From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tycho garen Subject: Re: Re: Documentation wishlist items Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:42:03 -0400 Message-ID: <20090916184203.GB3727@newton.linlan> References: <9cd2f5ff0909151421r25e4c7afn8d609e76e2462193@mail.gmail.com> <87pr9r36mt.fsf@fastmail.fm> <9cd2f5ff0909160833n32fb0323i444611365c4c3673@mail.gmail.com> 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 1MnzSL-0002Ik-Bt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:42:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MnzSG-0002GI-6X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:42:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38675 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MnzSG-0002GE-0R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:42:12 -0400 Received: from mail-qy0-f196.google.com ([209.85.221.196]:38892) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MnzSF-0001gM-JJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:42:11 -0400 Received: by qyk34 with SMTP id 34so4320835qyk.12 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:42:08 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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 On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:32:02PM -0400, Matthew Lundin wrote: > > As a point of comparison, I divide my files according to area of > responsibility (household.org, health.org, family.org, writing.org, > etc.) so that I can quickly review what I need to do in each area. When > I'm done with an item, I archive it and it is nicely deposited in the > appropriate archive file. If a project within one of these files becomes > quite big, I create a new file for it. I almost never set CATEGORY, > because all my appointments are already organized by category (i.e., > file name). I didn't know there was a category option. I've been using org mode pretty seriously for the last 9 months or so. I work pretty much like Matt, but the details differ as does, I think, my thought process, so I'll share, just because.... I have two general files codex.org and data.org. I've been naming my general organization file codex for years, so this is a personal holdover. Data, is my clipping/reference folder (describe here: ) and contains various reference material and citation information for casual things that I want to be able to capture and reuse later. The remaining files are either "sphere" files, so I have a file for each client/employer/work project, I have a "writing" file to manage my blogging and wiki projects. These files and the trees inside of them, tend to address ongoing projects and fairly well defined projects. The outline tends to describe process rather than project. And then, I have a number of project I have files for specific projects, creative writing projects, specific research projects, larger scope things which are the kinds of things that I need to work on for a while, but eventually finish. These files tend to describe projects rather than processes, and contain notes and a great deal of text, but aren't, on the whole "todo lists" as they are outlines that happen also to support my todo list. I've always found that org-mode works the best for me when I think of it more as an outline and data storage tool that happens to generate todo-lists if there's something actionable around. > I wouldn't worry about custom commands until you need them. Just type > type C-c a t or C-c a T "TODO" and you'll get a "clean" list of all your > todos. I don't really use custom commands either. I'd recommend playing around with tags and filtering agendas by tags, and then building on that as you need to. There is also some crazy-awesome stuff around using agendas generated from specific files (I think.) but I've also never touched that. In any case, I have the following two key bindings set up to do what Matt suggested above. (global-set-key (kbd "C-c o a") 'org-agenda-list) (global-set-key (kbd "C-c o t") 'org-todo-list) Cheers, sam -- tycho(ish) @ garen@tychoish.com http://www.tychoish.com/ http://www.criticalfutures.com/ "don't get it right, get it written" -- james thurber