help with checklist/shopping list

help with checklist/shopping list

[Dennis Groves]

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I have 8 things on the list, but only 4 are seen???


*** [2008-12-15 Mon] [0/4]
groceries
    - [ ] bananas
    - [ ] apples
    - [ ] oranges
    - [ ] spinach
household
    - [ ] laundry soap
    - [ ] toilet paper
office supplies
    - [ ] calendar for 2009
    - [ ] printer paper


Dennis

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Re: help with checklist/shopping list

[Oliver Charles]

Yes, this is because org does not support multiple separate lists
under a single heading like that. Why have something like:

* [2008-12-15 Mon] Shopping
** Groceries [/]
   - [ ] bananas
   - [ ] apples
** Household [/]
   - [ ] Laundry Soap

etc?

Hth,
Ollie

> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Dennis Groves <dennis.groves@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have 8 things on the list, but only 4 are seen???
>>
>>
>> *** [2008-12-15 Mon] [0/4]
>> groceries
>>   - [ ] bananas
>>   - [ ] apples
>>   - [ ] oranges
>>   - [ ] spinach
>> household
>>   - [ ] laundry soap
>>   - [ ] toilet paper
>> office supplies
>>   - [ ] calendar for 2009
>>   - [ ] printer paper
>>
>>
>> Dennis
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Re: help with checklist/shopping list

[Dennis Groves]

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Hi Oliver,

Thanks, I see how that would work for groceries - something I made up  
to hide my real 'data'... I am managing a project for a product and  
the information was confidential, but my problem wasn't. So, I wanted  
to get a 'list' size for the major tasks in the project. And the  
project is broken down into 'phases' with certain task happening in  
each phase. I wanted a quick way of knowing how far I am into a  
project and [%] how complete it is as I near a deadline - but I didn't  
want to have to manually add up all the subsections and try and  
determine this number on my own.

Dennis



On 11 Dec 2008, at 00:38, Oliver Charles wrote:

> Yes, this is because org does not support multiple separate lists
> under a single heading like that. Why have something like:
>
> *** [2008-12-15 Mon] Shopping
> **** Groceries [/]
>      - [ ] bananas
>      - [ ] apples
> **** Household [/]
>      - [ ] Laundry Soap
>
> etc?
>
> Hth,
> Ollie
>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Dennis Groves <dennis.groves@gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>> I have 8 things on the list, but only 4 are seen???
>>
>>
>> *** [2008-12-15 Mon] [0/4]
>> groceries
>>  - [ ] bananas
>>  - [ ] apples
>>  - [ ] oranges
>>  - [ ] spinach
>> household
>>  - [ ] laundry soap
>>  - [ ] toilet paper
>> office supplies
>>  - [ ] calendar for 2009
>>  - [ ] printer paper
>>
>>
>> Dennis
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Re: help with checklist/shopping list

[Oliver Charles]

Hi Dennis,

Yea, I understand - I was trying to use lists like this for a similar
goal. Saddly, there's no real work around that I'm aware of - bit of a
shame!

Best,
Oliver

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:01 AM, Dennis Groves <dennis.groves@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Oliver,
>
> Thanks, I see how that would work for groceries - something I made up to
> hide my real 'data'... I am managing a project for a product and the
> information was confidential, but my problem wasn't. So, I wanted to get a
> 'list' size for the major tasks in the project. And the project is broken
> down into 'phases' with certain task happening in each phase. I wanted a
> quick way of knowing how far I am into a project and [%] how complete it is
> as I near a deadline - but I didn't want to have to manually add up all the
> subsections and try and determine this number on my own.
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
> On 11 Dec 2008, at 00:38, Oliver Charles wrote:
>
>> Yes, this is because org does not support multiple separate lists
>> under a single heading like that. Why have something like:
>>
>> *** [2008-12-15 Mon] Shopping
>> **** Groceries [/]
>>     - [ ] bananas
>>     - [ ] apples
>> **** Household [/]
>>     - [ ] Laundry Soap
>>
>> etc?
>>
>> Hth,
>> Ollie
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Dennis Groves <dennis.groves@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have 8 things on the list, but only 4 are seen???
>>>
>>>
>>> *** [2008-12-15 Mon] [0/4]
>>> groceries
>>>  - [ ] bananas
>>>  - [ ] apples
>>>  - [ ] oranges
>>>  - [ ] spinach
>>> household
>>>  - [ ] laundry soap
>>>  - [ ] toilet paper
>>> office supplies
>>>  - [ ] calendar for 2009
>>>  - [ ] printer paper
>>>
>>>
>>> Dennis
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>
>

Re: help with checklist/shopping list

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi

There are technical reasons for why I cannot easily summarize all the  
lists.

How about this trick:

* [2008-12-15 Mon] [1/8]
   - groceries ------------------------------------
   - [ ] bananas
   - [X] apples
   - [ ] oranges
   - [ ] spinach
   - household ------------------------------------
   - [ ] laundry soap
   - [ ] toilet paper
   - office supplies ------------------------------
   - [ ] calendar for 2009
   - [ ] printer paper


HTH

- Carsten

On Dec 10, 2008, at 8:42 PM, Dennis Groves wrote:

> I have 8 things on the list, but only 4 are seen???
>
>
> *** [2008-12-15 Mon] [0/4]
> groceries
>   - [ ] bananas
>   - [ ] apples
>   - [ ] oranges
>   - [ ] spinach
> household
>   - [ ] laundry soap
>   - [ ] toilet paper
> office supplies
>   - [ ] calendar for 2009
>   - [ ] printer paper
>
>
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Re: help with checklist/shopping list

[Daniel J. Sinder]

(Sorry for chiming in a week later.)

I think the best way to accomplish this, in that it combines the 
strengths of other suggestions, is to use properties and column 
view.  Building the structure is pretty easy since you only have to 
manually create the property drawer under the top-most heading.  The 
rest are inserted automatically when the check boxes are changed 
while in column view mode (using S-left or S-right).

Here's an implementation of your example.  Switching to column view 
shows you the summary count (i.e., [n/m]) for to top level (here 
[2/8]) AND each of the sub-levels (groceries [1/4], household [1/2], 
office supplies [0/2]).

* [2008-12-15 Mon]
   :PROPERTIES:
   :COLUMNS: %30ITEM %CHECKED{X/}
   :CHECKED_ALL: "[ ]" "[X]"
   :END:
** groceries
*** bananas
     :PROPERTIES:
     :CHECKED:  [ ]
     :END:
*** apples
     :PROPERTIES:
     :CHECKED:  [ ]
     :END:
*** oranges
     :PROPERTIES:
     :CHECKED:  [X]
     :END:
*** spinach
     :PROPERTIES:
     :CHECKED:  [ ]
     :END:
** household
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CHECKED:  [1/2]
    :END:
*** laundry soap
     :PROPERTIES:
     :CHECKED:  [X]
     :END:
*** toilet paper
     :PROPERTIES:
     :CHECKED:  [ ]
     :END:
** office supplies
    :PROPERTIES:
   :CHECKED:  [0/2]
    :END:
*** calendar for 2009
     :PROPERTIES:
     :CHECKED:  [ ]
     :END:
*** printer paper
     :PROPERTIES:
     :CHECKED:  [ ]
     :END:


As Carsten Dominik so eloquently wrote on 12/11/2008 2:14 AM:
> Hi
> 
> There are technical reasons for why I cannot easily summarize all the 
> lists.
> 
> How about this trick:
> 
> * [2008-12-15 Mon] [1/8]
>   - groceries ------------------------------------
>   - [ ] bananas
>   - [X] apples
>   - [ ] oranges
>   - [ ] spinach
>   - household ------------------------------------
>   - [ ] laundry soap
>   - [ ] toilet paper
>   - office supplies ------------------------------
>   - [ ] calendar for 2009
>   - [ ] printer paper
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> - Carsten
> 
> On Dec 10, 2008, at 8:42 PM, Dennis Groves wrote:
> 
>> I have 8 things on the list, but only 4 are seen???
>>
>>
>> *** [2008-12-15 Mon] [0/4]
>> groceries
>>   - [ ] bananas
>>   - [ ] apples
>>   - [ ] oranges
>>   - [ ] spinach
>> household
>>   - [ ] laundry soap
>>   - [ ] toilet paper
>> office supplies
>>   - [ ] calendar for 2009
>>   - [ ] printer paper
>>
>>
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