No, prefixes (@, #, etc) are just notations by the user. MLO doesn't do anything special with them (other than sorting them as characters), for the most part, though @ is used in the Rapid Task Entry box if I recall correctly.
Lisa On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Mazey <[email protected]> wrote: > Out of sheer curiousity, does that #person'sname denote people in MLO? I > am a complete newcomer to both MLO and GTD and this caught my eye. I find > it very intriguing since I like the concept of contexts and being able to > sort by something like a person's name. > > Have a great (hopefully not so hot) sunday, > > Brienne > > > On 19.08.2012 13:36, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi again Kitus,**** > > Try this:**** > > In the context filter select (all)**** > > Click the checkbox for “Add Advanced” and click the “setup” button**** > > Click “add rule” if necessary**** > > In the first dropdown select “ContextsText”**** > > In the second dropdown select “contains”**** > > In the third box type “@wait” (without the quotes. MLO will add its own > quotes)**** > > Click OK**** > > Use the GroupBy button to group by context.**** > > ** ** > > You will see listings for @wait, #john and #james. Each task will appear > twice, once in @wait and once in #somebody. Note that if you have other > contexts like @waiting that contain “@wait” they will be picked up as well. > **** > > ** ** > > Suggestion, if the every entry in @wait also has a #somebody context, you > could make life simpler by getting rid of the @wait context and assigning a > character like “]” to mean “wait” – then you would have contexts like > “]John” and “]James” and your to-do listing would filter on ContextText > that starts with ]. One advantage would be that each task would appear only > once.**** > > -Dwight**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *On Behalf Of *kitus > *Sent:* Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:09 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MLO] Grouping tasks with multiple contexts**** > > ** ** > > Hello again,**** > > ** ** > > I would be glad if anybody could give me a hand with this.**** > > ** ** > > Say I have one "wainting for" task which I want to track.**** > > ** ** > > TASK: Waiting for John to set up a meeting | Contexts: @wait, #John**** > > ** ** > > If I only display tasks with contexts @wait (filtering @wait on the left > column), and now I want to group by John, James, etc., how do I do it? *** > * > > ** ** > > Thanks a lot in advance everyone, **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/7LPTiL95MfEJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.**** > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > -- Lisa ------------------------------ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
