Idea - adds new TODO item for specific time and task-group

* Idea - adds new TODO item for specific time and task-group
@ 2007-06-17 17:56 Juraj Kubelka
  2007-07-02 10:54 ` Carsten Dominik
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Juraj Kubelka @ 2007-06-17 17:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

Hi,

I tried to implement function for adding a new todo item to an org-file.

Let's say there is a org-file:

=====
* Project 1
** Small Tasks of project 1
###-PROJECT1-###
*** a task no.1
     DEADLINE:....
...
=====

If I am in agenda-view and press "I" key, it will insert new task  
after the "###-PROJECT1-###" string with deadline or schedule for  
given day:

=====
* Project 1
** Small Tasks of project 1
###-PROJECT1-###
*** TODO (cursor here)
     DEADLINE: ....
*** a task no.1
     DEADLINE:....
...
=====

It is similar for "i" key (org-self-insert-command).  So, after  
pressing of "I" key, it will ask for schedule or deadline and  
afterwards for task-group according to a configuration (see attachment).

Am not so familiar with org-mode, so this is just pilot version with  
lot of drawbacks.  For example it will not insert new task, if file  
is in OVERVIEW presentation.

If some find it useful, I advice to add it to official package.  But  
of course with better implementation.  Can you have a look and  
explain me how to do it better?

Thank you in advance,
Juraj

============ code ============
(require 'org)

(defcustom myorg-tasks
   '((?s "Project1" "###-PROJECT1-###" "~/Org/main.org.txt")
     (?h "Home" "###-HOME-###" "~/Org/main.org.txt"))
   "*Tasks list.

(key description search-string file-name)
")

(defun myorg-insert-task (search-string what time file)
   "Add new TODO item in orgmode file after search-string string.

what = SCHEDULED or DEADLINE (see org-add-planning-info).
"
   (let (point)
     (find-file-other-window (substitute-in-file-name file))
     (when (setq point (save-excursion
                         (goto-char (point-min))
                         (search-forward search-string nil t)))
       (goto-char point)
       (org-insert-heading)
       (org-do-demote)
       (org-todo 'right)
       (org-add-planning-info what time 'closed))))

(defun myorg-agenda-insert-task ()
   "Make a task."
   (interactive)
   (org-agenda-check-type t 'agenda 'timeline)
   (require 'diary-lib)
   (let* ((char (progn
                  (message "Choose [d]eadline [s]chedule")
                  (read-char-exclusive)))
          (type (cdr (assoc char
                            '((?d . deadline)
                              (?s . scheduled)))))
          (point (point))
          (calendar-date-display-form '(year "-" month "-" day))
          task)
     (unless type
       (error "No task type associated with <%c>" char))
     (unless (setq time (get-text-property point 'day))
       (error "Don't know which date to use for task entry"))

     (unless (setq task (myorg-ask-for-task-type))
       (error "No tasks selected."))
     (myorg-insert-task (caddr task) type
                        (org-read-date nil 'to-time
                                       (calendar-date-string
                                        (calendar-gregorian-from- 
absolute
                                         (get-text-property point  
'day))))
                        (cadddr task))))

(defun myorg-ask-for-task-type ()
   (unless myorg-tasks
     (error "No tasks defined.  See myorg-tasks custom variable."))
   (let* (tmp
          (tasks (dolist (task myorg-tasks tmp)
                   (setq tmp
                         (concat tmp
                                 " "
                                 (cadr task)
                                 "["
                                 (char-to-string (car task))
                                 "]"
                                 ))))
          (char (progn
                  (message "Choose %s" tasks)
                  (read-char-exclusive)))
          (selected (car (member* char myorg-tasks :key #'car :test  
#'eql))))
     selected))

(org-defkey org-agenda-mode-map "I" 'myorg-agenda-insert-task)

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