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From: cesar mena <cmena@pobox.com>
To: Sebastien Vauban <sva-news@mygooglest.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Do you like to have your TODOs at the same headline level?
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 09:15:14 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAL+-Aof1fHwVbTh3TE3bEhrgphenQ=7-on8crNiLiZD6FPoifQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86a8tdeuxk.fsf@example.com>

i do the same; 4 char states - with box around them

(setq org-todo-keyword-faces
      '(("TODO" . (:foreground "pink"
                               :box (:line-width 1 :style none)))
        ("NEXT" . (:foreground "green"
                               :box (:line-width 1 :style none)))
        ("WAIT" . (:foreground "yellow"
                               :box (:line-width 1 :style none)))
        ("HOLD" . (:foreground "light blue"
                               :box (:line-width 1 :style none)))
        ("CNC!" . (:foreground "gray"
                               :box (:line-width 1 :style none)))
        ("DONE" . (:box (:line-width 1 :style none)))))

-cm

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Sebastien Vauban
<sva-news@mygooglest.com> wrote:
> dboyd2@mmm.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>> Sebastien Vauban <sva-news@mygooglest.com> writes:
>>> William Denton <wtd@pobox.com> writes:
>>>> I'm trying to spend more time in a sparse tree view where I just see
>>>> TODOs (C-c / t).  I didn't like having the TODOs at different levels
>>>> of indentation, though.  I prefer seeing them all lined up, so
>>>> I moved them all to be fourth-level headline.  It's visually
>>>> pleasing, and I don't care if a second-level headline has
>>>> a fourth-level child without a third-level one.
>>>>
>>>> Do other people do this?
>>>
>>> No, and I don't think that's sane.  It would be logical to expect
>>> problems at export time (to LaTeX, among others) and in Org-lint.
>>>
>>> I try to put all the tasks at the 2nd level, the 1st level being
>>> reserved for big sections such as "Administration", "Tasks", "Team",
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> I'm very rigorous about expecting that all my "project management"
>>> documents can be exported (without loosing subtrees or generating error)
>>> to HTML (as the very first goal) and to LaTeX (as the second one).
>>>
>>> OTOH, I don't deny your wish to get things aligned; that's why I've
>>> opted to 4-char todo states only!
>>
>> 4-char todo states?  How about a list? I can't picture how to
>> abbreviate some things...
>
> Sure. Here it is:
>
> - TODO :: Open, not (yet) started.
> - STRT :: In progress, working on, doing.
> - WAIT :: On hold, assigned, feedback.
> - SDAY :: Someday, maybe, perhaps, wish.
> - DONE :: Completed, closed, resolved.
> - CANX :: Wontfix, rejected.
>
> The only exception, but that's on purpose is "NEW" for things going to
> the CollectBox.
>
> Best regards,
>   Seb
>
> --
> Sebastien Vauban
>
>

      reply	other threads:[~2015-09-01 13:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-25 19:54 Do you like to have your TODOs at the same headline level? William Denton
2015-08-26 10:31 ` Sebastien Vauban
2015-08-26 16:08   ` J. David Boyd
2015-08-26 19:00     ` Sebastien Vauban
2015-09-01 13:15       ` cesar mena [this message]

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