* Providing clock context when stopping the clock (enhancement request)
@ 2008-08-08 15:25 Peter Frings
2008-09-07 6:29 ` Carsten Dominik
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Peter Frings @ 2008-08-08 15:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode Org-Mode
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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* Re: Providing clock context when stopping the clock (enhancement request)
2008-08-08 15:25 Providing clock context when stopping the clock (enhancement request) Peter Frings
@ 2008-09-07 6:29 ` Carsten Dominik
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Carsten Dominik @ 2008-09-07 6:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Peter Frings; +Cc: emacs-orgmode Org-Mode
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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