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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Subject: Re: Clocking TODO list subitems?..
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:19:00 -0500
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To: Leo Alekseyev <dnquark@gmail.com>
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Leo Alekseyev <dnquark@gmail.com> writes:

> I often structure my TODO lists like so:
>
> * TODO a bunch of stuff
>   - [ ] thing 1
>   - [ ] thing 2
> ...
>
> I would like to clock the time spent on thing1 and thing2, however it
> seems that all clock operations only pertain to the main * TODO
> heading.  Is there a way to clock the subitems?

Change the list into subheadings and then clock against those.

* TODO a bunch of stuff
** TODO Thing 1
** TODO Thing 2

and you just mark the Things as DONE instead of checking them off.

-Bernt