From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steve Revilak Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re Best way to use org-mode as a work log Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:51:44 -0500 Message-ID: <20091219235144.GB760@srevilak.net> References: <20091219170750.51DEA8786E@mxperim1.sea5.speakeasy.net> <20091219103852.4D6E4166A7E@mxperim4.sea5.speakeasy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261266759 12959 80.91.229.12 (19 Dec 2009 23:52:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:52:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 20 00:52:32 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NM967-0003cd-IW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:52:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39081 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NM967-0003X9-M0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:52:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NM95i-0003WZ-6s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:52:06 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NM95c-0003V5-0T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:52:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33748 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NM95b-0003V2-TL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:51:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net ([69.17.117.7]:50118) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NM95b-0004J3-Fe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:51:59 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 25588 invoked from network); 19 Dec 2009 23:51:56 -0000 Original-Received: from pool-72-93-82-131.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO srevilak.net) (srevilak@[72.93.82.131]) (envelope-sender ) by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 19 Dec 2009 23:51:56 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42acbb35-8453-4610-8857-5111c8578bb6@m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70760 Archived-At: --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ethandbrown> I've been an emacs user since about 1990, but have just ethandbrown> recently discovered org-mode. It seems as if it would be ethandbrown> very well suited to use as my work log--I currently just ethandbrown> use a regular text file. A few months ago, I began using org-mode as a combinatin work log and calendar. Before org-mode, I used a plain text file. As a work log, I like org-mode a lot. It's a fantastic piece of software. Here are the org-mode-specific portions of my ~/.emacs. (setq org-clock-into-drawer nil org-tags-column 60) (define-key global-map "\C-ca" 'org-agenda) (defun sr-org-boot () ;; interactive, in case I start emacs before mounting /path/to (interactive) =20 (let ((f "/path/to/work.org")) (cond ((file-exists-p f) (setq org-agenda-files (list f)) (appt-activate 1) (org-agenda-list) (org-agenda-to-appt)))) ) tomas> I'm using it at the moment as a work log (one tomas> top-level entry per day, one second-level entry within each day tomas> for each task, with a :PROPERTIES: drawer within it, stating, tomas> among other things which customer/project/subproject to bill tomas> the working time to), but I'm still unsure whether this is the tomas> right way to use Org. I use a similar system -- a top level for months, a second level for days, an a third level for tasks within each day. I clock and tag everything at the third level. maus.david> You may take a look at Worg, "a set of Org files maus.david> collectively edited by people who like Org-mode and want maus.david> to share tutorials, ideas, code snippets, etc." maus.david> http://orgmode.org/worg/ Worg is a great resource, as are the tutorials on . One of the tutorials is a 45 minute video of Carsten Dominik giving a tech-talk at Google: . If you have 45 minutes to spare, the talk is a nice introduction to org-mode, and the philosophy behind it. Steve --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkstZxAACgkQX7YJI4BuyDTtHQCfQh9h2ig3AlaHAbs6I3R1RL5b rZMAnjqqz4Xdw2xAS0TFWWm8BRyNBUr/ =jyb2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xgyAXRrhYN0wYx8y--