Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-10-03 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Tuesday, 3 Oct 2017 at 16:04, Mycroft Jones wrote: > How do I learn about org-contrib and how to use it? Org contrib is a collection of extra functionality. It comes with the development version of org (i.e. from git) but is also available as a MELPA package I believe. How do you install org

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-10-03 Thread Mycroft Jones
On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 06:48:16AM +0100, Eric S Fraga wrote: On Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017 at 13:24, Bob Newell wrote: [...] To further the concept: If TODOs had due dates/time estimates/time spent as perhaps additional properties, and there was a better way to express dependencies (I think there

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-27 Thread Eric S Fraga
On Wednesday, 27 Sep 2017 at 13:24, Bob Newell wrote: [...] > To further the concept: If TODOs had due dates/time estimates/time spent > as perhaps additional properties, and there was a better way to express > dependencies (I think there is already an org-mode adjunct for this), > some coding co

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-27 Thread Bob Newell
Mycroft Jones writes: > I'm wondering if org-mode can do this: > > I have many tasks. Some are one off. But many are tasks that will take a > period of time, days, weeks, months. I need to schedule a bit of time every > day. Over time I can complete the tasks by plugging away. But I have so

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-27 Thread Peter Neilson
On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:02:26 -0400, Mycroft Jones wrote: On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 07:14:25PM +0300, Melleus wrote: That's true. But the clipboard can't beep when you might have forgotten about some important appointment when shearing a sheep, driving a tractor or doing other interesting thing

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-27 Thread Mycroft Jones
On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 07:14:25PM +0300, Melleus wrote: That's true. But the clipboard can't beep when you might have forgotten about some important appointment when shearing a sheep, driving a tractor or doing other interesting things... If you don't neeed the reminder functionality then the cl

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-27 Thread Melleus
Mycroft Jones writes: >>Maybe it's a bit overhead, but anyway. You can use org-caldav-sync to sync the >>todos with local owncloud (or other caldav) server and use some phone/tablet's >>calendar to sync with owncloud to have your tasklist with you on the run and >>you can use it for capturing tod

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-26 Thread Eduardo Mercovich
Hello Eric. [...] Plausible (or implausible) solutions to my problem or to Mycroft's are hereby solicited. On the right track, but perhaps wrong scale. What you need is to embrace the exciting possibilities of augmented reality! [...] The answer is obvious: a clipboard! It's rugged and in

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-26 Thread Eric Abrahamsen
Mycroft Jones writes: > Getting in the habit of being away from the computer is good. Getting > in the habit of reviewing the days events at the end of it is also > good. Hear hear!

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-26 Thread Mycroft Jones
On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 01:30:35PM +0300, Melleus wrote: The answer is obvious: a clipboard! It's rugged and inexpensive. I've actually done this a few times, when I've been using Org to organize event management and was out of the office all day long. Printed out my daily agenda in the morning,

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-26 Thread Melleus
Eric Abrahamsen writes: > Tim Cross writes: > >> Peter Neilson writes: >> >>> >>> * TODO Devise a way to project my agenda (in unavoidable brilliance) onto >>> the side of the barn, or perhaps embroider it into the fleece of my sheep >>> (who * TODO need to be shorn). >>> >>> Plausible (or i

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-25 Thread Eric Abrahamsen
Tim Cross writes: > Peter Neilson writes: > >> >> * TODO Devise a way to project my agenda (in unavoidable brilliance) onto >> the side of the barn, or perhaps embroider it into the fleece of my sheep >> (who * TODO need to be shorn). >> >> Plausible (or implausible) solutions to my problem o

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-25 Thread Tim Cross
Peter Neilson writes: > > * TODO Devise a way to project my agenda (in unavoidable brilliance) onto > the side of the barn, or perhaps embroider it into the fleece of my sheep > (who * TODO need to be shorn). > > Plausible (or implausible) solutions to my problem or to Mycroft's are > hereb

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-25 Thread Mikhail Skorzhinskii
Oh sorry accidently sent a draft :( Short story: 1. Try org-clock-budget; 2. Try to use ESTIMATE property and agenda span with more then a day; 3. Try to use clock table mode, which will summarize time in agenda; The (3) have many caveates, actually, so I prefer doing this calculations by myself

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-25 Thread Mikhail Skorzhinskii
Hi, Mycroft, I've tried to find/hack something similar to what you're describing. 1) Clock budgets: https://github.com/Fuco1/org-clock-budget The tool mostly about comparison your clocked time and clocking budget. But may be you find it usefull. I'm personally use this tool when I'm planning

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-25 Thread Mycroft Jones
Peter, it sounds like we have the same issues and need the same solution. House repairs and estate upgrades are on the menu. As are tasks at the Maker Space, building various bits of furniture &c Is there some sort of rugged tablet? Ok, here is what I have in mind: at the end of the day, put i

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-25 Thread Neil Jerram
Hi Peter... On 25/09/17 12:58, Peter Neilson wrote: Hmmm. I have similar problems, but on a somewhat more difficult level. A lot of my tasks are farm-related and are thus self-driven rather than org-mode-driven. For instance, two barn roofs need repair, and seeing them listed as TODO in an age

Re: [O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-25 Thread Peter Neilson
On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 03:21:51 -0400, Mycroft Jones wrote: I'm wondering if org-mode can do this: I have many tasks. Some are one off. But many are tasks that will take a period of time, days, weeks, months. I need to schedule a bit of time every day. Over time I can complete the tasks

[O] orgmode for many continuous tasks?

2017-09-25 Thread Mycroft Jones
I'm wondering if org-mode can do this: I have many tasks. Some are one off. But many are tasks that will take a period of time, days, weeks, months. I need to schedule a bit of time every day. Over time I can complete the tasks by plugging away. But I have so many. Half hour chunks work for