Re: Quickly inputting next actions to specific lists.

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com>]

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Hello guys! Thank you for the replies. It has been some time but I had lots
of work to do here so didn't have much time to play around.

So, refiling doesn't do exactly what I would like. Some issues I've found:
 * I need to write the data in a buffer first and then C-c C-w to refile it.
 * It only allows you to refile to the root items and doesn't go any deeper.
 * If I'm processing items in a different file (I've setup org-remember to
save the items in a different file) I don't have access to my gtd.org file
lists (can't refile between different files). -- is there a way to get the
items from another file?

org-remember is really powerful and I use it a lot when I have ideas that I
want to process later. However, sometimes you have a specific cristal-clear
next-action in your head and you know where it belongs (i.e the project),
but you want to quickly input it and keep working. This is something I miss
from PlannerMode, where you can quickly input an item and choose which file
it will go, so, that's what I would like org to have, a **quick way to input
items interactivelly, all through the mini-buffer.**

Is there a way to do that? If not, I keep it as a suggestion for next
releases. I'm also willing to contribute as soon as I master elisp!

Keep up the great work,

Marcelo.

On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:

> Hi Marcelo,
>
> If I'm understanding it correctly, org-remember with interactive filing
> does precisely what you're looking for. You can quickly enter a task and
> then type C-1 C-c C-c to choose where to file it.
>
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Remember.html#Remember
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Yeah, maybe I could develop another function that uses refile (or
> > refile's logic) to get the items where I want to. But the idea is
> > different, I want to bind this func to a key combo, when it is called
> > it would ask interactively for the item's string, then, after that,
> > where I would like to put it (it might ask me to write or to choose
> > from a list - like the add tag does).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marcelo.
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >     C-h f org-refile.
> >
> >     On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 14:27, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
> >     <celoserpa@gmail.com> wrote:
> >     > Refilling?
> >     >
> >     > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Samuel Wales <
> >     samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
> >     >>
> >     >> Refiling might do what you want.
> >     >>
> >     >> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 12:40, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
> >     >> <celoserpa@gmail.com> wrote:
> >     >> > Hello list,
> >     >> >
> >     >> > Let's say I have some "next action" that I know exactly where
> >     to put
> >     >> > (what
> >     >> > list), in other words, I don't need to process it (in the GTD
> >     terms), I
> >     >> > just
> >     >> > need to put it in the correct list. What I would like to do is
> >     some
> >     >> > interactive function that would allow me to quickly input a
> >     new next
> >     >> > action
> >     >> > to a specific list. Maybe each main list in the project could
> >     have a
> >     >> > shortcut (like tags do) and when you run this function you
> >     enter the
> >     >> > string
> >     >> > for the next action item, and quickly says where you want it
> >     to go, and
> >     >> > it
> >     >> > appends it there. I'm not deep enough in elisp to do that, so,
> >     if
> >     >> > someone
> >     >> > could help me I would be grateful!
> >     >> >
> >     >> > Thanks,
> >     >> >
> >     >> > Marcelo.
> >     >> >
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