how do you select tasks for clocking in?

how do you select tasks for clocking in?

[Alan Schmitt]

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Hello,

I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big
obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task as
I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to find it
there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do it. Ideally, I
would like to have a global key that I hit that let me choose with
ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start clocking it.

Does such a thing exist? If not, how do you start clocking in?

Thanks,

Alan

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Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?

[Eric S Fraga]

On Thursday, 16 Jun 2016 at 06:24, Alan Schmitt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big
> obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task as
> I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to find it
> there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do it. Ideally, I
> would like to have a global key that I hit that let me choose with
> ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start clocking it.
>
> Does such a thing exist? If not, how do you start clocking in?

Depending on how many tasks you clock, you may find setting this
variable helpful:

,----[ C-h v org-clock-goto-may-find-recent-task RET ]
| org-clock-goto-may-find-recent-task is a variable defined in ‘org-clock.el’.
| Its value is t
| 
| Documentation:
| Non-nil means ‘org-clock-goto’ can go to recent task if no active clock.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
| 
| [back]
`----

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Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?

[Alan Schmitt]

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On 2016-06-16 12:43, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Thursday, 16 Jun 2016 at 06:24, Alan Schmitt wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big
>> obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task as
>> I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to find it
>> there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do it. Ideally, I
>> would like to have a global key that I hit that let me choose with
>> ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start clocking it.
>>
>> Does such a thing exist? If not, how do you start clocking in?
>
> Depending on how many tasks you clock, you may find setting this
> variable helpful:

Thank you for the suggestion. This would probably be enough if I could
figure out how to use `org-clock-select-task' with a completion engine.

Alan

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Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?

[cesar mena]

Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:

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> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big
> obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task as
> I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to find it
> there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do it. Ideally, I
> would like to have a global key that I hit that let me choose with
> ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start clocking it.
>
> Does such a thing exist? If not, how do you start clocking in?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan

this http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Clocking is a different approach
using a default task and clocking history.  it might be helpful. 

-cm

Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?

[Allan Streib]

Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:

> I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big
> obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task
> as I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to
> find it there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do
> it. Ideally, I would like to have a global key that I hit that let me
> choose with ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start
> clocking it.

I clock in on the Agenda view. Assumming the tasks for which you are
tracking time are "TODO" items or otherwise on your agenda, this works
pretty well for me.

Allan

Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?

[Alan Schmitt]

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On 2016-06-16 15:20, cesar mena <cesar.mena@gmail.com> writes:

>> I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big
>> obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task as
>> I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to find it
>> there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do it. Ideally, I
>> would like to have a global key that I hit that let me choose with
>> ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start clocking it.
>>
>> Does such a thing exist? If not, how do you start clocking in?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alan
>
> this http://doc.norang.ca/org-mode.html#Clocking is a different approach
> using a default task and clocking history.  it might be helpful. 

This is great! I already use the project structure from this document,
so I should be able to adapt this to my setting. Thanks a lot for
reminding me of this treasure trove.

Alan

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Re: how do you select tasks for clocking in?

[Alan Schmitt]

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On 2016-06-16 16:17, Allan Streib <astreib@indiana.edu> writes:

> Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:
>
>> I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big
>> obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task
>> as I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to
>> find it there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do
>> it. Ideally, I would like to have a global key that I hit that let me
>> choose with ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start
>> clocking it.
>
> I clock in on the Agenda view. Assumming the tasks for which you are
> tracking time are "TODO" items or otherwise on your agenda, this works
> pretty well for me.

Thank you for the suggestion. I guess that keeping too many tasks
implicit (not in the agenda) works against this, and I should try to
make them explicit if I want to clock them.

Alan

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