Re: Re: C-u C-c C-x C-j to directly jump to the task with there is just one?

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Apr 21, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote:

> The current task [c] and the first task [1] are always the same aren't
> they?  So using '1' for that already works.
>
> Maybe a better solution is to make it work without the prefix?  Go to
> the current clocking task and if there is none then go to the last
> clocked task (if you can find it) otherwise issue the error we get  
> now:
> "org-clock-goto: No active clock"
>
> That way you can just do C-c C-x C-j with no prefix and you are on the
> last clocked task (whether it is clocking now or not.)

This does make sense, and I have done it like this.

Bastien, is this to your liking as well?

Thanks.

- Carsten

>
> I don't see how adding RET for the menu which means the same as [1]  
> will
> really help.
>
> -Bernt
>
>
> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> How about making RET an alias for either the task
>> currently being clocked, or the most recently clocked
>> one, or the default task, first one of this sequence
>> that exists?
>>
>> Hmmm, not sure if this really makes a difference....
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>
>> On Apr 21, 2009, at 3:33 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> Bastien <bastienguerry@googlemail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> When the list of recent tasks only has one item, would it make
>>>> sense to
>>>> directly jump to it?  Or maybe people use `C-u C-c C-x C-j' as a
>>>> way to
>>>> check what has been done (without jumping to the task)?
>>>
>>> For the prefix only it would probably be okay to just jump there if
>>> there is only a single match.  I've seen cases where there is the  
>>> same
>>> match for 3 entries (d - default clock task, i-interrupted task, and
>>> c-current task (or [1] current task if you are not clocking now but
>>> that
>>> never happens for me)  I guess we could ignore the current, default,
>>> and
>>> interrupted tasks and only consider what is in the recent list.
>>>
>>> I use this to change tasks I'm clocking (F11 = C-c C-x C-j).  I
>>> occasionally use it with the prefix to jump to a task I was recently
>>> clocking.  I don't think my list is ever empty since I save it  
>>> between
>>> Emacs restarts and my org-clock-history is set at 35.
>>>
>>> I do sometimes use 'q' to bail out of the list without doing  
>>> anything
>>> (since 'q' is never a valid selection key but I should probably just
>>> use
>>> C-g instead) -- I go to clock something else in and then change my
>>> mind
>>> and find a new task to clock in elsewhere.
>>>
>>> I would not want the default behaviour to change if you are
>>> selecting a
>>> task to clock.  I'm okay with directly jumping for the prefix only
>>> case.
>>>
>>> -Bernt
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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