From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jesse Alama <alama@stanford.edu> Subject: Re: A much simpler way of handling dependent tasks Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:18:36 -0800 Message-ID: <m2zlhdwnpv.fsf@stanford.edu> References: <B9150568-E659-4A3F-AFDE-535437A6EE21@newartisans.com> <20090126234818.GA4084@Desktop.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org> Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRcbK-0002lc-Fo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:18:50 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRcbJ-0002l4-3X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:18:50 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42537 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRcbI-0002ky-OS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:18:48 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:45852 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <geo-emacs-orgmode@m.gmane.org>) id 1LRcbI-00010c-Cu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:18:48 -0500 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LRcbF-00017U-OT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:18:45 +0000 Received: from adsl-99-55-172-177.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net ([99.55.172.177]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:18:45 +0000 Received: from alama by adsl-99-55-172-177.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>; Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:18:45 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>, <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/pipermail/emacs-orgmode> List-Post: <mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>, <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=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 Oliver Charles <oliver.g.charles@googlemail.com> writes: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 05:16:17PM -0400, John Wiegley wrote: >> I've been wanting a simple method for managing dependent tasks for some >> time now, and only now did it occur to me that I could just implement a >> much simpler method using your current blocking mechanism. >> >> The attached file, confusingly named org-depends.el, implements the >> following scheme: >> >> [ ... ] > > This is very cool and I'm immediately in love with it! I'll let you > know if I have any problems, but it seems like it just works. Neat. Any chance of putting this into the org codebase (if not as one of the core modules, then as a contrib module)? Jesse -- Jesse Alama (alama@stanford.edu)