Tommy Kelly <tommy.ke...@verilab.com> writes: >> ... it depends on how often you require this weekly report... > > Ermm, weekly :-) > >> It should be possible to write code that walks your agenda, visits the >> tasks, and copies and pastes the details to a temporary org buffer/file >> just for your chronological report. > > Absolutely. But as I've been thinking about this, I'm realizing that > in fact a key input requirement (as opposed to my two output > requirements -- chronology plus clock tables) is ease of entry. As I > begin some new chunk of work, I don't want to have to hunt around for > the most appropriate heading to clock into and begin writing notes > under. As a result, what's happening is two things. First, I'm just > falling back on your single "Organization" catch-all task; second, I'm > not writing *any* notes. > > With a chronological journal, there's no decision to be made. You just > start logging at the end (or start) of the journal. But maybe > something in the org-capture area is what I need. I've tried it before > and didn't get very far, but I'll have another look.
I tend to use capture mode to refile.org (all level 1 tasks) and then refile them later to the appropriate place. I clock time on the task when I create it and sometimes I end the capture task with C-c C-c (which stops the clock) and immediately switch back to it with F9-SPC in my setup. Sometime later I'll refile this item to the right place in the tree. I don't do that now - when I'm supposed to be working on it but later when I have 2 minutes to spare :) When I start something new it's C-M-r (or C-c r or whatever your capture binding is) t or n (for Todo or Note) then start entering data in the capture buffer that is being clocked. C-c C-c when done and possible switch back to it immediately with F9-SPC. I never hunt around for where a task should live when I capture it - I used to do that with multiple capture task targets and it was just too slow. Regards, Bernt
