[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: Making planner simpler

[Sacha Chua]

Chris <address@hidden> writes:

> If I assign multiple tasks with a 'nil' date, is there a way to get 
> planner to ask me to choose a new task from the undated tasks for a 
> project when I complete a task for that project ?

Jody Klymak asked for a similar feature some time back. The snippet in
my http://sacha.free.net.ph/notebook/emacs/planner-config.el with the
following definitions:

;; For Jody Klymak
(defun sacha/planner-seek-next-unfinished-and-undated-task ()   ...
(defun sacha/planner-queue-next-task (&optional task-info)      ...
(defadvice planner-task-done (after sacha activate)             ...

Can someone please file the useful snippets under
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/PlannerModeContrib or some other
wiki page? I think I'm too close to the code to figure out where
what kind of documentation would make sense to other users. ^_^

> I am thinking of a pop-up buffer (similar to that used by reftex for
> example) that allows me to choose the "next action" from a project
> plan page when I have completed a dated task . I seem to remember
> this being mentioned before, but I cannot find the reference.

My current config schedules the next task on the plan page, but as I
haven't gone to the trouble of sorting things nicely, I usually end up
C-c C-c nil'ing it. That said, it did lead to a burst of planner
hacking today, as the tasks that showed up were small and fun.

You could probably change the defadvice to bring up the linked plan
page if it exists, and position the point to the next undated task.

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