From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Spiers Subject: Re: FR: make C-c C-c for storing remember notes optional Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:15:11 +0000 Message-ID: <20071211121511.GA12375@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> References: <20071209124441.GG15129@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <87wsrmr2w0.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <20071210222059.GB29684@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <87prxdtqiy.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Reply-To: Adam Spiers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J2418-0006zk-Ke for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:15:18 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J2417-0006yq-Pc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:15:18 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J2417-0006yX-Em for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:15:17 -0500 Received: from mail.beimborn.com ([70.84.38.100]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J2416-0001pC-UM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:15:17 -0500 Received: from mail.beimborn.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.8) with ESMTP id lBBCFFNb015032 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:15:15 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id lBBCFF7M015027 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:15:15 GMT Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87prxdtqiy.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> 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 On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 12:33:09PM +0100, Bastien wrote: > Adam Spiers writes: > > I'm certainly not suggesting making it the default - only to make it > > possible to enable this behaviour for selected remember templates. > > But since I get SO many emails every day, I really need to be able to > > apply the 2-minute rule of GTD: if the mail requires > 2 minutes of > > attention, I need to be able to convert it into a TODO (linking by > > message id via the org-mairix stuff) and archive it safely in the > > _absolute_minimum_ number of keystrokes. Otherwise I am constantly in > > the "processing" phase of the workflow and never get to the "planning" > > and "doing" phases - then the whole system fails miserably :-) > > Okay. Then each template would have now six elements, the last one > specifiying whether it should be automatically processed or not (being > nil by default). Yes, that's what I had in mind too. > Whether there are %^{prompt} constructs might be not relevant here: even > for plain templates we might want not to have to C-cC-c them for them to > be remembered, right? Agreed. > Say for example that you have a template associated with the key "m" and > this key binding: > > (global-set-key [(control meta r)] (lambda () (org-remember nil "m"))) > > The "m" template doesn't require C-cC-c. If there is %^{prompt} you do > C-M-r then interactively enter the info at the prompt, then you're done. > If there is no %^{prompt} you just C-M-r and you're done (you don't need > to actually *see* what you want to remember...) Yes, exactly. > I think this would be nice. But I guess you see my point about > cancelling : with a %^{prompt} it's possible to C-g, but not when there > is no %^{prompt} -- which might be a bit dangerous.. It doesn't seem particularly dangerous to me: you still have the option of 'undo' within the destination file, and even if you choose not to, at worst you have a new entry which you can later delete. It's not like you're at risk of losing existing data. > I hope Carsten will soon stumble on this :) /me sends good system restoration karma to Carsten over the ether :-)