Restarting a CLOCK entry?

Restarting a CLOCK entry?

[Anupam Sengupta]

Hi,

Is there any way to restart (not cancel) a CLOCK entry which has been started
and then manually edited?

I sometimes CLOCK in a little later than the actual start (say 5-10 minutes
after the fact) and then manually edit the start time on the entry.  However,
there does not seem to be a way to make Orgmode reset the clock and start from
the edited entry.

Thanks!
-- 
Anupam

Re: Restarting a CLOCK entry?

[Carsten Dominik]

On May 13, 2008, at 10:15 PM, Anupam Sengupta wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there any way to restart (not cancel) a CLOCK entry which has  
> been started
> and then manually edited?
>
> I sometimes CLOCK in a little later than the actual start (say 5-10  
> minutes
> after the fact) and then manually edit the start time on the entry.   
> However,
> there does not seem to be a way to make Orgmode reset the clock and  
> start from
> the edited entry.

Hi Anupam,

why does that bother you?  yes, the clock time in the mode line will  
be too
short, but the time recorded in the buffer will be correct when you  
stop the clock.

- Casten

Re: Restarting a CLOCK entry?

[Anupam Sengupta]

[...]

    >> I sometimes CLOCK in a little later than the actual start (say 5-10
    >> minutes after the fact) and then manually edit the start time on the
    >> entry.  However, there does not seem to be a way to make Orgmode reset
    >> the clock and start from the edited entry.

    Carsten> Hi Anupam,

    Carsten> why does that bother you?  yes, the clock time in the mode line
    Carsten> will be too short, but the time recorded in the buffer will be
    Carsten> correct when you stop the clock.

Hi Carsten,

The botheration is really a nag in the sense that the mode-line does not depict
the correct elapsed time - I do use the mode line status (with other custom
details) - and it will be nice to have the status line reflect the changes.

Not a real deal-breaker - more of a nice to have function :-)

Best Regards,
-- 
Anupam

Re: Restarting a CLOCK entry?

[Peter Jones]

Anupam Sengupta <anupamsg@gmail.com> writes:
> The botheration is really a nag in the sense that the mode-line does not depict
> the correct elapsed time - I do use the mode line status (with other custom
> details) - and it will be nice to have the status line reflect the changes.

It would be pretty slick if you could just do a second C-c C-x C-i on
the heading, and org-mode did the right thing (restart/start the clock
using the incomplete clock line start time).

I've also found myself in situations where I've fat-fingered a few
things and ended up with an incomplete clock line and no clock
running.  It would be nice to just clock-in and fix it.  I usually
manually type the entire clock line, and then do a C-c C-y to have
org-mode calculate the duration.

-- 
Peter Jones, pmade inc.
http://pmade.com

Re: Re: Restarting a CLOCK entry?

[Carsten Dominik]

On May 15, 2008, at 4:26 AM, Peter Jones wrote:

> Anupam Sengupta <anupamsg@gmail.com> writes:
>> The botheration is really a nag in the sense that the mode-line  
>> does not depict
>> the correct elapsed time - I do use the mode line status (with  
>> other custom
>> details) - and it will be nice to have the status line reflect the  
>> changes.
>
> It would be pretty slick if you could just do a second C-c C-x C-i on
> the heading, and org-mode did the right thing (restart/start the clock
> using the incomplete clock line start time).

Hi Peter, Anupam

Doing another C-c C-x C-i in the same entry will stop the clock,  
compute the time, and immediately start the clock again, starting a  
second clock line, recording a second clock interval.  I don't want to  
loose this possibility, so I am keeping that as it is.

I have just pushed a change so that editing the clock time stamp while  
the clock is running will also change the time displayed in the mode  
line.  You need to edit the time stamp with S-up and S-down commands,  
if you do that, the update will be automatic.

> I've also found myself in situations where I've fat-fingered a few
> things and ended up with an incomplete clock line and no clock
> running.


I hope that this is less likely now because the running clock marker  
now moves with the entry when you do structure editing or cut-and-past  
of subtree with the appropriate commands.

> It would be nice to just clock-in and fix it.  I usually
> manually type the entire clock line, and then do a C-c C-y to have
> org-mode calculate the duration.

- Carsten