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From: Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com>
To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Prompt for time when clocking in?
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:44:54 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC=HedAevp1m_JF5Q9EeCVDa4EaXXHP3o1Ay0WmhPw6WtRm-8A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <25119.1319130585@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org>

> Two minor nits: t is a constant so you don't need to quote it; emacs-lisp
> mode helps with indentation (putting it in a code block - see below -
> in an org file and using C-c ' to edit it works wonderfully).

Thanks for your suggestions re: using Emacs to edit
lisp code and using the t in lieu of 't -- I appreciate these types
of style/coding comments immensely!

>
> I'm not sure whether 'tis better to specify relative or absolute times
> ("let's see: I should have clocked in 15 mins ago" vs "Let's see: I
> should have clocked in at 12:20"), but just in case you want to try the
> alternatives, here are two dummy function functions for the two
> alternatives - they just print the result time in the echo area.

Nick, I like the ability to just type "15", but I also like the
ability to use the
familiar org-calendar in case I want to get fancier (for example, I
forgot to clock
something that I worked on yesterday)

It would be a cool feature of org-read-date to be able to type "-15M"
and have org-read-date go back 15 minutes from the current date/time.
I played around with org-read date for something like -"15m" and
"-15M", but the "-15m" went back 15 *months*, not minutes.

Does anyone know if there's a way to specify a relative *time* using
org-read-date?  For example, something like -15M would be "15 minutes
earlier"?

Thanks,
--Nate
>
> The rel time can use a prefix arg (ESC -15 M-x
> rel/dummy-clock-in-at-time) or the minibuffer if no prefix arg is
> specified (and you might want to bias it towards the past, so 15 = 15
> mins ago and -15 = 15 mins from now, but that might be a bit
> perverse).
>
> FWIW, I think I would tend to prefer your implementation, but since I
> clock nothing, I'm no expert :-)
>
> Nick
>
> #+begin_src elisp
>
> (defun rel/dummy-clock-in-at-time (nmin)
>  (interactive "N+/-minutes: ")
>  (setq start-time (time-add (current-time) (seconds-to-time (* nmin 60))))
>  (message (format-time-string "%H:%M:%S" start-time)))
>
> (defun abs/dummy-clock-in-at-time()
>  (interactive)
>  (setq start-time (org-read-date t t))
>  (message (format-time-string "%H:%M:%S" start-time)))
>
> #+end_src
>
>
>
>> It's a bit wonky if you clock in to a past time, and then you want to
>> resolve that clock, but my main use-case for now is this:
>>
>> 1) I start doing something
>> 2) I forgot to clock in
>> 3) I don't want to press 8 keys in order to clock in 15 minutes ago.
>>
>> This solution should work for now.  Although, I could see it being a
>> handy way to
>> prompt for clock-in *and* clock-out times.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions,
>>
>> --Nate
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> wrote:
>> > John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a task?
>> >> >
>> >> > Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through the following
>> >> > steps:
>> >> >
>> >> > 1) clock in on the task,
>> >> > 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it
>> >> > 3) Fix the clock-in time
>> >> >
>> >> > If it's not built in, does anyone have any slick functions that would accomplish
>> >> > the same thing? :-)
>> >>
>> >> Check out a thread I started a bit back on this exact topic:
>> >> --- http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg40498.html
>> >>
>> >> It wasn't exactly what I expected, the suggestion by Bernt for `M-x
>> >> org-resolve-clocks` works reasonably well if you are trying to clock
>> >> back-to-back activities. Post back after you read that perhaps? Maybe
>> >> you'll find something helpful.
>> >>
>> >
>> > org-clock-in takes an optional start-time argument which is used instead
>> > of the current time when non-nil. So I tried
>> >
>> > (setq ct (current-time))
>> > (setq start-time (cons (car ct) (list (- (cadr ct) 900) (caddr ct))))
>> >
>> > and started a clock on a task with
>> >
>> > ESC ESC : (org-clock-in nil start-time)
>> >
>> > and it got clocked in 15 minutes before the current time.
>> >
>> > Now I don't propose this as a good UI :-), but it would require just a
>> > small wrapper for it to dtrt.
>> >
>> > HTH,
>> > Nick
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>

  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-20 17:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 217+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-19 14:54 Prompt for time when clocking in? Nathan Neff
2011-10-19 15:12 ` John Hendy
2011-10-19 15:35   ` Nick Dokos
2011-10-20 16:15     ` Nathan Neff
2011-10-20 17:09       ` Nick Dokos
2011-10-20 17:44         ` Nathan Neff [this message]
2011-10-19 16:37 ` Bernt Hansen
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-03-19 21:40 python sessions Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-20  0:04 ` John Hendy
2013-03-20  3:07   ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20  6:44     ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 12:54       ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 14:08         ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20 14:28           ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-20 17:21         ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20  7:08   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 15:38     ` John Hendy
2013-03-20 15:42       ` John Hendy
2013-03-20 16:06       ` Nick Dokos
     [not found]         ` <CAFChFygsUeBejEY6m2bSU0C5cjLYz0nUADH=s+BYxajfZ2sKKQ@mail.gmail.com>
2013-03-20 16:12           ` Fwd: " Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-20 17:08         ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 17:25           ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20 17:54             ` John Hendy
2013-03-20 18:15               ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20 18:32                 ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 18:39                   ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-20 18:43                   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 19:42                     ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 19:53                       ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 20:12                         ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 20:25                           ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-20 22:06                             ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-20 18:42                 ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-20 19:01             ` Andreas Röhler
     [not found]       ` <CAFChFygPrhuHHyMo2Vk2_OdksWVB=oACA7jnOXN+itUNqh-nqw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]         ` <CA+M2ft9bO7DU61vVeYrhduVvkg1V6PMuiyvsOy5tNWuXcSUEpw@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]           ` <CAFChFyhbeXE4HNLKA6Ubii+MtQwD7=4khAypa+--coZrQiJekA@mail.gmail.com>
2013-03-21  1:22             ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-21  1:54               ` John Hendy
2013-03-21  1:56                 ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-21  7:42                   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-21  7:43                     ` Bastien
2013-03-21  8:13                       ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-23 22:07                         ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-24  1:29                           ` John Hendy
2013-03-24 22:59                             ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-25  2:38                               ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-25  2:59                                 ` John Hendy
2013-03-25  6:34                                   ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-25 15:40                                   ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-25 15:55                                     ` John Hendy
2013-03-25 16:07                                       ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-25 16:41                                         ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-25 16:01                                     ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-25 16:23                                       ` John Hendy
2013-03-25 16:43                                         ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-25 17:27                                           ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-25 17:41                                             ` John Hendy
2013-03-25 18:16                                               ` Ista Zahn
2013-03-25 19:30                                             ` Ivan Andrus
2013-03-24  7:47                           ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-24 14:47                             ` John Hendy
2013-03-24 15:30                               ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-24 16:58                               ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-24 16:59                                 ` John Hendy
2013-03-24 18:41                                   ` Nick Dokos
2013-03-25 20:46                                     ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-25 21:37                                       ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-26  6:29                                         ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-26 12:32                                           ` Eric Schulte
2013-03-26 21:41                                             ` Gary Oberbrunner
2013-03-26 21:47                                               ` John Hendy
2013-03-27  6:19                                               ` Andreas Röhler
2013-03-30  7:19                                                 ` Andreas Röhler
2012-10-31  6:12 Bug? R: Org babel block execution *drastically* slower than in ESS session directly John Hendy
2012-10-31 16:41 ` cberry
2012-10-31 17:18   ` John Hendy
2012-10-31 20:12     ` cberry
2012-10-31 20:23       ` John Hendy
2012-10-31 20:56         ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-10-31 23:00           ` Nick Dokos
2012-10-31 22:53         ` Nick Dokos
2012-11-01 14:53           ` John Hendy
2012-11-01 15:38             ` Nick Dokos
2012-11-01 18:17               ` John Hendy
2012-11-01 18:18               ` John Hendy
2012-11-01 18:48                 ` Nick Dokos
2012-11-14  3:27                   ` Aaron Ecay
2012-11-14  4:52                     ` John Hendy
2012-11-14  6:32                       ` Aaron Ecay
2012-11-14  8:28                         ` Thomas S. Dye
2012-11-14  8:35                           ` Andreas Leha
2012-11-16 15:45                             ` Eric Schulte
2012-11-16 17:47                               ` Andreas Leha
2012-11-16 19:00                                 ` John Hendy
2012-11-16 20:25                                 ` Achim Gratz
2012-11-17 17:12                                   ` Eric Schulte
2012-11-18  0:41                               ` Aaron Ecay
2012-11-18  0:57                                 ` Eric Schulte
2012-11-18  1:41                                   ` Aaron Ecay
2012-11-19  1:18                                     ` Eric Schulte
2012-11-19  5:11                                       ` Eric Schulte
2012-08-26 20:11 Alternate format for datetree c b
2012-08-27  1:16 ` John Hendy
2012-08-27  4:04   ` Nick Dokos
2012-08-27  6:08     ` John Hendy
2012-08-28  8:49       ` Ian Barton
2012-08-28 12:49         ` Nick Dokos
2012-08-28 12:50         ` Nick Dokos
2012-08-29  7:49           ` Ian Barton
     [not found]             ` <lists@manor-farm.org>
2012-08-29 14:17               ` Nick Dokos
2012-08-29 14:25             ` John Hendy
2012-08-29 20:01               ` Ian Barton
2012-09-06  7:46                 ` Ian Barton
2012-09-06  5:42       ` c b
2012-09-06  6:26         ` Nick Dokos
2012-09-06  7:00         ` Jambunathan K
2012-09-06 15:33         ` John Hendy
2012-09-06 16:08           ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2011-11-02  2:22 Pass LaTeX exporter option prior to \documentclass John Hendy
2011-11-02  2:43 ` suvayu ali
2011-11-02 10:30   ` suvayu ali
2011-11-03 17:48     ` John Hendy
2011-11-03 17:55       ` suvayu ali
2011-11-03 18:07         ` John Hendy
2011-11-04 17:29           ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-04 19:29             ` suvayu ali
2011-08-05 22:15 Handling errors in command line exporting of agenda? John Hendy
2011-08-05 23:34 ` suvayu ali
2011-08-05 23:35   ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 18:12   ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 18:28     ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 18:53       ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 18:59         ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 19:48           ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 20:22             ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 20:31               ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 20:33               ` Nick Dokos
2011-08-08 20:37             ` Nick Dokos
2011-08-08 20:54               ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 21:09                 ` Nick Dokos
2011-08-08 21:27                   ` John Hendy
2011-08-08 21:30               ` suvayu ali
2011-08-08 22:17                 ` Nick Dokos
2011-08-08 21:46             ` suvayu ali
2011-06-15 10:29 BUG: Newest org-mode interferes with desktop save Rainer M Krug
2011-06-15 16:49 ` Eric Schulte
2011-06-15 17:35   ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-15 18:23     ` Rainer M Krug
2011-06-15 18:21   ` Rainer M Krug
2011-06-15 18:31     ` Eric Schulte
2011-06-15 18:59       ` Rainer M Krug
2011-06-15 22:40         ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-16  7:15           ` Rainer M Krug
2011-06-16  7:29             ` Jambunathan K
2011-06-16  8:22               ` Rainer M Krug
2011-05-24 15:54 Passing font size to exported LaTeX table John Hendy
2011-05-24 16:44 ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-05-24 18:57   ` John Hendy
2011-05-24 19:25     ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-24 19:31       ` John Hendy
2011-05-24 19:58         ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-24 20:42           ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-24 21:12             ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-24 21:19               ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-25  7:22                 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-27  0:58                   ` suvayu ali
2011-05-27  6:46                     ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-27  7:07                       ` suvayu ali
2011-05-27 16:17                         ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-27 16:50                           ` Suvayu Ali
2011-05-27 17:37                             ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-27 18:30                               ` Suvayu Ali
2011-05-27 21:25                                 ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-05-28  7:17                                   ` Sebastien Vauban
2011-05-28 10:14                                     ` Suvayu Ali
2011-05-28 15:21                                       ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-28 18:10                                         ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-01 18:50                                   ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-01 19:08                                     ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-10 22:31                                       ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-13  1:38                                         ` suvayu ali
2011-06-13  1:52                                         ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-13  2:40                                           ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-13  3:29                                             ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-13  3:45                                           ` Thomas S. Dye
2011-06-13  4:27                                             ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-13  4:56                                               ` Suvayu Ali
2011-06-13  5:29                                                 ` Nick Dokos
2011-06-13  6:42                                                   ` Suvayu Ali
2011-05-24 20:06         ` Nick Dokos
2011-05-24 19:42       ` Sebastien Vauban
2010-08-21 19:30 Gnuplot unevenly spaced non-numeric data plot? John Hendy
2010-08-21 20:35 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-08-21 20:41 ` Nick Dokos
2010-08-21 21:11   ` John Hendy
2010-08-21 22:41     ` John Hendy
2010-08-21 23:17       ` Nick Dokos
2010-08-23 14:22         ` John Hendy
2010-08-23 15:16           ` Nick Dokos
     [not found]             ` <AANLkTi=WTLBL1Giq0GTrjCo-A1s=iP4u1Qxn57cH-xnB@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]               ` <AANLkTimSVm=-2o39CQ9wSMT276Dee4Tuj9jLKJH-c+cd@mail.gmail.com>
2010-08-24  2:44                 ` [For Worg?] " John Hendy
2010-08-24  5:25                   ` suvayu ali
2010-08-24  5:56               ` Nick Dokos
2010-08-25  0:32                 ` Eric Schulte
2010-08-25  1:06                   ` John Hendy
2010-08-25  1:35                     ` Eric Schulte
2010-08-25 18:38                       ` John Hendy
2010-08-25 18:52                         ` Eric Schulte
     [not found]         ` <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
2012-03-12 21:13           ` Beamer specific setupfile? John Hendy
2012-03-12 21:48             ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 22:09               ` John Hendy
2012-03-12 22:30                 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 22:44                   ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-13  5:02                     ` John Hendy
2012-03-13  5:46                       ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-25  8:16                         ` Eric Fraga
2012-04-25  8:59                           ` Eric Fraga
2012-03-12 23:01                 ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 21:51             ` Nick Dokos
2012-03-12 22:05             ` Nick Dokos

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