From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: T o n g Subject: More on GTD, browse todos by priority or creation date Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:47:39 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N9rkI-0003QL-Pi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:55:14 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N9rkD-0003NJ-C9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:55:13 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57019 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N9rkD-0003NG-5j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:55:09 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:43040) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N9rkC-0000jH-JX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:55:08 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1N9rk9-0005IS-Jy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:55:05 +0100 Received: from node-11066.tor.pppoe.execulink.com ([69.63.59.61]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:55:05 +0100 Received: from mlist4suntong by node-11066.tor.pppoe.execulink.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:55:05 +0100 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 Hi, I just found out this wonderful tool, and have gone through all the tutorials. What I haven't figured out is how to browse todo items by priority or creation date. Let me explain in details. On reading the tutorials, I just found that that I've developed a methodology to handle things I need to do almost exactly as David Allen's Getting Things Done. Moreover, the methodology is backed up with my home- grown simple emacs todo-mode (~200 lines), which allows me, - track everything that need to be done - track their logged/creation time - assign priority to each todo item - put arbitrary amount of info under each item All these are important to me, because most of the todo items are unrelated and belongs to the Someday/Maybe class, which get mind swept into my huge todo file, for me to recall all the things that I thought about doing. What to do next is not only decided based on context, how much time available and my energy level, but also most importantly, their priorities. My todo-mode allows arbitrary priority levels, and todo item's priority can be changed with a single click. Ok, enough off-track babbling, what I want to know is that weather org- mode can somewhat allows me to assign arbitrary levels of priority to my todo list, and let me browse them in their priority order (so that high priority items get done first). The creation date is another way for me to browse my todo items to see what have been on the list for too long. Thanks for your feedbacks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/