Re: [Orgmode] another GTD question from dto

2007-10-06 Thread Jason F. McBrayer
David O'Toole [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This gives in the agenda: dto: Scheduled: NEXT Chapter 5 dto: Scheduled: NEXT Chapter 1 Without any indication which book the chapters are from. Can I fix this with properties or tags or categories or something? I

Re: [Orgmode] another GTD question from dto

2007-10-03 Thread Bastien
David O'Toole [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Without any indication which book the chapters are from. Can I fix this with properties or tags or categories or something? , | * Books | ** TODO Read Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus | :PROPERTIES: | :CATEGORY: TLP | :END: | | *** DONE Find

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-23 Thread Carsten Dominik
On Oct 22, 2006, at 2:39, Eddward DeVilla wrote: ... but I don't know one aspect of Org that I hope is maintained. It's really flexible. Kind of like perl. It has a lot of little nifty features that you can use to manage and organize information (to tasks, or whatever) and use can use any

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-23 Thread Xiao-Yong Jin
Carsten Dominik [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Oct 23, 2006, at 9:21, Xiao-Yong Jin wrote: I'm wondering if you could absorb all the nifty features from emacs-muse or planner, etc. Especially various export formats and more text markups? In this generality: no. The focus of muse is

RE: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-21 Thread Eddward DeVilla
On 10/21/06, Christopher Kuettner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aside from that... What is the basic design model for org-mode? What is org supposed to be? Where it is headed? I thought I got an outliner with dates-capabilities. No it's almost a full fledged publishing platform... I think you

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-20 Thread Carsten Dominik
Hi Piotr, thanks for sticking my head into that dark hole again :-) Yes, the issues of headlines and plain list items have been bugging me for a long time, and am I glad to share my thoughts here - if only to grab this chance to organize them again. Maybe some kind of solution will present

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-13 Thread Alex Bochannek
Carsten Dominik [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sep 30, 2006, at 7:25, Alex Bochannek wrote: Work: NEXT Do software thing :COMPUTER:Software: Work: WAITING Delivery of software :Software: Home: SOMEDAY Books to Read Home: NEXT: Buy Stamps :ERRANDS: Or something along those lines. I

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-04 Thread Carsten Dominik
I really like this discussion started by Alex. It has triggered for me a lot of thinking and clarity about how to use Org-mode for a GTD system. High time, because my current system basically is do whatever the closest person pointing a gun to your head is asking. Has kept me alive, if

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-04 Thread Piotr Zielinski
Hi, In relation to Carsten's email, I'd like to ask about possible integration of headings and plain lists. I remember that such integration was difficult because of the implementation of outline-mode, but I don't know the details. In case this is possible, here are a few reasons why I'd like

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-02 Thread Chris Lowis
Here are some places I use for maintaining lists: org-mode files, browser bookmarks, amazon basket, amazon wishlist, amazon recommended books, watchthatpage, google alerts, delicious, movielens, citeulike. Each of them is different, has its strengths and weaknesses, and it would be very difficult

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-01 Thread Piotr Zielinski
Hi, Org-mode is a major part of my GTD scheme, however, there are some tasks for which I think it's not ideal. One example are lists of lightweight items; items that are not critical and nothing seriously bad would happen if they are forgotten. Interesting webpages to read or papers to

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-09-29 Thread Christopher Kuettner
to use Org-mode for GTD. ; self-documenting org-mode gtd-outline * @today ** TODO [#A] next action items I have to do today (hard landscape) ** TODO [#B] actions I want to do today (to plan ahead gives my day some flow, since I work at home alone ** TODO [#B] I do: org-agenda-include-diary t

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-09-27 Thread Charles Cave
Hi Alex, I am currently using a system that isn't that different from it, but I am trying to figure out the best way to use Org-mode for GTD. I don't think there is any best way to use GTD system or org-mode for that matter. One of the core principles of GTD is creating lists of next