[Orgmode] GTD and adding next actions under projects with remember
Hi all, I'm using org-mode to implement GTD (or, at least, making a valiant effort :) I'm currently doing the following: * projects are TODO items under a Project heading with a) a project tag and b) a CATEGORY property summarizing the project with a short label. * waiting items are TODO items with a waiting tag under a Waiting heading. * next actions are TODO items without a project or waiting tag. * contexts are tags attached to the next action and start with @ * if a next action is under a project heading, then it belongs to that project. I have a special heading called, for lack of a better name, Misc under which I put all my next actions which are not associated with any project. This all seems to work ok so far, except for one thing: I can't figure out how to add next actions under a particular project heading using remember. The problem is that I have to specify a heading for the template in org-remember-templates in the .emacs file. This is okay when I want to jot down a new project, waiting item or *generic* next action, because all these items have fixed headings, but I don't know how to make this work when I don't know the heading ahead of time (remember that next actions associated with projects live under the project heading). Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help. -- Desmond Rivet Pain is weakness leaving the body. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] GTD and adding next actions under projects with remember
Hi! Let me give a bit of feedback on the aspect of I'm implementing GTD. I do it a bit differently: * Projects are trees (or sub-trees) which have a :Project: Tag attached to them. They never have a TODO keyword of any kind. * Waiting-For items are tracked with a :WAITING: Tag. They never have a TODO keyword of any kind. * Only next actions get a todo keyword of TODO (or maybe DOING if they are work in progress) * Every tag is a potential context for me. The nice thing is that org let's me combine them, e.g. :Bob:Phone: * I use org's priority cookies exclusively as importance, ranging from A - C. That way I can see a list of next actions immediately by typing C-a a t, ordered by importance. With your system I fail to see how you can get quick access to your next action list. I also get a project list by typing C-a a p (tag match, with tag-inheritance turned off), also ordered by priority. Even though I keep todos, projects and reference material in one file together, org-mode allows me to quickly filter by TODO (== Next Action List) :Project: (== Project List) and any other Tag (== Context). I also use active timestamps to designate tickler dates and :SCHEDULE: and :DEADLINE: cookies for the hard landscape of the day. Desmond Rivet schrieb: The problem is that I have to specify a heading for the template in org-remember-templates in the .emacs file. This is okay when I want to jot down a new project, waiting item or *generic* next action, because all these items have fixed headings, but I don't know how to make this work when I don't know the heading ahead of time (remember that next actions associated with projects live under the project heading). ---Zitatende--- Sorry for not helping with your particular problem (It looks like you might want to use C-1 C-c C-c or something like that), but: It sounds like you're mixing up collecting and processing. You only need to fill out the full context in the processing phase. At least I use the remember interface for quickly jotting down a note, then get back to work. The stuff I remember just goes into a Collect.org file, which I later process as an inbox. -- Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs frie...@nomaden.org TauPan on Ircnet and Freenode ;) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] GTD and adding next actions under projects with remember
Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs frie...@nomaden.org writes: That way I can see a list of next actions immediately by typing C-a a t, ordered by importance. With your system I fail to see how you can get quick access to your next action list. I have several custom agenda views defined: (setq org-agenda-custom-commands '((w tags-todo +waiting) (p Project View tags-todo +project ((org-agenda-remove-tags t))) (n tags-todo -waiting-project) )) Next actions are defined as those TODO items that don't have a project or a waiting tag. In other words, every TODO item that isn't a project or waiting item is a Next Action. So, my wait list can be pull up by a C-c a w, my project list can be pulled up by a C-c a p, and my next action list can be pulled up with a C-c a n. I have tag inheritence turned off for the project tag: (setq org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance '(project)) So that way I don't get a project's next actions when I just want to see the project list on its own. I like the idea of using TODO's as project items because that allows be to track active projects - active projects arethose which are in the TODO state. For example, I just completed a project called Maine vacation. It's done, and I don't want it to show up in my project list anymore. But at the same time, I'd like to keep a record of it. Same thing with the WAIT items. TODO means waiting and DONE means I'm finished waiting. Desmond Rivet schrieb: The problem is that I have to specify a heading for the template in org-remember-templates in the .emacs file. This is okay when I want to jot down a new project, waiting item or *generic* next action, because all these items have fixed headings, but I don't know how to make this work when I don't know the heading ahead of time (remember that next actions associated with projects live under the project heading). ---Zitatende--- Sorry for not helping with your particular problem (It looks like you might want to use C-1 C-c C-c or something like that), but: It sounds like you're mixing up collecting and processing. You only need to fill out the full context in the processing phase. At least I use the remember interface for quickly jotting down a note, then get back to work. The stuff I remember just goes into a Collect.org file, which I later process as an inbox. That's an interesting idea. My uderstanding was that my collection basket would be managed outside of org-mode, via physical lists on notepads. Processing that list would result in my next actions items. Using remember to put stuff in a separate digital collection basket seems like a reasonable idea. Still, I like the idea of quickly being able to add a Next Action item to a particular project, via a keystroke or two... -- Desmond Rivet Pain is weakness leaving the body. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
