Re: Agenda Focus Mode - An Agenda Idea.

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

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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