Re: Emacs inserts hardwired org-agenda-files variable, overwriting user options

[daniela-spit@gmx.it]

> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2020 at 3:35 AM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: "Ihor Radchenko" <yantar92@gmail.com>
> Cc: daniela-spit@gmx.it, tomas@tuxteam.de, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Emacs inserts hardwired org-agenda-files variable, overwriting user options
>
> * Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> [2020-12-11 17:24]:
> > > ... there is no active
> > > hacking on org-agenda and adding new features.
> >
> > You are welcome to submit patches.
> >
> > I have experimental code to use pretty-symbols in agenda and align tags
> > even when frame size changes [1]. However, last time I proposed this on
> > mailing list, there was no interest...
> >
> > [1] https://orgmode.org/list/87r1v71aw0.fsf@localhost/
>
> By the way I have completely switched all action management to my
> database system with tabulated list mode. No more using Org for action
> management, only for document, not even short notes. Access to notes
> by relevance search by using PostgreSQL full text search is so much
> more logical personally. Computer performs search but as database is
> more compact it does not search over all files. Things are easily
> reordered rather then refiled. Key bindings for majority of actions
> are way shorter as tabulated list mode is not editing mode.
>
> - tasks can be assigned to one among 200,000+ people in the database,
>   and I need not take care how their names are written and if I will
>   lose a task because I made a type in writing their names. Person is
>   rather selected and computer thinks what is their unique ID, not
>   name.
>
> - listing tasks assigned to specific person or group of people is
>   quick and easy, related to person or group is quick or easy.
>
> - daily list of pending tasks can be sent by email automatically, list
>   of completed tasks can be sent. Task as such can be sent with one or
>   two keys pressed without me thinking as all related objects are
>   integrated (email address of assignee is already known).
>
> - I need not keep one list of assignees in one file, other list in
>   other file, etc. I can list all asignees straight with one key or
>   see actions assigned to them.
>
> - and I do not write subordinate tasks as TODO any more, that makes no
>   sense. There is one senior section on what subject, project or
>   objective has to be fullfiled and those subordinate tasks which are
>   not marked with TODO repetitevely can be marked as redundant or
>   superfluous, purposeless when senior objective have been
>   completed. This means they are not done as there is no need to get
>   something done if objective have been fullfiled. Org mode have
>   imposed reverse on users where for example a list of items is only
>   then completed as DONE when subordinate tasks have been completed as
>   DONE, which makes users lie to themselves as they will then
>   "complete" the task which is not complete because it is purposeless
>   only to complete the senior task as DONE.
>
> And I think it is possible for anybody regardless of programming skill
> level to make one's own system of management of tasks within less than
> a week that will get more aligned to personal individualized way of
> handling tasks, then trying to accommodate personal needs to software
> that may have gone one completly wrong direction.

If I said that I would be barraged by accusations of rudeness! :)

> Software is there to help the human, not human to help the software.
>
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