Agenda Focus Mode - An Agenda Idea.

Agenda Focus Mode - An Agenda Idea.

[Tim O'Callaghan]

Hi,

I keep a list of Project and Next Action verbs in my org file. When i
am creating a Next Action or Project headline i try and use these
verbs to help keep the language project and action focused.

For example my current lists are:

---- Project Verbs -----------------------------------
| Finalize | Resolve   | Handle   | Examine | Submit |
| Maximize | Organize  | Complete | Ensure  | Update |
| Install  | Implement | Set-up   | Design  |

---- Next Action Verbs --------------------------------
| Call  | Organize | Review | Buy   | Fill out | Find |
| Purge | Examine  | Gather | Print | Take     | Load |
| Draft | Email    |

'Focus Mode' is essentially the same concept as the stuck projects
idea. A tool to help me keep projects on track by ensuring that i use
more action oriented language for headlines . This is mostly for
tasks, but can be used for projects too.

I was thinking another agenda search type might do it for me.
Something like tags-todo-occur. Like tags-todo, but with a header
regexp as well.
Example Syntax: "<+-><Tag>/<+-><Todo>:<header Regexp>"

It is general enough to be able to be used by others, but i can also
use it to create my Agenda Focus mode. As i could not find any
mechanism like this i thought i would suggest it, to see if other
people might find it useful.

Tim.

Re: Agenda Focus Mode - An Agenda Idea.

[Carsten Dominik]

Do you mean for interactive use, to be able to specify the regexp at 
the prompt?
Or in an org-agenda-custom-command?

- Carsten

On Sep 5, 2007, at 11:46, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I keep a list of Project and Next Action verbs in my org file. When i
> am creating a Next Action or Project headline i try and use these
> verbs to help keep the language project and action focused.
>
> For example my current lists are:
>
> ---- Project Verbs -----------------------------------
> | Finalize | Resolve   | Handle   | Examine | Submit |
> | Maximize | Organize  | Complete | Ensure  | Update |
> | Install  | Implement | Set-up   | Design  |
>
> ---- Next Action Verbs --------------------------------
> | Call  | Organize | Review | Buy   | Fill out | Find |
> | Purge | Examine  | Gather | Print | Take     | Load |
> | Draft | Email    |
>
> 'Focus Mode' is essentially the same concept as the stuck projects
> idea. A tool to help me keep projects on track by ensuring that i use
> more action oriented language for headlines . This is mostly for
> tasks, but can be used for projects too.
>
> I was thinking another agenda search type might do it for me.
> Something like tags-todo-occur. Like tags-todo, but with a header
> regexp as well.
> Example Syntax: "<+-><Tag>/<+-><Todo>:<header Regexp>"
>
> It is general enough to be able to be used by others, but i can also
> use it to create my Agenda Focus mode. As i could not find any
> mechanism like this i thought i would suggest it, to see if other
> people might find it useful.
>
> Tim.
>
>
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>
>

--
Carsten Dominik
Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Kruislaan 403
NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 525 7477

Re: Agenda Focus Mode - An Agenda Idea.

[Tim O'Callaghan]

On 05/09/07, Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> wrote:
> Do you mean for interactive use, to be able to specify the regexp at
> the prompt?
> Or in an org-agenda-custom-command?
>

I meant an org-agenda-custom-command, but it might be useful at the
command prompt.

Tim.

> - Carsten
>
> On Sep 5, 2007, at 11:46, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I keep a list of Project and Next Action verbs in my org file. When i
> > am creating a Next Action or Project headline i try and use these
> > verbs to help keep the language project and action focused.
> >
> > For example my current lists are:
> >
> > ---- Project Verbs -----------------------------------
> > | Finalize | Resolve   | Handle   | Examine | Submit |
> > | Maximize | Organize  | Complete | Ensure  | Update |
> > | Install  | Implement | Set-up   | Design  |
> >
> > ---- Next Action Verbs --------------------------------
> > | Call  | Organize | Review | Buy   | Fill out | Find |
> > | Purge | Examine  | Gather | Print | Take     | Load |
> > | Draft | Email    |
> >
> > 'Focus Mode' is essentially the same concept as the stuck projects
> > idea. A tool to help me keep projects on track by ensuring that i use
> > more action oriented language for headlines . This is mostly for
> > tasks, but can be used for projects too.
> >
> > I was thinking another agenda search type might do it for me.
> > Something like tags-todo-occur. Like tags-todo, but with a header
> > regexp as well.
> > Example Syntax: "<+-><Tag>/<+-><Todo>:<header Regexp>"
> >
> > It is general enough to be able to be used by others, but i can also
> > use it to create my Agenda Focus mode. As i could not find any
> > mechanism like this i thought i would suggest it, to see if other
> > people might find it useful.
> >
> > Tim.
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Emacs-orgmode mailing list
> > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
> >
> >
>
> --
> Carsten Dominik
> Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
> Universiteit van Amsterdam
> Kruislaan 403
> NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
> phone: +31 20 525 7477
>
>

Re: Agenda Focus Mode - An Agenda Idea.

[Carsten Dominik]

On Sep 5, 2007, at 15:23, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:

> On 05/09/07, Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> wrote:
>> Do you mean for interactive use, to be able to specify the regexp at
>> the prompt?
>> Or in an org-agenda-custom-command?
>>
>
> I meant an org-agenda-custom-command,

Check Appendix A5, near the end if it, there are examples on how to use
`org-agenda-skip-function', and it includes the option to
select on or against a regular expression.  You need something like

(org-agenda-skip-function
  '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'notregexp "^\\*+\\<Resolve\\>))

Note that I have anchored the regexp at the beginning of the headline 
with
"^\\*+", to make sure that it only matches in the headline and not 
somewhere
in the tree.


>  but it might be useful at the
> command prompt.

This is currently not possible.

- Carsten

>
> Tim.
>
>> - Carsten
>>
>> On Sep 5, 2007, at 11:46, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I keep a list of Project and Next Action verbs in my org file. When i
>>> am creating a Next Action or Project headline i try and use these
>>> verbs to help keep the language project and action focused.
>>>
>>> For example my current lists are:
>>>
>>> ---- Project Verbs -----------------------------------
>>> | Finalize | Resolve   | Handle   | Examine | Submit |
>>> | Maximize | Organize  | Complete | Ensure  | Update |
>>> | Install  | Implement | Set-up   | Design  |
>>>
>>> ---- Next Action Verbs --------------------------------
>>> | Call  | Organize | Review | Buy   | Fill out | Find |
>>> | Purge | Examine  | Gather | Print | Take     | Load |
>>> | Draft | Email    |
>>>
>>> 'Focus Mode' is essentially the same concept as the stuck projects
>>> idea. A tool to help me keep projects on track by ensuring that i use
>>> more action oriented language for headlines . This is mostly for
>>> tasks, but can be used for projects too.
>>>
>>> I was thinking another agenda search type might do it for me.
>>> Something like tags-todo-occur. Like tags-todo, but with a header
>>> regexp as well.
>>> Example Syntax: "<+-><Tag>/<+-><Todo>:<header Regexp>"
>>>
>>> It is general enough to be able to be used by others, but i can also
>>> use it to create my Agenda Focus mode. As i could not find any
>>> mechanism like this i thought i would suggest it, to see if other
>>> people might find it useful.
>>>
>>> Tim.
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list
>>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Carsten Dominik
>> Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
>> Universiteit van Amsterdam
>> Kruislaan 403
>> NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
>> phone: +31 20 525 7477
>>
>>
>
>

--
Carsten Dominik
Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek"
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Kruislaan 403
NL-1098SJ Amsterdam
phone: +31 20 525 7477

Re: Agenda Focus Mode - An Agenda Idea.

[Tim O'Callaghan]

On 05/09/07, Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> wrote:
>
> On Sep 5, 2007, at 15:23, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
>
> > On 05/09/07, Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> wrote:
> >> Do you mean for interactive use, to be able to specify the regexp at
> >> the prompt?
> >> Or in an org-agenda-custom-command?
> >>
> >
> > I meant an org-agenda-custom-command,
>
> Check Appendix A5, near the end if it, there are examples on how to use
> `org-agenda-skip-function', and it includes the option to
> select on or against a regular expression.  You need something like
>
> (org-agenda-skip-function
>   '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'notregexp "^\\*+\\<Resolve\\>))
>
> Note that I have anchored the regexp at the beginning of the headline
> with
> "^\\*+", to make sure that it only matches in the headline and not
> somewhere
> in the tree.
>
Thanks, I shall play with this.

For the record, i did look at Appendix5, but notregexp was not
mentioned. Could you add it to the A5 Examples?

This is a close approximation to what i want to do, and should be
useful for focusing next actions. Checking Projects would require tag
inheritance i think.

>
> >  but it might be useful at the
> > command prompt.
>
> This is currently not possible.
>

Ok.

Tim.

Re: Agenda Focus Mode - An Agenda Idea.

[Carsten Dominik]

On Sep 5, 2007, at 16:27, Tim O'Callaghan wrote:
> Thanks, I shall play with this.
>
> For the record, i did look at Appendix5, but notregexp was not
> mentioned. Could you add it to the A5 Examples?

I could, but I am planning to have more options, so be sure to
check the docstring of org-agenda-skip-if.

- Carsten