M <elwood...@web.de> writes: > Hi Thomas, > > thanks for your reply! > > Sure I know Bernt Hansen's web page and I'm already using his configuration > for my system. (I'm still learning Emacs and org-mode, so it was easier to > start with an existing setup). > > I already know and use the capture and refile feature, > my problem is that I have the feeling to do more administration of tasks > than really doing them if I track such projects like the one described with > org-mode and create a sub-task for each step. > Especially as I'd have to re-type each time again the name of the project if > I want it to appear in my agenda explicitly and not only: > WAITING John: Feedback > (and I would not know which text it is about).
Good news. With Bernt's setup you are off to a good start. Perhaps Properties will do what you want? These are inherited by sub-trees, so they will follow Task 1, Task 2, etc. * Topic XYZ :PROPERTIES: :CATEGORY: XYZ :END: ** DONE Task 1 ** TODO Task 2 The CATEGORY property shows up in my Agenda, so I would know that Task 2 belonged to XYZ. This is how I manage the dozen or so open work projects I have at any one time. We assign each project a number, which I put in the CATEGORY property. When I generate my daily agenda, I see the project number beside each TODO task. See Chapter 7 of the manual for details. hth, Tom -- T.S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists 735 Bishop St, Suite 315, Honolulu, HI 96813 Tel: 808-529-0866, Fax: 808-529-0884 http://www.tsdye.com
