* recursive todo/checkbox statistics @ 2009-05-18 22:11 Alexander 2009-05-19 6:40 ` Carsten Dominik 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Alexander @ 2009-05-18 22:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-orgmode Hi, Forgive me if there is an obvious way to do this that I haven't found. Is there an easy way to calculate the total number of tasks for a file or a subtree? For example, if the checkbox/todo progress cookie would calculate the number of checkboxes/todos recursively for a subtree. so that this: * TODO heading 1 [1/3] ** DONE task A ** TODO task B ** TODO task C *** TODO task C1 *** TODO task C2 would be this instead: * TODO heading 1 [1/5] ** DONE task A ** TODO task B ** TODO task C *** TODO task C1 *** TODO task C2 I would be fine with any other solution as well, it was just that it seems closest to the checkbox/todo functionality. Thanks you, Alexander ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: recursive todo/checkbox statistics 2009-05-18 22:11 recursive todo/checkbox statistics Alexander @ 2009-05-19 6:40 ` Carsten Dominik 2009-05-19 14:13 ` Alexander 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Carsten Dominik @ 2009-05-19 6:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alexander; +Cc: emacs-orgmode We have had the same discussion recently about checkboxes, and added a variable org-hierarchical-checkbox-statistics. However, my personal view is that the outline hierarchy is different, because if you are organizing tasks into a hierarchy, so it does not make sense to add TODO's on different levels. - Carsten On May 19, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Alexander wrote: > Hi, > > Forgive me if there is an obvious way to do this that I haven't found. > > Is there an easy way to calculate the total number of tasks for a > file or a subtree? > For example, if the checkbox/todo progress cookie would calculate the > number of checkboxes/todos recursively for a subtree. > > so that this: > > * TODO heading 1 [1/3] > ** DONE task A > ** TODO task B > ** TODO task C > *** TODO task C1 > *** TODO task C2 > > would be this instead: > > * TODO heading 1 [1/5] > ** DONE task A > ** TODO task B > ** TODO task C > *** TODO task C1 > *** TODO task C2 > > I would be fine with any other solution as well, it was just that it > seems closest to the checkbox/todo functionality. > > Thanks you, > > Alexander > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: recursive todo/checkbox statistics 2009-05-19 6:40 ` Carsten Dominik @ 2009-05-19 14:13 ` Alexander 2009-05-20 9:04 ` Carsten Dominik 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Alexander @ 2009-05-19 14:13 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Hi, I've now switched to following the development version because several things that I've wanted have been implemented in the short time I've been using org-mode already! And I was impressed with orgmode at the outset... I tried version 6.26trans, and the hierarchical checkbox statistics works as expected. But I can't get the same behavior for TODO's. I just wanted to check that this is correct - that I'm not doing something wrong. Maybe I should explain more what I use org-mode for in this case to make things clearer. I use it to keep track of the readings I have to do for a qualifying exam. I categorize the readings according to topic, and then track the progress of each reading as a TODO. The reason I want to be able to check the global number of readings is to make sure that I'm keeping the right pace. The list is pretty long (223 entries in ~20 topics), so it's cumbersome to do by hand. This is a better representation of the file I use: * readings [0/0] :PROPERTIES: :COOKIE_DATA: todo :END: ** topic a *** TODO book 1 *** TODO book 2 ** topic b *** TODO article 1 *** TODO article 2 ** topic c *** TODO book 1 *** TODO article 2 So is it possible to have the cookie at the top count the TODO's at the lower levels? If not, it's not a big problem really - I can count them reasonably using grep and wc, but it just seems like a combination of hierarchical-checkbox-statistics and COOKIE_DATA: todo would do it? Best, Alexander On 5/19/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: > We have had the same discussion recently about checkboxes, > and added a variable org-hierarchical-checkbox-statistics. > > However, my personal view is that the outline hierarchy is > different, because if you are organizing tasks into a hierarchy, > so it does not make sense to add TODO's on different levels. > > - Carsten > > On May 19, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Alexander wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Forgive me if there is an obvious way to do this that I haven't found. >> >> Is there an easy way to calculate the total number of tasks for a >> file or a subtree? >> For example, if the checkbox/todo progress cookie would calculate the >> number of checkboxes/todos recursively for a subtree. >> >> so that this: >> >> * TODO heading 1 [1/3] >> ** DONE task A >> ** TODO task B >> ** TODO task C >> *** TODO task C1 >> *** TODO task C2 >> >> would be this instead: >> >> * TODO heading 1 [1/5] >> ** DONE task A >> ** TODO task B >> ** TODO task C >> *** TODO task C1 >> *** TODO task C2 >> >> I would be fine with any other solution as well, it was just that it >> seems closest to the checkbox/todo functionality. >> >> Thanks you, >> >> Alexander >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: recursive todo/checkbox statistics 2009-05-19 14:13 ` Alexander @ 2009-05-20 9:04 ` Carsten Dominik 2009-05-20 12:59 ` Alexander 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Carsten Dominik @ 2009-05-20 9:04 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alexander; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Hi Alexander, in the latest git version you can do (setq org-hierarchical-todo-statistics nil) Or, if you want this only for specific trees, you can set a property[1] :COOKIE_DATA: todo recursive HTH - Carsten [1] The "todo" part in the property is unnecessary if the entry does not have checkboxes On May 19, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Alexander wrote: > Hi, > > I've now switched to following the development version because several > things that I've wanted have been implemented in the short time I've > been using org-mode already! And I was impressed with orgmode at the > outset... > > I tried version 6.26trans, and the hierarchical checkbox statistics > works as expected. But I can't get the same behavior for TODO's. I > just wanted to check that this is correct - that I'm not doing > something wrong. > > Maybe I should explain more what I use org-mode for in this case to > make things clearer. I use it to keep track of the readings I have to > do for a qualifying exam. I categorize the readings according to > topic, and then track the progress of each reading as a TODO. The > reason I want to be able to check the global number of readings is to > make sure that I'm keeping the right pace. The list is pretty long > (223 entries in ~20 topics), so it's cumbersome to do by hand. > > This is a better representation of the file I use: > > * readings [0/0] > :PROPERTIES: > :COOKIE_DATA: todo > :END: > ** topic a > *** TODO book 1 > *** TODO book 2 > ** topic b > *** TODO article 1 > *** TODO article 2 > ** topic c > *** TODO book 1 > *** TODO article 2 > > So is it possible to have the cookie at the top count the TODO's at > the lower levels? > > If not, it's not a big problem really - I can count them reasonably > using grep and wc, but it just seems like a combination of > hierarchical-checkbox-statistics and COOKIE_DATA: todo would do it? > > Best, > > Alexander > > > On 5/19/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: >> We have had the same discussion recently about checkboxes, >> and added a variable org-hierarchical-checkbox-statistics. >> >> However, my personal view is that the outline hierarchy is >> different, because if you are organizing tasks into a hierarchy, >> so it does not make sense to add TODO's on different levels. >> >> - Carsten >> >> On May 19, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Alexander wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Forgive me if there is an obvious way to do this that I haven't >>> found. >>> >>> Is there an easy way to calculate the total number of tasks for a >>> file or a subtree? >>> For example, if the checkbox/todo progress cookie would calculate >>> the >>> number of checkboxes/todos recursively for a subtree. >>> >>> so that this: >>> >>> * TODO heading 1 [1/3] >>> ** DONE task A >>> ** TODO task B >>> ** TODO task C >>> *** TODO task C1 >>> *** TODO task C2 >>> >>> would be this instead: >>> >>> * TODO heading 1 [1/5] >>> ** DONE task A >>> ** TODO task B >>> ** TODO task C >>> *** TODO task C1 >>> *** TODO task C2 >>> >>> I would be fine with any other solution as well, it was just that it >>> seems closest to the checkbox/todo functionality. >>> >>> Thanks you, >>> >>> Alexander >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >>> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >> >> ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: recursive todo/checkbox statistics 2009-05-20 9:04 ` Carsten Dominik @ 2009-05-20 12:59 ` Alexander [not found] ` <9A6ACF09-EEFE-4056-9C61-129CA83EC974@gmail.com> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Alexander @ 2009-05-20 12:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Thanks! It works great. However, I can't get it to work on a per-file basis, ie with: #+COOKIE_DATA: recursive It works fine for my purposes - I just set it on a per-tree basis, but I don't know if this is desired behavior or not. Best, Alexander On 5/20/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Alexander, > > in the latest git version you can do > > (setq org-hierarchical-todo-statistics nil) > > Or, if you want this only for specific trees, you can > set a property[1] > > :COOKIE_DATA: todo recursive > > HTH > > - Carsten > > [1] The "todo" part in the property is unnecessary if the > entry does not have checkboxes > > On May 19, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Alexander wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've now switched to following the development version because several >> things that I've wanted have been implemented in the short time I've >> been using org-mode already! And I was impressed with orgmode at the >> outset... >> >> I tried version 6.26trans, and the hierarchical checkbox statistics >> works as expected. But I can't get the same behavior for TODO's. I >> just wanted to check that this is correct - that I'm not doing >> something wrong. >> >> Maybe I should explain more what I use org-mode for in this case to >> make things clearer. I use it to keep track of the readings I have to >> do for a qualifying exam. I categorize the readings according to >> topic, and then track the progress of each reading as a TODO. The >> reason I want to be able to check the global number of readings is to >> make sure that I'm keeping the right pace. The list is pretty long >> (223 entries in ~20 topics), so it's cumbersome to do by hand. >> >> This is a better representation of the file I use: >> >> * readings [0/0] >> :PROPERTIES: >> :COOKIE_DATA: todo >> :END: >> ** topic a >> *** TODO book 1 >> *** TODO book 2 >> ** topic b >> *** TODO article 1 >> *** TODO article 2 >> ** topic c >> *** TODO book 1 >> *** TODO article 2 >> >> So is it possible to have the cookie at the top count the TODO's at >> the lower levels? >> >> If not, it's not a big problem really - I can count them reasonably >> using grep and wc, but it just seems like a combination of >> hierarchical-checkbox-statistics and COOKIE_DATA: todo would do it? >> >> Best, >> >> Alexander >> >> >> On 5/19/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: >>> We have had the same discussion recently about checkboxes, >>> and added a variable org-hierarchical-checkbox-statistics. >>> >>> However, my personal view is that the outline hierarchy is >>> different, because if you are organizing tasks into a hierarchy, >>> so it does not make sense to add TODO's on different levels. >>> >>> - Carsten >>> >>> On May 19, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Alexander wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Forgive me if there is an obvious way to do this that I haven't >>>> found. >>>> >>>> Is there an easy way to calculate the total number of tasks for a >>>> file or a subtree? >>>> For example, if the checkbox/todo progress cookie would calculate >>>> the >>>> number of checkboxes/todos recursively for a subtree. >>>> >>>> so that this: >>>> >>>> * TODO heading 1 [1/3] >>>> ** DONE task A >>>> ** TODO task B >>>> ** TODO task C >>>> *** TODO task C1 >>>> *** TODO task C2 >>>> >>>> would be this instead: >>>> >>>> * TODO heading 1 [1/5] >>>> ** DONE task A >>>> ** TODO task B >>>> ** TODO task C >>>> *** TODO task C1 >>>> *** TODO task C2 >>>> >>>> I would be fine with any other solution as well, it was just that it >>>> seems closest to the checkbox/todo functionality. >>>> >>>> Thanks you, >>>> >>>> Alexander >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >>>> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >>>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >>> >>> > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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* Re: recursive todo/checkbox statistics [not found] ` <9A6ACF09-EEFE-4056-9C61-129CA83EC974@gmail.com> @ 2009-05-21 12:11 ` Alexander 0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Alexander @ 2009-05-21 12:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Carsten Dominik; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Ah. My bad. Of course that's not how to set the property. #+PROPERTY: COOKIE_DATA recursive works great. Alexander On 5/21/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: > > On May 20, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Alexander wrote: > >> Thanks! >> >> It works great. However, I can't get it to work on a per-file basis, >> ie with: >> #+COOKIE_DATA: recursive > > What makes you think this should work? > > But: This is a property which is inherited, so I think > > #+PROPERTY: COOKIE_DATA recursive > > might do the trick (untested). > > - Carsten > >> >> It works fine for my purposes - I just set it on a per-tree basis, but >> I don't know if this is desired behavior or not. >> >> Best, >> >> Alexander >> >> >> On 5/20/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi Alexander, >>> >>> in the latest git version you can do >>> >>> (setq org-hierarchical-todo-statistics nil) >>> >>> Or, if you want this only for specific trees, you can >>> set a property[1] >>> >>> :COOKIE_DATA: todo recursive >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> - Carsten >>> >>> [1] The "todo" part in the property is unnecessary if the >>> entry does not have checkboxes >>> >>> On May 19, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Alexander wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I've now switched to following the development version because >>>> several >>>> things that I've wanted have been implemented in the short time I've >>>> been using org-mode already! And I was impressed with orgmode at the >>>> outset... >>>> >>>> I tried version 6.26trans, and the hierarchical checkbox statistics >>>> works as expected. But I can't get the same behavior for TODO's. I >>>> just wanted to check that this is correct - that I'm not doing >>>> something wrong. >>>> >>>> Maybe I should explain more what I use org-mode for in this case to >>>> make things clearer. I use it to keep track of the readings I have >>>> to >>>> do for a qualifying exam. I categorize the readings according to >>>> topic, and then track the progress of each reading as a TODO. The >>>> reason I want to be able to check the global number of readings is >>>> to >>>> make sure that I'm keeping the right pace. The list is pretty long >>>> (223 entries in ~20 topics), so it's cumbersome to do by hand. >>>> >>>> This is a better representation of the file I use: >>>> >>>> * readings [0/0] >>>> :PROPERTIES: >>>> :COOKIE_DATA: todo >>>> :END: >>>> ** topic a >>>> *** TODO book 1 >>>> *** TODO book 2 >>>> ** topic b >>>> *** TODO article 1 >>>> *** TODO article 2 >>>> ** topic c >>>> *** TODO book 1 >>>> *** TODO article 2 >>>> >>>> So is it possible to have the cookie at the top count the TODO's at >>>> the lower levels? >>>> >>>> If not, it's not a big problem really - I can count them reasonably >>>> using grep and wc, but it just seems like a combination of >>>> hierarchical-checkbox-statistics and COOKIE_DATA: todo would do it? >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Alexander >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/19/09, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> We have had the same discussion recently about checkboxes, >>>>> and added a variable org-hierarchical-checkbox-statistics. >>>>> >>>>> However, my personal view is that the outline hierarchy is >>>>> different, because if you are organizing tasks into a hierarchy, >>>>> so it does not make sense to add TODO's on different levels. >>>>> >>>>> - Carsten >>>>> >>>>> On May 19, 2009, at 12:11 AM, Alexander wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Forgive me if there is an obvious way to do this that I haven't >>>>>> found. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there an easy way to calculate the total number of tasks for a >>>>>> file or a subtree? >>>>>> For example, if the checkbox/todo progress cookie would calculate >>>>>> the >>>>>> number of checkboxes/todos recursively for a subtree. >>>>>> >>>>>> so that this: >>>>>> >>>>>> * TODO heading 1 [1/3] >>>>>> ** DONE task A >>>>>> ** TODO task B >>>>>> ** TODO task C >>>>>> *** TODO task C1 >>>>>> *** TODO task C2 >>>>>> >>>>>> would be this instead: >>>>>> >>>>>> * TODO heading 1 [1/5] >>>>>> ** DONE task A >>>>>> ** TODO task B >>>>>> ** TODO task C >>>>>> *** TODO task C1 >>>>>> *** TODO task C2 >>>>>> >>>>>> I would be fine with any other solution as well, it was just >>>>>> that it >>>>>> seems closest to the checkbox/todo functionality. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks you, >>>>>> >>>>>> Alexander >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list >>>>>> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. >>>>>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>>>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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