Hi, John.
a) That is a real and annoying problem. Here's a workaround: you could
try creating a folder for each list. I would name the folder "add MAYBE
tasks here" - assign it to the relevant context and make sure that the
setting for added tasks to inherit contexts is on. The folder will
appear in yyour view. If you add a child it will inherit the context but
(if it's a flat list) will appear right there in the body of the list.
b) you could make a wider column for context. Or you could try assigning
one-character contexts for the 'unreal' contexts; for example using "~"
to mean Maybe.
c)If I recall correctly context provides a list f contexts, and you can
click off the ones you want to filter on. It's easy to specify multiple
contexts (I forget if it tests for "all" versus "any") and it can ignore
contexts that are closed (a big deal for me). I'm pretty sure that it
can also handle included contexts. context text is doing a string match
on the context field. so you can find all tasks that have a context that
includes the letter "w" - silly example to make a point. If you have
contexts like &mymoney, &ourmoney and &mom'smoney you can filter on
"money" - you will not only get all of them but also you will get other
money contexts that you haven't created yet. I haven't tried it but I'm
guessing that if you have a task with contexts @a; @b and you test for
@b; @a that context will say "true" and contexttext will say "false"
d) for the reasons that you brought up, flags might be better for you
than contexts for this purpose. Just as long as you are not planning to
do much work on mobile platforms, where flags are not supported. I do
nmost of my work on Androuid so as a consequence I know very little
about flags and I can't answer any of your questions.
-Dwight
MLO Betazoid on Windows, Cloud and Android SGN2
On 8/13/2015 7:43 PM, J Smith wrote:
Dwight
I have some problem with your Comment #1.
a) When I am in a view of what is in effect a GTD List (e.g. say my
"~SomedayMaybe" list) I cant really add stuff straight in there,
because if it doesn't have "~SomedayMaybe" as a Context then as soon
as I create it, it disappears of that view SomedayMaybe view.
b) The presence of "~SomedayMaybe" in the Context field rather gets in
the way and clutters up view of my 'real' contexts, particularly if
the "~SomedayMaybe" was added before the other contexts!
c) Please can you tell me what the difference is between "Context" and
"ContextText" when I am setting up an advanced filter. i.e. Which
should I use??
d) I am now wondering if I would be better off using Flags rather than
Context to achieve what you suggest.
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