Re: I'm looking for a project management system for Emacs

[Renato <renato.pontefice@gmail.com>]

Some times ago, emacs has a strict collaboration with Taskjuggler, that 
is (i think) a very usefull and complet project management sw. there 
were some add that made TJ code auto colored, indented and so on.

Renato

On 29/03/2014 16:22, Drew Adams wrote:
>> I'm looking for a project management system in Emacs...
>>
>> 1. When I have many files open, switching to another buffer is a bit
>> cumbersome, even when using Ido.  I'd like that system to have
>> something like "ido-switch-buffer-within-project".
>>
>> 2. Files of the project might not be located in one folder (so
>> e.g. Projectile probably won't work for me).  Rationale: there may be
>> a few files somehere down the ~/Documents hierarchy and /one/ file in
>> ~/org.  On the other hand, I'd like to be able to specify that "this
>> file and all files in that directory belong to this project", without
>> manually listing all the files in "that directory".  It would then be
>> best if adding a file into the specified directory (or tree) would add
>> it /automatically/ to the project.
>>
>> 3. One file may belong to more than one project.  Rationale: see above.
>>
>> 4. It would be great if I could mark some /global/ variables
>> project-dependent, i.e., each variable would have its "project
>> instance", and switching between projects would mean changing its
>> value accordingly.  (It would probably also need some kind of
>> persistence, too.)  Rationale: org-clock-history;).
>>
>> 5. Of course, I'd like to be able to visit/kill all files/buffers
>> related to the project with one command.  Also, adding a project (and
>> a file/files to an existing project) should be possible in some
>> interactive way (though using some Elisp variable for that might be
>> acceptable).
>>
>> 6. On the other hand, window configuration management is not a must
>> for me - currently I work 98% of the time on a small netbook and
>> usually have only one window open anyway.  I'm planning to use a
>> larger monitor in some time, though, so while not necessary, this
>> would be a nice bonus.
>>
>> Is there anything in existence that would help me?  Are there any
>> potentially useful features I did not think of that people find
>> useful?
> Icicles offers several features that you can use in various ways to
> support various definitions of projects and project management.
> This page is a good starting point to info about some of these.  It
> also points to info about using Dired and Emacs bookmarks for
> project definition and management.
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Icicles_-_Support_for_Projects
>
> Others will perhaps provide info about all-in-one predefined
> approaches.  Icicles, Bookmark+, and Dired+ offer instead a
> toolbox of features that you can put to use as you like.
>
> See also the EmacsWiki CategoryProject page, which is a table of
> contents for the wiki pages about project-mgt support.  It is a
> good starting place when thinking about defining projects and
> your own project-management system:
>
> http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryProject
>