Re: [O] Push a dependent TODO item on top of a depending one

2012-03-06 Thread Bernt Hansen
Alan E. Davis lngn...@gmail.com writes:

 It just occurred to me to try to implement a method of pushing a TODO
 item on top of another, in the manner of a Stack.  The item on top of
 the stack is a task upon which performance of some other task
 depends. 


 I need to call someone, so I have a task that appears on my agenda,
 to call him.  However,  I have just discovered that the phone number
 I have for this person is not working.  I new need to find his phone
 number, so I can write a new TODO task.  It would be fantastic to be
 able to push a TODO on top of the dependant TODO, the task that is
 held up until one finds the phone number.   

 Once  I have found the number, and pop the number finding task off
 the agenda, the dependant task would appear as a high priority,
 active task.   rendering the TODO to CALL invisible, perhaps as a
 subtask,  

 I think there are many ways to do this.   Is it a nightmare to
 implement in the fashion I have suggested?   Is it already easy to
 do?  The crux of the matter is a dependent TODO is rendered invisible
 until some subtask TODO is completed.

 Thank you for all the ideas,

Can't you just create the new todo item when on column 1 of the
dependent task - so it gets inserted before it?

* TODO Some Project
  :PROPERTIES:
  :ORDERED: t
  :END:
** TODO Dependent Task
^
|
point here

Then C-S-TAB or M-S-TAN creates the new task before this one

* TODO Some Project
  :PROPERTIES:
  :ORDERED: t
  :END:
** TODO New Task
** TODO Dependent Task

Combined with the ORDERED property and the variable
org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks set to 'invisible it might get you a long
way towards what you are trying to achieve.

HTH,
Bernt



[O] Push a dependent TODO item on top of a depending one

2012-03-05 Thread Alan E. Davis
It just occurred to me to try to implement a method of pushing a TODO item
on top of another, in the manner of a Stack.  The item on top of the stack
is a task upon which performance of some other task depends.


I need to call someone, so I have a task that appears on my agenda, to call
him.  However,  I have just discovered that the phone number I have for
this person is not working.  I new need to find his phone number, so I can
write a new TODO task.  It would be fantastic to be able to push a TODO on
top of the dependant TODO, the task that is held up until one finds the
phone number.

Once  I have found the number, and pop the number finding task off the
agenda, the dependant task would appear as a high priority, active task.
rendering the TODO to CALL invisible, perhaps as a subtask,

I think there are many ways to do this.   Is it a nightmare to implement in
the fashion I have suggested?   Is it already easy to do?  The crux of the
matter is a dependent TODO is rendered invisible until some subtask TODO is
completed.

Thank you for all the ideas,

Alan Davis