal) and to LaTeX (as the second one).
>
> OTOH, I don't deny your wish to get things aligned; that's why I've
> opted to 4-char todo states only!
>
> Best regards,
>   Seb

4-char todo states?  How about a list? I can't picture how to abbreviate some
things...

Dave