From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mats Kindahl Subject: Re: Showing remaining time in agenda mode Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:31:01 +0200 Message-ID: <4E6E33C5.6080702@oracle.com> References: <4E6DB601.8020306@oracle.com> <87litu3tdt.fsf@norang.ca> <4E6DF4D2.2050401@oracle.com> <87k49d3fb0.fsf@norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48615) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R39Pi-0006e2-Cv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:31:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R39Ph-000261-4K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:31:18 -0400 Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]:33296) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R39Pg-00025u-Qz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:31:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87k49d3fb0.fsf@norang.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bernt Hansen Cc: emacs-orgmode On 09/12/2011 06:18 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: > Mats Kindahl writes: > >> On 09/12/2011 01:14 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: >>> Mats Kindahl writes: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I have been using Org-Mode with great success over the last year (or >>>> so). There is a number of items that I need to handle, and I am >>>> reading through the code to try to figure out how to do the various >>>> items. However, recently I switched to using 7.7, which disabled a >>>> feature I use (but it seems to just be a matter of setting it up >>>> again) but also seem to have a lot of additions that I need. >>>> >>>> Beginning of each week, I plan the coming week using the agenda mode >>>> to sort out tasks over the week. To do this efficiently, I have been >>>> looking at Effort for each task and the summary for the day, and when >>>> the default column view for the agenda showed Effort and Clock, this >>>> worked quite well if you manage to complete the tasks during a week. >>>> However, quite often I run across tasks that I cannot easily split >>>> into smaller tasks and which take more than a week to complete (even >>>> though the tasks themselves might be small, I can just spend a few >>>> hours each week on them), which forces me to make the math in the head >>>> to distribute the right amount for each day. >>>> >>>> Now, the default column view changed with 7.7, so I have no idea on >>>> how to set up the agenda column view to show the following: >>>> >>>> * Each "task line" should show Item, Effort, Clock, and Clock - Effort >>>> * Each "day line" should show the summary of (at least) the Effort >>>> and the Clock - Effort >>>> >>>> Does anybody know how to set this up, or do I need to go digging the code? >>>> >>>> Best wishes, >>>> Mats Kindahl >>> Hi Mats, >>> >>> Try customizing org-columns-default-format. >> Thanks Bernt, >> >> But how to define different formats for tasks and days and how to >> define the format for "Clock - Effort"? > Hi Mats, > > I'm not sure what you need to put in for these requirements. I'm not > sure if column mode can calculate Clock - Effort for you automatically > (but maybe it can with some fancy extra table formula). > > I only use column view in a fairly basic mode - showing item, estimate, > and clock time with the following setting. > > (setq org-columns-default-format "%80ITEM(Task) %10Effort(Estimated Effort){:} %10CLOCKSUM") Thanks Bernt, I'll try the format you suggest and see how it handles the "day rows". I tried another format involving some other fields, but this caused it to not show the day summaries. For how to fix the "Effort - Clock", I guess I have to go into the code and see what I can do to tweak it. Best wishes, Mats Kindahl