Ah, gotcha. I've been only working out of active starred on Android as far as manually sorted views. So importing a manually sorted view doesn't sync sort order?, that's too bad. (And I don't think alt complete is on Android anyway). On Dec 20, 2015 7:21 AM, "Laurence Glazier" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Lisa, I knew about this, it was encouraging to find it out. But the > sort order is lost on sync to the Android, unless we use Starred view. I > think it was intended for use in single outline branches, where order gets > synced, but if we combine multiple branches and view as active actions, it > is getting more complex. > > But yes very useful in Windows in the Outline view! > > Laurence > > On Sunday, December 20, 2015 at 2:34:55 AM UTC, Lisa S wrote: >> >> In case no-one has mentioned it, I believe the "Alternative Complete" was >> added to support moving a task to the bottom of a manually sorted list for >> this method. (I don't use it and haven't read all the discussion but wanted >> to make sure you knew about it). >> >> Lisa / [email protected] >> >> >> __________________________________ >> Sent from eM Client | www.emclient.com <http://www.emclient.com/get> >> >> >> >> On 12/15/2015 3:30:28 AM, "Laurence Glazier" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Can someone advise on the best way to achieve using Mark Forster's >> methods in MLO? This usually involves moving a task to the bottom of a >> list. To achieve this I am using the Active Starred view. This is because >> manual orders in other views generally do not sync in the new Android >> version. (Are there plans to change this?) >> >> I am operating more flexibly than Mark Forster described, creating Active >> Actions lists only of areas relevant at a particular time; the other areas >> get hidden. Generally I am seeing tasks from 2, 3 or 4 visible >> sub-branches. At root level I have a "Hidden" branch where I put the >> irrelevant sub-branches (e.g. "Home" while I am at work), and an "In >> Progress" visible branch where I have relevant and priority sub-branches. I >> move the main sub-branches back and forth between these primary ones during >> the day to generate relevant active task lists. >> >> While my approach technically works, there are overheads. Because only >> the Active Starred view syncs active actions with a manual order, I have to >> ensure every active action is starred, which means I can no longer use the >> star for the purpose intended. In the FVP system (Final Version Perfected) >> a chain of tasks is established. Without access to the stars, I tried >> showing the tasks in bold face (Ctrl-B) but that works only in Windows and >> does not transfer to the Android. The best I have found so far is to >> identify the chain of tasks visually by setting them to be projects (they >> then show in blue on the desktop, and are underlined in blue on the phone). >> But this is another overhead in terms of keystrokes, and undermines the use >> of projects as projects. A similar way it make the tasks overdue, but that >> has similar issues. >> >> Is there some way I should be using flags and contexts to achieve my >> approach with lower or no overhead? Is there some clever technique with >> views I should know (bearing in mind they need to have manual sort to that >> tasks can be moved to the bottom)? Should I consider abandoning the Windows >> version for serious work and instead treat it as a resource for occasional >> manipulation of tasks in bulk (with the multiple selection facility)? >> >> Thanks for reading to the end! >> >> Laurence >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MyLifeOrganized" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/3f79d000-47d7-434c-82a1-f8cb2083b3d1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/CAJYFk%2B2F7Wn11zMRaOxW-oBKNVFhe1qSw%3DtUgudVrSyxJz%3D5BQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
