Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Hello Adam, All, Adam Spiers writes: > [...] >> His mail is from 2008 and a lot has happened in the mean time. I would >> suggest that today (1) and (2) can be handled with normal org export or >> even pandoc. Inline tasks[2] help a lot to add, well inline tasks. For (3) >> and (4) he mentions a dynamic block that could collect all action >> items. I have used this suggestion very successfully for my own purposes to implement (3) and (4): https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-meeting-tasks.html Inline tasks are an element here, too. It also features a function to extract all assigned actions and collect them in one place. Not a table though, but in exchange for keeping them as headings, they can appear in agenda views etc. Fully agree that (1) and (2) are fully covered by org export these days, btw. Just my two cents anyway. >> I never found that dynamic block he mentions, so I hacked one up (which >> was suprisingly easy). I haven't packaged it but the gist of it is >> below: > > [snip] > > I have no doubt that your modern solution is much better than my ancient > hack, but just for the record, the latter can be found here: > > https://github.com/aspiers/emacs/blob/master/.emacs.d/init.d/as-gtd.el#L79-L117 > [...] Thanks for sharing your code. It would seem to me that this can be very usefully combined with the worg tutorial I am pointing at above, to create a workflow. Cheers, --alexander
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 at 14:04, Christian Egli wrote: > Hi all > > I'd like to revisit a very old thread[1] where Adam Spiers asks if there > is support in Org mode for > > 1. Allow *fast* production of meeting agendas and minutes, exportable in >a good-looking legible format which non-org readers can digest. > > 2. Allow minutes to be taken as the meeting progresses, minimising the >amount of work required after the meeting. > > 3. Allow actions to be captured and then automatically extracted into a >simple tabulated report which clearly shows actions grouped by owner. > > 4. Track progress of actions *after* the minutes have been issued. Wow, this makes me feel old! ;-) Sorry for chiming in late - only just noticed this thread. > He goes on to say that org mode handles (1) and (2) just fine, but he > wasn't sure about (3) and (4). > > His mail is from 2008 and a lot has happened in the mean time. I would > suggest that today (1) and (2) can be handled with normal org export or > even pandoc. Inline tasks[2] help a lot to add, well inline tasks. For (3) > and (4) he mentions a dynamic block that could collect all action items. > > I never found that dynamic block he mentions, so I hacked one up (which > was suprisingly easy). I haven't packaged it but the gist of it is > below: [snip] I have no doubt that your modern solution is much better than my ancient hack, but just for the record, the latter can be found here: https://github.com/aspiers/emacs/blob/master/.emacs.d/init.d/as-gtd.el#L79-L117 Thanks a lot for re-raising this and subsequently writing a very nice blog post about it too! Cheers, Adam P.S. I recently discovered an exceptionally good service to aid with capturing information from meetings: https://otter.ai/ Sadly it is proprietary, and the speech recognition is sophisticated enough that I doubt that any FLOSS alternative will appear any time soon :-(
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Hi Timm
Timm Lichte writes:
> Glad you find it interesting. I think both ways of taking notes have
> their merits and use cases. In small productive project meetings, I'd
> rather use more of the org-mode infrastructure. When there is a larger
> event with changing participants and its really important to document
> and keep track of what is going on, simple annotated lists fare better
> in my experience.
I think you are probably right. When taking notes quickly your approach
without having to fidget with Tasks is probably faster. I just did not
want to stray too far off plain org-mode notation.
>> If I understand correctly you are defining some kind of extra list
>> markup (is something a task or a decision, etc) and the you wrote a
>> custom exporter that produces fancy LaTeX for the minutes (well, if I
>> understand correctly it really is a custom exporter that generates
>> org-mode and then LaTeX from there).
>
> Yes, I'm basically extending the syntax for descriptions and
> overlaying it with some convenient font-lock. My custom exporter
> pushes everything in a temporary buffer and replaces the minutes
> notation with LaTeX expressions and then starts the regular
> org-export. This probably looks awkward but gives me full flexibility.
Well, it might look weird, but I think the idea is good. TBH, I'm not
sure if there is another (programatic) way to derive from an existing
exporter.
> The LaTeX document is just a list of sections with nested itemize
> environments. One item would look like this:
>
> \item \ActionTag{Peter}{::} \ActionTagMargin{Peter}Something to do.
>
> I've pushed the TeX file of the example to the repository. Hope this
> makes it clearer.
Ah, yes, this makes it much clearer. I really like this.
> I'm really hesitant to make this a MELPA package right away, if this
> is what you mean. The font-lock and everything is really individual
> and non-generic. But I'll think about it.
I understand. Now that I think of it it might be better to package the
LaTeX commands into a package on CTAN. I looked at the various LaTeX
minutes packages and so far yours seems almost the nicest.
Thanks
Christian
--
Christian Egli
Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled
Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Hi Christian,
Am 24.03.20 um 11:04 schrieb Christian Egli:
Hi Timm
Timm Lichte writes:
Just for your amusement: I've developed a very different but effective
way of taking minutes with org-mode that uses just lists and
enumerations. I have been using this solution for more than a year on
a daily basis and I'm really happy with it (and colleagues don't
complain). Speed, simplicity and readability for non-emacsers is
critical in my job, so the solutions you are proposing would be
overkill.
This is really interesting! I can see that you are very efficient with
this. I think my solution is more using the standard org-mode
infrastructure, I don't define any export for example.
Glad you find it interesting. I think both ways of taking notes have
their merits and use cases. In small productive project meetings, I'd
rather use more of the org-mode infrastructure. When there is a larger
event with changing participants and its really important to document
and keep track of what is going on, simple annotated lists fare better
in my experience.
You can have a look at the style and code here:
https://github.com/timmli/org-minutes-dev
If I understand correctly you are defining some kind of extra list
markup (is something a task or a decision, etc) and the you wrote a
custom exporter that produces fancy LaTeX for the minutes (well, if I
understand correctly it really is a custom exporter that generates
org-mode and then LaTeX from there).
Yes, I'm basically extending the syntax for descriptions and overlaying
it with some convenient font-lock. My custom exporter pushes everything
in a temporary buffer and replaces the minutes notation with LaTeX
expressions and then starts the regular org-export. This probably looks
awkward but gives me full flexibility.
I don't quite understand how the LaTeX works. Is this some kind of two
column layout or do you keep the action item markers and the assignees
in the margin? Can you post the produced LaTeX?
The LaTeX template builds on the article documentclass and basically
puts some of the item types also on the regular margin with \marginnote
from the marginnote package. Some of the important types are also shown
in the outline using \addcontentsline.
The LaTeX document is just a list of sections with nested itemize
environments. One item would look like this:
\item \ActionTag{Peter}{::} \ActionTagMargin{Peter}Something to do.
I've pushed the TeX file of the example to the repository. Hope this
makes it clearer.
Any feedback is greatly appreciated. But keep in mind that the code is
not polished at all -- this is a hobby project of an elisp dilettante.
It would be good to package this. The code would get more usage and
you'd get more feedback.
I'm really hesitant to make this a MELPA package right away, if this is
what you mean. The font-lock and everything is really individual and
non-generic. But I'll think about it.
Best,
Timm
Thanks
Christian
--
Christian Egli
Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled
Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
This is such a great thread. Thanks everyone for your examples and ideas! I'll be using some of these for sure for my notes. --Diego On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 6:57 PM Bob Newell wrote: > > I'll second (nth) all the compliments. Your work is not only > day to day useful but is a great mini-tutorial on the usage of > a previously undocumented org-mode feature that is highly > useful. > > -- > Bob Newell > Honolulu, Hawai`i > - Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux > >
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
I'll second (nth) all the compliments. Your work is not only day to day useful but is a great mini-tutorial on the usage of a previously undocumented org-mode feature that is highly useful. -- Bob Newell Honolulu, Hawai`i - Via Gnus/BBDB/Org/Emacs/Linux
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
*now -- : Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-433-g4b2628
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
On Monday, 23 Mar 2020 at 21:03, Timm Lichte wrote: > You can have a look at the style and code here: > > https://github.com/timmli/org-minutes-dev This is also very nice! I wish I'd had either of these solutions when I used to take minutes... I know have somebody take minutes for me when I chair meetings. ;-) -- : Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-433-g4b2628
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Nick Dokos writes: >> I have an off-topic query though: How do you right align tags? > , > | org-tags-column is a variable defined in ‘org.el’. > | Its value is -120 > | Original value was -77 > | > | You can customize this variable. > | > | Documentation: > | The column to which tags should be indented in a headline. > | If this number is positive, it specifies the column. If it is negative, > | it means that the tags should be flushright to that column. For example, > | -80 works well for a normal 80 character screen. > | When 0, place tags directly after headline text, with only one space in > | between. > ` Thanks Nick.
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Hi Timm Timm Lichte writes: > Just for your amusement: I've developed a very different but effective > way of taking minutes with org-mode that uses just lists and > enumerations. I have been using this solution for more than a year on > a daily basis and I'm really happy with it (and colleagues don't > complain). Speed, simplicity and readability for non-emacsers is > critical in my job, so the solutions you are proposing would be > overkill. This is really interesting! I can see that you are very efficient with this. I think my solution is more using the standard org-mode infrastructure, I don't define any export for example. > You can have a look at the style and code here: > > https://github.com/timmli/org-minutes-dev If I understand correctly you are defining some kind of extra list markup (is something a task or a decision, etc) and the you wrote a custom exporter that produces fancy LaTeX for the minutes (well, if I understand correctly it really is a custom exporter that generates org-mode and then LaTeX from there). I don't quite understand how the LaTeX works. Is this some kind of two column layout or do you keep the action item markers and the assignees in the margin? Can you post the produced LaTeX? > Any feedback is greatly appreciated. But keep in mind that the code is > not polished at all -- this is a hobby project of an elisp dilettante. It would be good to package this. The code would get more usage and you'd get more feedback. Thanks Christian -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Pankaj Jangid writes: > I have an off-topic query though: How do you right align tags? > > > , | org-tags-column is a variable defined in ‘org.el’. | Its value is -120 | Original value was -77 | | You can customize this variable. | | Documentation: | The column to which tags should be indented in a headline. | If this number is positive, it specifies the column. If it is negative, | it means that the tags should be flushright to that column. For example, | -80 works well for a normal 80 character screen. | When 0, place tags directly after headline text, with only one space in | between. ` -- Nick "There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin Fowler
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Just for your amusement: I've developed a very different but effective way of taking minutes with org-mode that uses just lists and enumerations. I have been using this solution for more than a year on a daily basis and I'm really happy with it (and colleagues don't complain). Speed, simplicity and readability for non-emacsers is critical in my job, so the solutions you are proposing would be overkill. You can have a look at the style and code here: https://github.com/timmli/org-minutes-dev Any feedback is greatly appreciated. But keep in mind that the code is not polished at all -- this is a hobby project of an elisp dilettante. Best, Timm Am 23.03.20 um 10:36 schrieb Christian Egli: Hi all I'm picking up this thread again since I think I have solved the issue for myself. I do use org-mode for meeting minutes now. Thanks to the input from this list I managed to solve the outstanding issues such as tabular reports of action items. I wrote a blog post summarizing my findings which you can find here https://egli.dev/posts/using-org-mode-for-meeting-minutes/ Hope that helps Christian "Fraga, Eric" writes: On Thursday, 31 Oct 2019 at 15:03, Christian Egli wrote: His mail is from 2008 and a lot has happened in the mean time. Although a lot has happened in the meantime, I've not seen anything pass by which addresses minutes of meetings and tracking actions. I used to use org to take minutes but haven't done so in a very long time (advantage of having somebody else do it for me now ;-)). What you've done with an active dblock (and TODO states being the names of people!) looks good and should definitely be put on Worg at the very least.
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Christian Egli writes: > I'm picking up this thread again since I think I have solved the issue > for myself. I do use org-mode for meeting minutes now. Thanks to the > input from this list I managed to solve the outstanding issues such as > tabular reports of action items. > > I wrote a blog post summarizing my findings which you can find here > https://egli.dev/posts/using-org-mode-for-meeting-minutes/ Thanks for this really useful blog post. I have an off-topic query though: How do you right align tags?
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Hi Christian, very useful blog post indeed, thank you. Thanks for finding the :match parameter and for pointing out that it is not documented in the manual. I have fixed that in org-manual.org. Carsten - Carsten On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:37 AM Christian Egli wrote: > Hi all > > I'm picking up this thread again since I think I have solved the issue > for myself. I do use org-mode for meeting minutes now. Thanks to the > input from this list I managed to solve the outstanding issues such as > tabular reports of action items. > > I wrote a blog post summarizing my findings which you can find here > https://egli.dev/posts/using-org-mode-for-meeting-minutes/ > > Hope that helps > Christian > > "Fraga, Eric" writes: > > > On Thursday, 31 Oct 2019 at 15:03, Christian Egli wrote: > >> His mail is from 2008 and a lot has happened in the mean time. > > > > Although a lot has happened in the meantime, I've not seen anything pass > > by which addresses minutes of meetings and tracking actions. I used to > > use org to take minutes but haven't done so in a very long time > > (advantage of having somebody else do it for me now ;-)). What you've > > done with an active dblock (and TODO states being the names of people!) > > looks good and should definitely be put on Worg at the very least. > > -- > Christian Egli > Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled > Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland > > >
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
> Am 23.03.2020 um 10:36 schrieb Christian Egli : > > Hi all > > I'm picking up this thread again since I think I have solved the issue > for myself. I do use org-mode for meeting minutes now. Thanks to the > input from this list I managed to solve the outstanding issues such as > tabular reports of action items. > > I wrote a blog post summarizing my findings which you can find here > https://egli.dev/posts/using-org-mode-for-meeting-minutes/ > > Hope that helps > Christian It really did. I’m adjusting my template right now to include the :match Thanks for sharing that information! Axel
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Thank you for the blog post. Very useful. -- : Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-433-g4b2628
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Hi all I'm picking up this thread again since I think I have solved the issue for myself. I do use org-mode for meeting minutes now. Thanks to the input from this list I managed to solve the outstanding issues such as tabular reports of action items. I wrote a blog post summarizing my findings which you can find here https://egli.dev/posts/using-org-mode-for-meeting-minutes/ Hope that helps Christian "Fraga, Eric" writes: > On Thursday, 31 Oct 2019 at 15:03, Christian Egli wrote: >> His mail is from 2008 and a lot has happened in the mean time. > > Although a lot has happened in the meantime, I've not seen anything pass > by which addresses minutes of meetings and tracking actions. I used to > use org to take minutes but haven't done so in a very long time > (advantage of having somebody else do it for me now ;-)). What you've > done with an active dblock (and TODO states being the names of people!) > looks good and should definitely be put on Worg at the very least. -- Christian Egli Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Hi Christian, this is nice indeed. I added a link to your email in Worg: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.html#org7df3a04 Thanks, -- Bastien
Re: @name-tags instead of TODO keywords to assign people (was: Org mode for meeting minutes)
+1. This is how I do it as well. This approach makes it easier to not only see what tasks have been assigned to what people, it also provides a way to generate a custom agenda (report) showing what tasks each has and what the state is for each task. Tim Karl Voit writes: > * Christian Egli wrote: >> >> The idea is that you use type todos using the people involved at the >> meeting. Below is an example how this could look: >> >> ``` org >> #+title: Meeting minutes >> >> #+TYP_TODO: Fred Sara Lucy Mike | DONE > > I'd challenge the decisions on using TODO keywords for people > although the Org manual also suggests to do so. > > TODO keywords are single classification. This means that you are not > able to assign more than one person to a task. I'm using @tags for > the same purpose which allows me to assign tasks to more than one > person and keep TODO keywords independent to the person. For > example, when you resolve a task, you lose the information who was > assigned to the task. > > Therefore, I'd use: > > * Meeting > > ** TODO Prepare the demo :@Fred: > ** STARTED Contact customer :@Sara: > ** TODO Work on the document :@Fred:@Lucy:@Mike: > > More on that on > https://karl-voit.at/2019/09/25/categories-versus-tags/ including an > elisp snippet I'm using to filter according to @name-tags. > > YMMV. HTH. -- Tim Cross
@name-tags instead of TODO keywords to assign people (was: Org mode for meeting minutes)
* Christian Egli wrote: > > The idea is that you use type todos using the people involved at the > meeting. Below is an example how this could look: > > ``` org > #+title: Meeting minutes > > #+TYP_TODO: Fred Sara Lucy Mike | DONE I'd challenge the decisions on using TODO keywords for people although the Org manual also suggests to do so. TODO keywords are single classification. This means that you are not able to assign more than one person to a task. I'm using @tags for the same purpose which allows me to assign tasks to more than one person and keep TODO keywords independent to the person. For example, when you resolve a task, you lose the information who was assigned to the task. Therefore, I'd use: * Meeting ** TODO Prepare the demo :@Fred: ** STARTED Contact customer :@Sara: ** TODO Work on the document :@Fred:@Lucy:@Mike: More on that on https://karl-voit.at/2019/09/25/categories-versus-tags/ including an elisp snippet I'm using to filter according to @name-tags. YMMV. HTH. -- get mail|git|SVN|photos|postings|SMS|phonecalls|RSS|CSV|XML into Org-mode: > get Memacs from https://github.com/novoid/Memacs < Personal Information Management > http://Karl-Voit.at/tags/pim/ Emacs-related > http://Karl-Voit.at/tags/emacs/
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
You might see if there is functionality in org-secretary https://github.com/yyr/org-mode/blob/master/contrib/lisp/org-secretary.el (http://juanreyero.com/article/emacs/org-teams.html) that could help with this. It would be nice to integrate org-contacts in with something like this. Christian Egli writes: > Hi all > > I'd like to revisit a very old thread[1] where Adam Spiers asks if there > is support in Org mode for > > 1. Allow *fast* production of meeting agendas and minutes, exportable in >a good-looking legible format which non-org readers can digest. > > 2. Allow minutes to be taken as the meeting progresses, minimising the >amount of work required after the meeting. > > 3. Allow actions to be captured and then automatically extracted into a >simple tabulated report which clearly shows actions grouped by owner. > > 4. Track progress of actions *after* the minutes have been issued. > > He goes on to say that org mode handles (1) and (2) just fine, but he > wasn't sure about (3) and (4). > > His mail is from 2008 and a lot has happened in the mean time. I would > suggest that today (1) and (2) can be handled with normal org export or > even pandoc. Inline tasks[2] help a lot to add, well inline tasks. For (3) > and (4) he mentions a dynamic block that could collect all action items. > > I never found that dynamic block he mentions, so I hacked one up (which > was suprisingly easy). I haven't packaged it but the gist of it is > below: > > ``` elisp > (require 'org) > (require 'dash) > > (defun org-actionitems-extract-entry () > (-let* ((entries (org-entry-properties)) > (( "ITEM" "TODO" "DEADLINE") entries)) > (list ITEM TODO DEADLINE))) > > (defun org-dblock-write:actionitems (params) > (let ((match (or (plist-get params :match) "/+TODO"))) > (insert-before-markers "| What | Who | When |\n") > (insert-before-markers "|-\n") > (let* ((tasks (org-map-entries 'org-actionitems-extract-entry match)) > (rows (-map (lambda (task) >(->> task > (-map (lambda (item) (or item ""))) > (apply 'format "| %s | %s | %s |"))) > tasks)) > (table (string-join rows "\n"))) > (insert-before-markers table)) > (org-table-align))) > ``` > > The idea is that you use type todos using the people involved at the > meeting. Below is an example how this could look: > > ``` org > #+title: Meeting minutes > > #+TYP_TODO: Fred Sara Lucy Mike | DONE > > ** Present at meeting > - [X] Fred > - [X] Sara > - [X] Lucy > > ** Agenda > - Reports from the sub teams > - Discussion > > ** Notes > *** Reports from the sub teams > - The order has arrived > *** Fred Check if the order is complete > DEADLINE: <2019-11-04 Mo> > *** END > - The next talk is scheduled > *** Mike Organize a speaker > DEADLINE: <2019-11-12 Di> > *** END > > * Actions > #+BEGIN: actionitems :match "/Fred|Sara|Lucy|Mike" > | What | Who | When| > |+--+-| > | Check if the order is complete | Fred | <2019-11-04 Mo> | > | Organize a speaker | Mike | <2019-11-12 Di> | > #+END: > ``` > > Before I go on with this I'd like to know > > 1. Is the worg page[3] the state of the art in taking meeting minutes >with org mode? > 2. Is it worth packaging this code snippet or should I try to submit it >to org mode proper? > > Any thoughts on this or other ideas very welcome! > > Thanks, > Christian > > Footnotes: > [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2008-02/msg00117.html > [2] https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/lisp/org-inlinetask.el > [3] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-meeting-tasks.html -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
Hello, I think you can achieve that table with existing functionality. (setq org-agenda-overriding-columns-format "%ITEM %TODO %DEADLINE") And then agenda column view (C-c C-x C-c) shows a similar output. I think similar outputs and methods could be used with :property: keywords too for adding follow-up dates to task, team-members, effort estimates, etc. -k.
Re: Org mode for meeting minutes
On Thursday, 31 Oct 2019 at 15:03, Christian Egli wrote: > His mail is from 2008 and a lot has happened in the mean time. Although a lot has happened in the meantime, I've not seen anything pass by which addresses minutes of meetings and tracking actions. I used to use org to take minutes but haven't done so in a very long time (advantage of having somebody else do it for me now ;-)). What you've done with an active dblock (and TODO states being the names of people!) looks good and should definitely be put on Worg at the very least. -- Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, Org release_9.2.6-552-g8c5a78
Org mode for meeting minutes
Hi all I'd like to revisit a very old thread[1] where Adam Spiers asks if there is support in Org mode for 1. Allow *fast* production of meeting agendas and minutes, exportable in a good-looking legible format which non-org readers can digest. 2. Allow minutes to be taken as the meeting progresses, minimising the amount of work required after the meeting. 3. Allow actions to be captured and then automatically extracted into a simple tabulated report which clearly shows actions grouped by owner. 4. Track progress of actions *after* the minutes have been issued. He goes on to say that org mode handles (1) and (2) just fine, but he wasn't sure about (3) and (4). His mail is from 2008 and a lot has happened in the mean time. I would suggest that today (1) and (2) can be handled with normal org export or even pandoc. Inline tasks[2] help a lot to add, well inline tasks. For (3) and (4) he mentions a dynamic block that could collect all action items. I never found that dynamic block he mentions, so I hacked one up (which was suprisingly easy). I haven't packaged it but the gist of it is below: ``` elisp (require 'org) (require 'dash) (defun org-actionitems-extract-entry () (-let* ((entries (org-entry-properties)) (( "ITEM" "TODO" "DEADLINE") entries)) (list ITEM TODO DEADLINE))) (defun org-dblock-write:actionitems (params) (let ((match (or (plist-get params :match) "/+TODO"))) (insert-before-markers "| What | Who | When |\n") (insert-before-markers "|-\n") (let* ((tasks (org-map-entries 'org-actionitems-extract-entry match)) (rows (-map (lambda (task) (->> task (-map (lambda (item) (or item ""))) (apply 'format "| %s | %s | %s |"))) tasks)) (table (string-join rows "\n"))) (insert-before-markers table)) (org-table-align))) ``` The idea is that you use type todos using the people involved at the meeting. Below is an example how this could look: ``` org #+title: Meeting minutes #+TYP_TODO: Fred Sara Lucy Mike | DONE ** Present at meeting - [X] Fred - [X] Sara - [X] Lucy ** Agenda - Reports from the sub teams - Discussion ** Notes *** Reports from the sub teams - The order has arrived *** Fred Check if the order is complete DEADLINE: <2019-11-04 Mo> *** END - The next talk is scheduled *** Mike Organize a speaker DEADLINE: <2019-11-12 Di> *** END * Actions #+BEGIN: actionitems :match "/Fred|Sara|Lucy|Mike" | What | Who | When| |+--+-| | Check if the order is complete | Fred | <2019-11-04 Mo> | | Organize a speaker | Mike | <2019-11-12 Di> | #+END: ``` Before I go on with this I'd like to know 1. Is the worg page[3] the state of the art in taking meeting minutes with org mode? 2. Is it worth packaging this code snippet or should I try to submit it to org mode proper? Any thoughts on this or other ideas very welcome! Thanks, Christian Footnotes: [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2008-02/msg00117.html [2] https://code.orgmode.org/bzg/org-mode/src/master/lisp/org-inlinetask.el [3] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-meeting-tasks.html
