Thanks for all of that, Dwight. Fortunately, I mainly use Windows MLO after midnight, so I'm glad to have an option available there. As to Android, I agree that the best course would be in line with your suggestion for "early" and "late" views. That was a really good suggestion.
As to your location rule, I'm afraid I'm unlikely to be helpful. I don't personally do anything with MLO's location-based functionality. Keep enjoying your retirement, Dwight. The MLO community is really benefiting from the way you apply your talents. -R On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 5:58:11 PM UTC-5, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > Hi, Rich. > > > > > > *begin off-topic Thanks for your kind words. You too, George.I'm a retired > guy and I see many of my contemporaries spending untold hours struggling > over "brain teasers for old codgers" or something similar, in a vain > attempt to keep their brains from aging. My hobby is MLO debugging and view > development - it's more challenging and also more fun. So thanks to you > guys for saving me from the find-a-word puzzles.end off-topic* > First, let me say that you have a remarkable workaround, it is seldom that > you find someone willing to dive in to the extent that you have. Admirable > work, well done. > > Second, I was hoping for some way to show that there is a supported > feature of Windows view construction that's not supported on Android - this > would have provided a basis for requesting Android support. But given the > extent to which you hacked the Windows system to get it to do what you > want, I do not think that argument would stick. Instead, I think that the > opening argument should be that allowing constants such as Now and Today > (are there other constants?) in the Field section of a rule would provide > significant benefit for little development (given that you have already > demonstrated that it executes correctly). If that recommendation would be > accepted then the next step would be to look for Android support. > > Third, this is the part where I tell you that there is some clever way to > get what you want out of the Android system until and unless the new > feature you want arrives. Sorry, no clever solutions suggest themselves. > The only thing I can suggest is that you build a Today-early view that > shows tasks due after 8am today but before 8am tomorrow, and also a > today-late view that shows tasks due between 8am yesterday and 8am today. > Then, start each day using the late view, and at midnight switch to the > early view. You can set a reminder for midnight to help you make the > switch. That's all I've got. In fact, I was hoping that you might be out > running around doing phone MLO during mainstream daytime and on Windows by > the time you reach your extended daytime after midnight. In this case you > could just use a standard day view on Android, and use your timeshifted > view on Windows during the small hours. > > Fourth and last, given your success at hacking .mfv, do you have any > suggestions on how to create a location rule, something like > (CurrentLocation IsNearLocation @Context, 2000 meters)? > > On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 5:39:54 AM UTC-5, Rich Gallagher wrote: >> >> For Android v2 MLO, after I select a .mfv file with a single view >> containing "NOW" as the value for "FIELD", the dialog says something like, >> "You are about to import the following 0 views..." -- then MLO goes on >> normally without importing the view. >> >> If I try to import a .mfv with multiple views, MLO ignores views that >> contain a "NOW" value for "FIELD"--and successfully imports the other views. >> >> The behavior is the same whether I try to import a .mfv originally >> created by Windows MLO or originally created by Android v2 MLO. >> >> In short, Android v2 MLO apparently ignores any view in a .mfv with a >> "NOW" value for "FIELD" -- and keeps operating normally. >> >> Thanks for putting your brain to this, Dwight! >> > -- 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/35e6047b-bc94-4eda-936a-50f213cd6677%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
