declaring items as implicit TODO entries

declaring items as implicit TODO entries

[Nick]

Hi,

I have an .org file I currently use as a TODO list.  Everything below a certain
level (currently 3) is a TODO item (of some sort).

Is there a way to tell org-mode to assume any item below this level is by
default a TODO item, such that the agenda view displays all of them which aren't
explicitly marked as DONE?

Thanks,

N

Re: declaring items as implicit TODO entries

[Manish Sharma]

Nick writes:

> Hi,
>
> I have an .org file I currently use as a TODO list.  Everything
> below a certain level (currently 3) is a TODO item (of some
> sort).
>
> Is there a way to tell org-mode to assume any item below this
> level is by default a TODO item, such that the agenda view
> displays all of them which aren't explicitly marked as DONE?

"C-c a t" should show all the TODO items.  You may also want to
take a look at "org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines",
"org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled" and
"org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date" as well.

HTH
-- 
Manish

Re: declaring items as implicit TODO entries

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Nick,


On Apr 26, 2010, at 12:10 AM, Nick wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an .org file I currently use as a TODO list.  Everything  
> below a certain
> level (currently 3) is a TODO item (of some sort).
>
> Is there a way to tell org-mode to assume any item below this level  
> is by
> default a TODO item, such that the agenda view displays all of them  
> which aren't
> explicitly marked as DONE?

you cannot tell Org to treat any such items as TODO items
in the full sense of a TODO item with a keyword.
But you can define an agenda search which finds such items:

C-c a m LEVEL>2/-DONE RET


HTH

- Carsten

>
> Thanks,
>
> N
>

Re: declaring items as implicit TODO entries

[Nick]

Manish Sharma wrote:
> "C-c a t" should show all the TODO items.  You may also want to
> take a look at "org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines",
> "org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled" and
> "org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date" as well.

Thanks for your answer - however, I did come across those, and I don't believe
they would do the job I have in mind, because items must still be explicitly
labelled "TODO" before they will appear in the agenda view.

What I mean is, give a file structure like this, where level 1 is a project
name, and level 2 contain items to do (which are not labelled TODO items,
necessarily):

* SS Organised
** scrub the deck
** man the poopdeck
** DONE splice the mainbrace

* Good ship lollipop
** NEXT lubber's teeth out
(Beware, she bites)
** fix treadmill
** scrub the deck

The workflow is TODO -> NEXT -> DONE, with TODO implicit: I consider "scrub the
deck" a TODO, even though I've not added a TODO label, because it's on level >=
2. This saves typing and reduces clutter. (The level at which TODO items lie
varies depending on my organisation scheme.)


Then I want the TODO agenda view to look something like this, so I can print it
out for reference (ideally without the duplicate TODO inserted in front of each
item, as currently seems to happen,  but that's probably another question):

Global list of TODO items of type: ALL
Available with `N r': (0)ALL (1)TODO (2)NEXT (3)DONE
  TODO:       scrub the deck
  TODO:       man the poopdeck
  NEXT:       lubber's teeth out
  TODO:       fix treadmill
  TODO:       scrub the deck



It might not be possible to do this currently, which is fine - I just want to
confirm that fact.  Perhaps in that case I could write my own extension, or more
preferably, adapt my scheme to something which works with org-mode as it is.

Cheers,

N

Re: Re: declaring items as implicit TODO entries

[Nathan Neff]

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On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Nick <oinksocket@letterboxes.org> wrote:

> Manish Sharma wrote:
> > "C-c a t" should show all the TODO items.  You may also want to
> > take a look at "org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines",
> > "org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled" and
> > "org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date" as well.
>
> Thanks for your answer - however, I did come across those, and I don't
> believe
> they would do the job I have in mind, because items must still be
> explicitly
> labelled "TODO" before they will appear in the agenda view.
>
>
Nick,

Try using "m" instead of "t":

C-c a m LEVEL>2/-DONE RET

The "m" does a general tags/props search, instead of requiring a TODO state.

--Nate


What I mean is, give a file structure like this, where level 1 is a project
> name, and level 2 contain items to do (which are not labelled TODO items,
> necessarily):
>
> * SS Organised
> ** scrub the deck
> ** man the poopdeck
> ** DONE splice the mainbrace
>
> * Good ship lollipop
> ** NEXT lubber's teeth out
> (Beware, she bites)
> ** fix treadmill
> ** scrub the deck
>
> The workflow is TODO -> NEXT -> DONE, with TODO implicit: I consider "scrub
> the
> deck" a TODO, even though I've not added a TODO label, because it's on
> level >=
> 2. This saves typing and reduces clutter. (The level at which TODO items
> lie
> varies depending on my organisation scheme.)
>
>
> Then I want the TODO agenda view to look something like this, so I can
> print it
> out for reference (ideally without the duplicate TODO inserted in front of
> each
> item, as currently seems to happen,  but that's probably another question):
>
> Global list of TODO items of type: ALL
> Available with `N r': (0)ALL (1)TODO (2)NEXT (3)DONE
>  TODO:       scrub the deck
>  TODO:       man the poopdeck
>  NEXT:       lubber's teeth out
>  TODO:       fix treadmill
>  TODO:       scrub the deck
>
>
>
> It might not be possible to do this currently, which is fine - I just want
> to
> confirm that fact.  Perhaps in that case I could write my own extension, or
> more
> preferably, adapt my scheme to something which works with org-mode as it
> is.
>
> Cheers,
>
> N
>
>
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