From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Uwe Jochum" Subject: Re: Another GTD question. Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:18:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GSapS-0001xx-Nf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:56:06 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GSapR-0001wP-8R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:56:06 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GSapR-0001wM-12 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:56:05 -0400 Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GSauJ-0005em-7W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:01:07 -0400 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GSaoQ-0006T2-6P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:55:02 +0200 Received: from b42.ub.uni-konstanz.de ([134.34.200.72]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:55:02 +0200 Received: from uwe.jochum by b42.ub.uni-konstanz.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:55:02 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Since orgmode has the ability to collect the information that is distributed on different files into one agenda view, I do it this way: I have for each of my complex projects its own org-file. At the head of that file I place my todo-list that is connected to the given project, below that comes everything else: notes, outlines and drafts; if I have to write more than one paper for that project, I link it to the project master file (the file with the todo-list). That gives me the context I need. I add this file to the list of agenda files, et voilą: the todo-list of that specific file shows up in my daily/weekly agenda view. I think this is what you intend with "categories" (files). I use tags for meta-information (if I may say so): a tag "research" is used for an item of my todo-list (of whatever org-file) that has to do with research. Well... This way I can see all my research-related actions or todos, regardless in which file this information is burried. For simple todos that are not connected to complex projects but collect things that have to be done somehow, sooner or later, I use a separate task-file that collects all of this stuff. I don't know if this is the "reine Lehre" (pure philosophy) of GTD, but in my view it comes more or less close to that. Best, Uwe