From: Hadron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Planner-el-discuss] Muse/Planner - how to change project Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:43:33 +1300
> Tim Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > From: Hadron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [Planner-el-discuss] Muse/Planner - how to change project > > Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:14:50 +1300 > > > >> > >> Could someone please advise on how best to change the current > >> muse/planner project? I have defined two in my > >> muse-project-alist. Should I define a function to change > >> planner-project? Is there not an function which can list current > >> available projects for selection? > >> > >> Again, thanks for any help and information. > >> > > > > have a look at some of the code in the contrib directory of the muse > > distribution. This will probably give you enough information to create such > > a > > function. I've done this and used this to guide me. However, please see my > > earlier posts and consider just working with the basic 'out of the box' > > configuration for a while. I think your really fighting the system rather > > than > > working with it. Play around with some of the customization stuff and get a > > feel for how all the different parts hang together. > > > > tim > > I understand what you are saying but multiple planner projects are a must for > me > before I commit fully to this. Muse "projects" are not an issue. > > Being able to swap between planner projects is definitely a must. > > I maintain several muse files, and have decided to keep these seperate > from the planner directories or all sorts of confusion arises - this is > fine. > > But a foolproof integrated way of switching between planner projects is > a must - however I dont feel my lisp is good enough especially since I dont > understand the program flow for the existing "insinuation" processes. > > Yes I could just maintain ONE planner directory but that wouldnt work > for me. I like to keep the tasks seperate especially since I wish to > publish them in different defaulted formats - its one of the reasons I > am looking into using planner. > Can you expand on why you need seperate planner projects? I have trouble understanding how you want this to work. Some issues which I'm not clear on how you plan to handle include - * Task Scheduling. If you have different planner projects, how will you get an overview of all the tasks you have scheduled. For example, I look at my day page and it has all the scheduled tasks I am currently working on for all projects. If/when I need to schedule a new task, I visit one of the project pages where I add all tasks as I think of them, but don't schedule until I'm ready to do it. I then select a task and do a C-c C-c to schedule it on a specific date etc. * How will you handle diary bookings? Will you simply reproduce the diary bookings for all appointments in each project day page or what? To provide any real suggestions/guidance, I think we need more details on why you have to have seperate planner projects. to me, this concept is totally alien to the general concept of planning - its like having different diaries for different projects. Also, I don't see what you would put into these planner project directories. Essentially, planner has only two types of files, day planner (pages) files and one project file per project. the only way I can see what you are proposing working would be if you had the project files in their own directories and have all projects use one centralised day page. However, then you would just end up with a lot of project directories with essentially one file - the project plan file, in them. If you plan to put other files in the directories, such as documentation on your project in muse format, then I'd say your really mixing up two different concepts - planning and project documentation. If nothing else, this just shows I don't follow what your requirements are. Perhaps if you outline the functionality and requirements you have as well as any constraints (with the justification/rationale underlying them), we may be able to make more useful suggestions. Tim _______________________________________________ Planner-el-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/planner-el-discuss
