Re: [O] Prompt for time when clocking in?
Some progress -- I used Nick's suggestion combined with the org-read-date function. This is my first attempt -- It will prompt you for a time, and clock in to the headline that the cursor is on with that time. (defun njn/clock-in-at-time() (interactive) (setq start-time (org-read-date 't 't)) (org-clock-in nil start-time) ) It's a bit wonky if you clock in to a past time, and then you want to resolve that clock, but my main use-case for now is this: 1) I start doing something 2) I forgot to clock in 3) I don't want to press 8 keys in order to clock in 15 minutes ago. This solution should work for now. Although, I could see it being a handy way to prompt for clock-in *and* clock-out times. Thanks for the suggestions, --Nate On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote: John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a task? Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through the following steps: 1) clock in on the task, 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it 3) Fix the clock-in time If it's not built in, does anyone have any slick functions that would accomplish the same thing? :-) Check out a thread I started a bit back on this exact topic: --- http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg40498.html It wasn't exactly what I expected, the suggestion by Bernt for `M-x org-resolve-clocks` works reasonably well if you are trying to clock back-to-back activities. Post back after you read that perhaps? Maybe you'll find something helpful. org-clock-in takes an optional start-time argument which is used instead of the current time when non-nil. So I tried (setq ct (current-time)) (setq start-time (cons (car ct) (list (- (cadr ct) 900) (caddr ct and started a clock on a task with ESC ESC : (org-clock-in nil start-time) and it got clocked in 15 minutes before the current time. Now I don't propose this as a good UI :-), but it would require just a small wrapper for it to dtrt. HTH, Nick
Re: [O] Prompt for time when clocking in?
Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com wrote: Some progress -- I used Nick's suggestion combined with the org-read-date function. This is my first attempt -- It will prompt you for a time, and clock in to the headline that the cursor is on with that time. (defun njn/clock-in-at-time() (interactive) (setq start-time (org-read-date 't 't)) (org-clock-in nil start-time) ) Two minor nits: t is a constant so you don't need to quote it; emacs-lisp mode helps with indentation (putting it in a code block - see below - in an org file and using C-c ' to edit it works wonderfully). I'm not sure whether 'tis better to specify relative or absolute times (let's see: I should have clocked in 15 mins ago vs Let's see: I should have clocked in at 12:20), but just in case you want to try the alternatives, here are two dummy function functions for the two alternatives - they just print the result time in the echo area. The rel time can use a prefix arg (ESC -15 M-x rel/dummy-clock-in-at-time) or the minibuffer if no prefix arg is specified (and you might want to bias it towards the past, so 15 = 15 mins ago and -15 = 15 mins from now, but that might be a bit perverse). FWIW, I think I would tend to prefer your implementation, but since I clock nothing, I'm no expert :-) Nick #+begin_src elisp (defun rel/dummy-clock-in-at-time (nmin) (interactive N+/-minutes: ) (setq start-time (time-add (current-time) (seconds-to-time (* nmin 60 (message (format-time-string %H:%M:%S start-time))) (defun abs/dummy-clock-in-at-time() (interactive) (setq start-time (org-read-date t t)) (message (format-time-string %H:%M:%S start-time))) #+end_src It's a bit wonky if you clock in to a past time, and then you want to resolve that clock, but my main use-case for now is this: 1) I start doing something 2) I forgot to clock in 3) I don't want to press 8 keys in order to clock in 15 minutes ago. This solution should work for now. Although, I could see it being a handy way to prompt for clock-in *and* clock-out times. Thanks for the suggestions, --Nate On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote: John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a task? Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through the following steps: 1) clock in on the task, 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it 3) Fix the clock-in time If it's not built in, does anyone have any slick functions that would accomplish the same thing? :-) Check out a thread I started a bit back on this exact topic: --- http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg40498.html It wasn't exactly what I expected, the suggestion by Bernt for `M-x org-resolve-clocks` works reasonably well if you are trying to clock back-to-back activities. Post back after you read that perhaps? Maybe you'll find something helpful. org-clock-in takes an optional start-time argument which is used instead of the current time when non-nil. So I tried (setq ct (current-time)) (setq start-time (cons (car ct) (list (- (cadr ct) 900) (caddr ct and started a clock on a task with ESC ESC : (org-clock-in nil start-time) and it got clocked in 15 minutes before the current time. Now I don't propose this as a good UI :-), but it would require just a small wrapper for it to dtrt. HTH, Nick
Re: [O] Prompt for time when clocking in?
Two minor nits: t is a constant so you don't need to quote it; emacs-lisp mode helps with indentation (putting it in a code block - see below - in an org file and using C-c ' to edit it works wonderfully). Thanks for your suggestions re: using Emacs to edit lisp code and using the t in lieu of 't -- I appreciate these types of style/coding comments immensely! I'm not sure whether 'tis better to specify relative or absolute times (let's see: I should have clocked in 15 mins ago vs Let's see: I should have clocked in at 12:20), but just in case you want to try the alternatives, here are two dummy function functions for the two alternatives - they just print the result time in the echo area. Nick, I like the ability to just type 15, but I also like the ability to use the familiar org-calendar in case I want to get fancier (for example, I forgot to clock something that I worked on yesterday) It would be a cool feature of org-read-date to be able to type -15M and have org-read-date go back 15 minutes from the current date/time. I played around with org-read date for something like -15m and -15M, but the -15m went back 15 *months*, not minutes. Does anyone know if there's a way to specify a relative *time* using org-read-date? For example, something like -15M would be 15 minutes earlier? Thanks, --Nate The rel time can use a prefix arg (ESC -15 M-x rel/dummy-clock-in-at-time) or the minibuffer if no prefix arg is specified (and you might want to bias it towards the past, so 15 = 15 mins ago and -15 = 15 mins from now, but that might be a bit perverse). FWIW, I think I would tend to prefer your implementation, but since I clock nothing, I'm no expert :-) Nick #+begin_src elisp (defun rel/dummy-clock-in-at-time (nmin) (interactive N+/-minutes: ) (setq start-time (time-add (current-time) (seconds-to-time (* nmin 60 (message (format-time-string %H:%M:%S start-time))) (defun abs/dummy-clock-in-at-time() (interactive) (setq start-time (org-read-date t t)) (message (format-time-string %H:%M:%S start-time))) #+end_src It's a bit wonky if you clock in to a past time, and then you want to resolve that clock, but my main use-case for now is this: 1) I start doing something 2) I forgot to clock in 3) I don't want to press 8 keys in order to clock in 15 minutes ago. This solution should work for now. Although, I could see it being a handy way to prompt for clock-in *and* clock-out times. Thanks for the suggestions, --Nate On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Nick Dokos nicholas.do...@hp.com wrote: John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a task? Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through the following steps: 1) clock in on the task, 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it 3) Fix the clock-in time If it's not built in, does anyone have any slick functions that would accomplish the same thing? :-) Check out a thread I started a bit back on this exact topic: --- http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg40498.html It wasn't exactly what I expected, the suggestion by Bernt for `M-x org-resolve-clocks` works reasonably well if you are trying to clock back-to-back activities. Post back after you read that perhaps? Maybe you'll find something helpful. org-clock-in takes an optional start-time argument which is used instead of the current time when non-nil. So I tried (setq ct (current-time)) (setq start-time (cons (car ct) (list (- (cadr ct) 900) (caddr ct and started a clock on a task with ESC ESC : (org-clock-in nil start-time) and it got clocked in 15 minutes before the current time. Now I don't propose this as a good UI :-), but it would require just a small wrapper for it to dtrt. HTH, Nick
[O] Prompt for time when clocking in?
Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a task? Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through the following steps: 1) clock in on the task, 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it 3) Fix the clock-in time If it's not built in, does anyone have any slick functions that would accomplish the same thing? :-) Thanks, --Nate
Re: [O] Prompt for time when clocking in?
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a task? Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through the following steps: 1) clock in on the task, 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it 3) Fix the clock-in time If it's not built in, does anyone have any slick functions that would accomplish the same thing? :-) Check out a thread I started a bit back on this exact topic: --- http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg40498.html It wasn't exactly what I expected, the suggestion by Bernt for `M-x org-resolve-clocks` works reasonably well if you are trying to clock back-to-back activities. Post back after you read that perhaps? Maybe you'll find something helpful. John Thanks, --Nate
Re: [O] Prompt for time when clocking in?
John Hendy jw.he...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a task? Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through the following steps: 1) clock in on the task, 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it 3) Fix the clock-in time If it's not built in, does anyone have any slick functions that would accomplish the same thing? :-) Check out a thread I started a bit back on this exact topic: --- http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg40498.html It wasn't exactly what I expected, the suggestion by Bernt for `M-x org-resolve-clocks` works reasonably well if you are trying to clock back-to-back activities. Post back after you read that perhaps? Maybe you'll find something helpful. org-clock-in takes an optional start-time argument which is used instead of the current time when non-nil. So I tried (setq ct (current-time)) (setq start-time (cons (car ct) (list (- (cadr ct) 900) (caddr ct and started a clock on a task with ESC ESC : (org-clock-in nil start-time) and it got clocked in 15 minutes before the current time. Now I don't propose this as a good UI :-), but it would require just a small wrapper for it to dtrt. HTH, Nick
Re: [O] Prompt for time when clocking in?
Nathan Neff nathan.n...@gmail.com writes: Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a task? Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through the following steps: 1) clock in on the task, 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it 3) Fix the clock-in time If it's not built in, does anyone have any slick functions that would accomplish the same thing? :-) Thanks, --Nate For editing clock times I use the agenda C-c a a v c and then visit the lines I want to edit from the agenda with RET. HTH, Bernt
