From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Markus Heller Subject: Re: Scheduling of 2-day events Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:00:43 -0800 Message-ID: References: <87vdh7sida.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> <87r5rvsb8f.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAtWY-00037e-4F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:18 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NAtWT-00034y-J4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:17 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47576 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NAtWT-00034r-6J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:13 -0500 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:57027) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NAtWS-00053G-36 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:12 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.50) id 1NAtWP-0007mu-7f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:09 +0100 Received: from 142.103.191.98 ([142.103.191.98]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:09 +0100 Received: from hellerm2 by 142.103.191.98 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:09 +0100 In-Reply-To: <87r5rvsb8f.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> 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 Bernt Hansen wrote: > Markus Heller writes: > >> Bernt Hansen wrote: >>> Markus Heller writes: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> subject says it all. Is this the appropriate way of doing scheduling >>>> a 2-day event (couldn't find an example in the manual): >>>> >>>> * TODO Career/Training/Courses >>>> ** TODO Project Management Workshop >>>> SCHEDULED: <2009-11-19 Thu 9:00-16:30>--<2009-11-20 Fri 9:00-16:30> >>>> >>>> >>>> The agenda out put (C-c a a) looks like this: >>>> >>>> Thursday 19 November 2009 >>>> ABC: 9:00-16:30 Scheduled: TODO Project Management Workshop >>>> ABC: 9:00-16:30 (1/2): TODO Project Management Workshop >>>> Friday 20 November 2009 >>>> ABC: (2/2): TODO Project Management Workshop >>> I would just drop the SCHEDULED: part >>> >>> ** TODO Project Management Workshop >>> <2009-11-19 Thu 9:00-16:30>--<2009-11-20 Fri 9:00-16:30> >>> >>> so you don't get a duplicate entry. I'd also drop the TODO since it's >>> scheduled for a block of time and when the time is gone it's done - >>> whether you mark it DONE or not. >> >> Thanks for your reply, Bernt. >> >> The TODO changes to STARTED when I clock this task in, which I do when >> I'm working on my preparation. I could have a sub-task for >> preparation and clock this, but in the end, this doesn't really matter >> too much to me. > > Yes mine does too - but then I just move it back to no TODO keyword and > keep the clock running. > > I don't normally clock in 'events', I clock in todo tasks - so if > there's something to do to prepare for the event I would normally stick > that in another task and clock that instead. Bernt, just curious, how do you bill for the time you spent at an event? My goal here is to try to catch all the time I spend on this workshop ``project'' (it's professional development so I have to bill all the time I spend on it) in my time table, that's why I'm clocking it. This should include preparation and the time I actually spend at the work shop. If I followed your example, I'd create a level-3 task (presumably) called ``Preparation'' and clock that, and the time spend on this task will show up in my time table. But what about the actual work shop? Say you were in the same situation, how would you go about this? Maybe a hidden org-mode gem that I haven't discovered yet? Thanks and Cheers Markus