Re: negative values for EFFORT result in error when switching to column view

2020-04-08 Thread Heiko Schmidt
On 06.04.20 18:13, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: Heiko Schmidt writes: This is exactly the reason why I'd love to have negative values for the durations. It would open the possibility of doing something like "accounting" of time. I think you can do accounting of time without introducing negative d

Re: negative values for EFFORT result in error when switching to column view

2020-04-06 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Heiko Schmidt writes: > This is exactly the reason why I'd love to have negative values for > the durations. It would open the possibility of doing something like > "accounting" of time. I think you can do accounting of time without introducing negative duration. Basic accounting implies having

Re: negative values for EFFORT result in error when switching to column view

2020-04-06 Thread Heiko Schmidt
On 06.04.20 12:13, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: Effort property accepts a specific, and well defined type of value: a duration. Such values cannot be negative, as explained in the error message. You may, however, use a different property for your use-case, and apply column view on it. Regards, This

Re: negative values for EFFORT result in error when switching to column view

2020-04-06 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Hello, Heiko Schmidt writes: > When M-x org-columns I'd like to see column view with the balanced sum > of the hours planned and the hours really worked, but I get an error > > cond: Invalid duration format: "-2 h" > > I know I'm using old versions but this problem is also on newer > versions.

negative values for EFFORT result in error when switching to column view

2020-04-05 Thread Heiko Schmidt
Hi everybody. When planning projects I estimate the amount of time for tasks by filling the property EFFORT with an amount of time. #+begin_src org     ,*** Projekt             :PROPERTIES:             :COLUMNS:  %30ITEM %8EFFORT{:}             :END:     , effort planned/estimated