From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: Peter Frings <peter.frings@agfa.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode Org-Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Providing clock context when stopping the clock (enhancement request)
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:29:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <98BF3856-C665-4D69-A3C6-86DA96D462C3@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6D30D0BB-4B5C-4C0E-9193-CC1CD0CF96CB@agfa.com>
Hi Peter,
the latest git version implements your request. Thanks!
- Carsten
On Aug 8, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Peter Frings wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> summary: provide the context of the running clock in the note buffer
> when clocking out.
>
>
> I might not be doing well in the 'getting organized' department,
> because I often forget what I was doing... :-) So I have a little
> enhancement request that would make my life a little easier...
>
> Here's the situation: I have org-log-note-clock-out set so I can
> enter a little note about what it was I was doing. Now, I often get
> interrupts while banging away at the keyboard (not necessarily in
> emacs). Often, I don't get the time (or I simply forget) to switch
> to emacs, clock out and describe what I was doing. Especially not
> when someone is standing next to me jumping up and down in a very
> stressful manner.
>
> So, when I return to my desk, maybe a hour later, I need to enter
> the interrupt in my time sheets. So I enter a brief note under the
> right heading in my time sheet, clock in, and org-mode of course
> first wants me first to clock out. It prompts me for what I was
> doing... and I don't know anymore (it's not uncommon to work on
> several different things during a single day, interrupting one
> interrupt for another -- and sometimes getting a stack overflow...).
> So there I am, staring at the clock-out note buffer, trying to
> remember what the heck I was doing before I got interrupted. Now,
> org-mode helpfully mentions the time on which the active clock was
> started, which is nice, but not enough. It would be *really* helpful
> when it would show the heading (maybe context) of the running clock,
> right there, in the note buffer, staring at my face.[1]
>
> I know one can first jump to the active clock, read it, and then
> proceed to clock out/in. But you wouldn't need to do all that when
> the note buffer shows the context, would you? It sure would help me.
>
> Does this make sense?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter -- who is still learning org-mode, and appreciating it a lot!
>
>
> BTW: there's a small typo in the description of org-log-note-clock-
> out:
> "Non-nil means, recored a note when ..."
> s/recored/record/
>
>
> [1] slightly off-topic: this is similar to what Don Norman (in "The
> Psychology of Everyday Things") refers as 'knowledge in the world'
> versus 'knowledge in the brain'. The more info and context a system
> provides, the less the user has to remember, and the easier it is
> for him to use the system.
>
>
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2008-08-08 15:25 Providing clock context when stopping the clock (enhancement request) Peter Frings
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