Mark, I look forward to trying out the function once I get a few other things done. I have been searching for a planner mode that would mimic the way I use GTD and have not found a suitable method yet. Perhaps your function will do the trick. I'll report back with my impressions and suggestions. Unfortunately I know nothing about elisp but am a fairly competent programmer. Perhaps if I take the time to read through the elisp manual I can get a grasp of some of the features and help out. In the meantime, I remain indebted to you for your efforts.
On 11/8/05, Mark Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "Sacha" == Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sacha> Mark Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sacha> I use task sorting to separate my contexts. C-u > Sacha> sacha/planner-score-sort-tasks makes it easy to bubble up > Sacha> tasks with a certain keyword. I also have this other > Sacha> planner-sort-task-key-function that sorts by time, > Sacha> priority, and a few other things. With a little tweaking, > Sacha> I'm sure we can get it to sort by @____ - whatever word's > Sacha> in your context! > > I'll have to look into this, it might be enough for what i need. I > currently use a context 'tag' at the beginning of the task and then > use a shell script to grab them from my project files. > > >> (defun planner-gtd-read-name (file-alist prompt initial) > > Sacha> <grin> I prefer having as few prompts as I can, so I'd > Sacha> probably go with just having @ complete properly in the > Sacha> minibuffer (doesn't it?). I have some code that > Sacha> automatically picks up priority and status from the task > Sacha> description, and I've been lazy enough to specify contexts > Sacha> in task descriptions as well. > > Hmm you have a good point and on reflection i think the extra prompt > may turn out to be less useful. Currently if i forget to put a > context 'tag' at the beginning of my tasks it shows up when i print > out my Next Action list, and i correct them... it is low cost when i > forget, my prompt is an up front cost on every task. Maybe i should > have done a better usability study with my user community (me). > > Sacha> there's probably a reason why you wrote your code > Sacha> the way you did... =) > > Oh i think you give me too much credit [grin] > > > Thanks for the feedback, I'll go look at your sorting functions > tonight; but after trying out planner-trunk i think i really like the > way it breaks out the sections which will allow me to visually jump > right to the context i want. I'll have to try both ways and see which > works better. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > emacs-wiki-discuss mailing list > emacs-wiki-discuss@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-wiki-discuss > -- Cheers, Patrick ------------------------------------------ Patrick E. McKnight, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology George Mason University MSN 3F5, 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 703-993-8292 (office) 703-993-1359 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ emacs-wiki-discuss mailing list emacs-wiki-discuss@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-wiki-discuss
