Re: [O] org todos on paper?

2014-02-28 Thread Christian Moe

You may want to check out Christian Egli's org2hdpa in the
contrib/scripts directory, cf. this thread:

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00577.html

Peter Neilson writes:

  as much as I've loved using emacs for nearly 40 years, it's not my
 constant companion outdoors in the weather, or when handling horses or
 shearing sheep.

What a great quote! And before long, someone will come up with

  M-x shear-sheep

:)

Yours,
Christian Moe






Re: [O] org todos on paper?

2014-02-28 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Christian Moe m...@christianmoe.com writes:

 You may want to check out Christian Egli's org2hdpa in the
 contrib/scripts directory, cf. this thread:

   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00577.html

 Peter Neilson writes:

  as much as I've loved using emacs for nearly 40 years, it's not my
 constant companion outdoors in the weather, or when handling horses or
 shearing sheep.

 What a great quote! And before long, someone will come up with

   M-x shear-sheep

 :)

Its just a matter of time and the machine you use for shearing sheeps
will be a kind of smart-phone too that peeps if you need more than the
SCHEDULED time for one sheep, or the time for

,-
| [#A] TODO Melk the Cows :farm:
`-

has arrived ...

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten




Re: [O] org todos on paper?

2014-02-28 Thread Peter Neilson
On Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:44:52 -0500, Thorsten Jolitz tjol...@gmail.com  
wrote:



Its just a matter of time and the machine you use for shearing sheeps
will be a kind of smart-phone too that peeps if you need more than the
SCHEDULED time for one sheep, or the time for

,-
| [#A] TODO Melk the Cows :farm:
`-

has arrived ...


We do not have cows, but I know what's involved. Dairy cows are on a  
strict schedule, milked twice daily. They are automatically the top  
priority at four in the morning and at four in the afternoon. Writing it  
down on paper or in emacs is superfluous. Nothing (except the barn being  
on fire) is more important.


Why isn't Farbror Hans here at Grandfather's funeral?

-- He had to milk the cows.

Oh. Of course. I forgot. Yes, that's more important.



Re: [O] org todos on paper?

2014-02-28 Thread Christian Egli
Christian Moe m...@christianmoe.com writes:

 You may want to check out Christian Egli's org2hdpa in the
 contrib/scripts directory, cf. this thread:

   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2011-05/msg00577.html

This script prints a pocketMod calendar that includes entries from the
diary file. However if you also want your todo items you need to extend
the script.

Thanks
Christian

-- 
Christian Egli
Swiss Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired and Print Disabled
Grubenstrasse 12, CH-8045 Zürich, Switzerland




[O] org todos on paper?

2014-02-27 Thread Peter Salazar
I keep meeting people who say they started getting more things done more
efficiently once they started printing out their tasks lists, so they can
have the experience of seeing the list on paper and, more importantly, the
satisfaction of crossing an item off on the page.

Does anyone have a workflow they're happy with that involves printing out
their org-mode todo lists?


Re: [O] org todos on paper?

2014-02-27 Thread Peter Neilson
On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:23:26 -0500, Peter Salazar cycleofs...@gmail.com  
wrote:



I keep meeting people who say they started getting more things done more
efficiently once they started printing out their tasks lists, so they can
have the experience of seeing the list on paper and, more importantly,  
the

satisfaction of crossing an item off on the page.

Does anyone have a workflow they're happy with that involves printing out
their org-mode todo lists?


Exactly. My to-do items are mostly physical activities related to taking  
care of farm animals, rather than things I'm doing on my computer. It  
makes little sense to try to follow a list on a laptop or smartphone when  
walking back and forth in mud, or when picking up items at the farm-supply  
store. I update my to-do items occasionally in emacs, but as much as I've  
loved using emacs for nearly 40 years, it's not my constant companion  
outdoors in the weather, or when handling horses or shearing sheep. A  
printed piece of paper in my pocket is much easier to use, and little harm  
is done if it falls into the stock tank or gets trampled by livestock.




Re: [O] org todos on paper?

2014-02-27 Thread Kyle Machulis
I had a set of scripts cron'd to like 4am that would run emacs, output a
daily agenda export, and email that to me, which I would sometimes print.
It was super handy.

Of course, they stopped working a while ago but I keep meaning to fix that.


On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 6:22 PM, Peter Neilson neil...@windstream.netwrote:

 On Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:23:26 -0500, Peter Salazar cycleofs...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  I keep meeting people who say they started getting more things done more
 efficiently once they started printing out their tasks lists, so they can
 have the experience of seeing the list on paper and, more importantly, the
 satisfaction of crossing an item off on the page.

 Does anyone have a workflow they're happy with that involves printing out
 their org-mode todo lists?


 Exactly. My to-do items are mostly physical activities related to taking
 care of farm animals, rather than things I'm doing on my computer. It makes
 little sense to try to follow a list on a laptop or smartphone when walking
 back and forth in mud, or when picking up items at the farm-supply store. I
 update my to-do items occasionally in emacs, but as much as I've loved
 using emacs for nearly 40 years, it's not my constant companion outdoors in
 the weather, or when handling horses or shearing sheep. A printed piece of
 paper in my pocket is much easier to use, and little harm is done if it
 falls into the stock tank or gets trampled by livestock.




Re: [O] org todos on paper?

2014-02-27 Thread Ken Mankoff

On Thu, 27 Feb 2014, Kyle Machulis wrote:

I had a set of scripts cron'd to like 4am that would run emacs, 
output a daily agenda export, and email that to me, which I would 
sometimes print. It was super handy.


Of course, they stopped working a while ago but I keep meaning to 
fix that.


would be nice to print the daily tasks to a small thermal printer. 
http://learn.adafruit.com/mini-thermal-receipt-printer


  -k.