[MLO] Re: Auto-Completion of Parsing commands for MLO Desktop 2.0

2017-03-04 Thread Richard C
To be honest I have not seen this requested (but I am not a frequent visitor to this forum).But a good idea all the same.My solution is to use very short names for the contexts that I do use on a regular basis on the Rapid Task Entry dialog Richard On Monday, 20 February 2017 10:14:11

Re: [MLO] Re: Feature Request: Extra task fields (AKA "Custom Task Attributes")

2016-11-16 Thread Richard C
Not sure how child tasks should be handled TBH. But I have just noticed that in addition to custom fields, Asana have now added boards: http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2016/11/15/asana-moves-into-trello-turf-with-boards/#5f48535353b9 It is what people are looking for (and IME

[MLO] Re: Is High DPI Windows support coming soon?

2016-08-24 Thread Richard C
I use MLO and have done so for many years (and don't know what I would do without it). I am planning to move to a new laptop with a high DPI screen and I am concerned about your comments. What version of Windows are you on.Have you tried playing with the scaling options? This

[MLO] Re: Do you have any plans to implement Pomodoro Technique features to MLO?

2015-12-20 Thread Richard C
One feature I would like to see which forms part of the Pomodoro technique but which would have wider value is the ability to specify an estimate of the amount of effort required in units of your choice (hours, days, Pomodoros, apples, pears, whatever) and also to record the actual amount

[MLO] Where are column widths stored/determined

2015-10-09 Thread Richard C
My laptop just died on me and have now set up a new one (with MLO, of course). Unfortunately, the way in which MLO handles column widths on the tabs seems to have changed. With the new installation, when I switch to a tab, it tries to fit all the columns in the view into the available

Re: [MLO] Re: Sort sub-tasks sometimes greyed out - why

2015-01-27 Thread Richard C
Answers in line On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 06:05:26 UTC, Dwight Arthur wrote: *On: *Sunday, January 25 2015, Richard C wrote: […]Ok - I am confused. When you say 'you will see the effect of having sorted them' - how will this have been done[…] This is very straightforward, don’t

[MLO] Re: Hot key (or short cut) for jump to current task?

2015-01-27 Thread Richard C
button then the forward button. On Sunday, 25 January 2015 17:24:48 UTC, Richard C wrote: Some times when working in one of my views, I do something to a task such that it moves to a different location (eg change its date) and its new location is off the screen. It is still the current task

[MLO] Re: Sort sub-tasks sometimes greyed out - why

2015-01-24 Thread Richard C
/project/task. If the recursive box is not checked then only the child tasks (of the currently selected task) are sorted. On Thursday, 22 January 2015 00:22:13 UTC+3:30, Richard C wrote: Hi - thanks for the suggestion. But that doesn't seem to work for me. Is this in a hierarchical view

[MLO] Re: Sort sub-tasks sometimes greyed out - why

2015-01-21 Thread Richard C
Hi - thanks for the suggestion. But that doesn't seem to work for me. Is this in a hierarchical view?(Aside: not quite sure how sort is supposed to work in a hierachical view - does it sort the children at every level in the order specified in the Sort parameters) On Tuesday, 20 January

[MLO] Sort sub-tasks sometimes greyed out - why

2015-01-18 Thread Richard C
I wanted to sort the sub-tasks of a folder into alphabetical order in a hierarchical view. Unfortunately, the option on the Tasks Right Click Menu, Advanced Options was greyed out.I have encountered this problem before. Anyway, had a brain wave - the view had a filter Show Completed

[MLO] Re: How can I paste text in UPPERCASE ?

2015-01-15 Thread Richard C
I use ClipCache which is very reliable and which has an option to convert to Uppercase. I haven't used this particular option. I dont think you can create a hot key to do the conversion automatically, You have to open ClipCache, navigate to the clip and and then select the conversion that

[MLO] Re: Quick filter on context option?

2014-12-27 Thread Richard C
On Saturday, 27 December 2014 08:08:27 UTC, Andrei Bacean wrote: Hi Richard Below the Text filter box, there is a dropdown menu. There you can select to filter by contexts too. Happy New Year Andrei B пятница, 26 декабря 2014 г., 20:05:36 UTC+2 пользователь Richard C написал: I use the Quick Text

Re: [MLO] feature request: sync manual sort of todo list

2014-12-26 Thread Richard C
I use manual sorting almost almost exclusively in the Windows desktop version. I don't use the Android version - and this was one of the reasons that I decided not to go down that route when I last looked (a good while ago). I hadn't realised that this was still the case and so the

Re: [MLO] feature request: sync manual sort of todo list

2014-12-26 Thread Richard C
I haven't been following this discussion closely so I am not sure whether this answers your question, John but I am 99% certain that To Do views (ie those where the Show Hierarchy is set to No) each have their own manual sort order. ie if you manually change the sort order the tasks in one

[MLO] Quick filter on context option?

2014-12-26 Thread Richard C
I use the Quick Text filter option pretty frequently (Ctrl + L: opens up the filter pane and places focus in the Text filter box so that you can start typing what you are looking for; Ctrl+Shft+L: removes the filter and closes the filter panel) Is there a similar facility to filter on

[MLO] Re: MLO on Windows Touchscreens

2014-12-08 Thread Richard C
I am also about to get a laptop with touch screen too and I suspect that I will also want this behaviour On Saturday, 6 December 2014 18:52:28 UTC, robisme (Olivier R) wrote: Hi, I'd like to use MLO on my new laptop which comes with a touchscreen. If I use my finger to scroll the tree, MLO

[MLO] Re: Turn off Computed Score...bring back hierarchical sorting

2014-12-08 Thread Richard C
I gave up on Computed Score quite a while ago because I making it work for me was very difficult but I am now using Importance to group my tasks (a bit like a Kanban list) and then manual sorting within the group. If you choose the Group option and then select importance, then MLO will

[MLO] Re: Windows MLO: Columns in my Views keep reverting - bug ?

2014-12-08 Thread Richard C
an * to indicate that it has been changed and I am not sure what one needs to do to save that new set of column settings. Richard On Sunday, 7 December 2014 21:45:56 UTC, Richard C wrote: It has never been clear to me where and when column settings are saved. I think Dwight is right about them

[MLO] Re: This forum - please can we have immediate visibility?

2014-12-07 Thread Richard C
Just to add that I think you can directly edit your posts if you post to the forum via the web interface rather than by email. On Monday, 1 December 2014 11:31:33 UTC, John Smith wrote: Hello Can anyone tell me whether it is technically possible on Google Groups (assuming we must stay

[MLO] Re: This forum - please can we have immediate visibility?

2014-12-07 Thread Richard C
Actully having posted that, it seems that there is an option to delete but not edit. On Sunday, 7 December 2014 21:50:40 UTC, Richard C wrote: Just to add that I think you can directly edit your posts if you post to the forum via the web interface rather than by email. On Monday, 1

Re: [MLO] Re: MLO on Windows 8.1 and very high resolution screens

2014-12-07 Thread Richard C
resolution. Richard On 2014-12-04 05:37, Lisa Stroyan wrote: Apologies if my reply is too late to help. I'm running on a Samsung Ativ Book 9 with 3200 x 1800 high-resolution display and 8.1. MLO works great. On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: Thanks

Re: [MLO] Re: MLO on Windows 8.1 and very high resolution screens

2014-12-07 Thread Richard C
to help. I'm running on a Samsung Ativ Book 9 with 3200 x 1800 high-resolution display and 8.1. MLO works great. On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk javascript: wrote: Thanks everybody. That's helpful. I sounds as if MLO is well behaved in terms of the way it deals

[MLO] Re: Newbie Question: Does MLO have 'Areas of Focus'?

2014-11-29 Thread Richard C
Which version are you using, John (Windows, Android, iOS)? I agree with Dwight that one way of achieving this would be to use Contexts as described. Another option would be to use the hierarchy - create top level items for each Area of Focus and then create Projects and Tasks under each of

[MLO] Re: Newbie question: How well would MLO match my requirements? (list provided)

2014-11-29 Thread Richard C
Hi John Shift+Alt+Cursor key is used in all the Microsoft products (Word, Excel, OneNote) for promoting, demoting, moving up and moving down items (paragraphs, rows, columns). Not widely known, I know - but try it! I agree that Tab/Shift Tab would also be good (I use this in One Note a lot)

[MLO] Re: Newbie question: How well would MLO match my requirements? (list provided)

2014-11-29 Thread Richard C
Moderation is very lightweight as far as I am aware. And this is generally a very friendly group - another reason why I stay with MLO.I feel that I have many like minded friend here. We don't always agree (there are pro and anti calendar factions but the discussions are always conducted

[MLO] Re: Android version of MLO - is there an more compact view??

2014-11-29 Thread Richard C
Hi John This partially answers my earlier question - it looks as if you are using the Android version. My earlier answer about being able to do anything in MLO, applies primarily to the Windows version. The iOS and Andriod versions are playing catch up with iOS being well in advance of

[MLO] Re: MLO on Windows 8.1 and very high resolution screens

2014-11-29 Thread Richard C
:25 UTC, Richard C wrote: Does anybody have any experience of using MLO on Windows 8.1 at very high resolutions (3200 x 1880)? I am about to upgrade to a new laptop and think I might get something with the above specification. The reviews I have read indicate that even with the Windows

[MLO] Re: MLO on Windows 8.1 and very high resolution screens

2014-11-24 Thread Richard C
Ok - does anybody have any experience with MLO and resolutions such as 1920 x 1024? On Saturday, 22 November 2014 20:34:25 UTC, Richard C wrote: Does anybody have any experience of using MLO on Windows 8.1 at very high resolutions (3200 x 1880)? I am about to upgrade to a new laptop

[MLO] MLO on Windows 8.1 and very high resolution screens

2014-11-22 Thread Richard C
Does anybody have any experience of using MLO on Windows 8.1 at very high resolutions (3200 x 1880)? I am about to upgrade to a new laptop and think I might get something with the above specification. The reviews I have read indicate that even with the Windows 8.1 scaling set to display

[MLO] Re: Windows 8 Phone version

2014-07-16 Thread Richard C
Tentative + 1. I am thinking that I might well move to a Windows 8 tablet for work use so this would be good. On Wednesday, 2 October 2013 19:09:52 UTC+1, Marshall Youngblood wrote: I know this has been asked a dozen times, but I haven't seen an answer other than try another product. Will

[MLO] Feature request: Ability to switch off 'no archiving' for individual projects

2014-07-16 Thread Richard C
At some point, MLO implemented a feature whereby tasks under a Project would only be archived when the project was completed. This has now been made optional at a file level. I can see the sense of this no archiving rule: you want to be able see the full history for a project until that

[MLO] Re: How do I snooze a reoccurring task?

2014-07-13 Thread Richard C
Yes - the ability to postpone/reschedule an instance of a recurring task has been much requested. Until that gets implemented, the approach I use is to create a sub-task of the recurring task which inherits the dates of the recurring task and which will appear in the To Do list based on

Re: [MLO] Re: OT: project management software ?

2014-06-05 Thread Richard C
What a great thread. I have a similar problem at the moment - kicking off the development stage of a project with over 30 functional areas to implement which we want to build and rollout incrementally with lots of interpendencies and factors to think about in relation to the order in which we

[MLO] Re: New user-Where do I start?

2014-06-05 Thread Richard C
Hi Sylvia I can remember feeling exactly the same when I started using MLO - it is a bit daunting. But 7 or 8 years on, I am still using it and couldn't manage without it. From what I can remember, I started by creating an empty file and just using it to manage a few tasks to get a feel

Re: [MLO] Archiving a deep hierarchy of tasks

2014-05-28 Thread Richard C
...@googlegroups.com javascript: [mailto: mylifeo...@googlegroups.com javascript:] *On Behalf Of *Richard C *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2014 3:18 PM *To:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Subject:* [MLO] Archiving a deep hierarchy of tasks I am very bad a marking tasks as done so I have ended up

Re: [MLO] Filter by flag and text filter don't play well together

2014-05-27 Thread Richard C
Hi Dwight.Agree that we need an option for the text search to match the parents of the selected items! Richard On Wednesday, 30 April 2014 18:45:29 UTC+1, Dwight Arthur wrote: Hi,Richard If l understand you correctly, the issue is not whether text and flag filters play well together.

[MLO] Archiving a deep hierarchy of tasks

2014-05-27 Thread Richard C
I am very bad a marking tasks as done so I have ended up with a massive hierarchy of stuff that has been done but which is not marked as done in MLO. I cheat by filtering my To Do views to only show stuff that doesn't have a start date or start date in the last 30 days - so this stuff just

[MLO] Re: Urgent vs Important (revisited)

2014-05-27 Thread Richard C
Haven't had time to get my head round this but haven't had a quick look at the article and what Omnifocus does, I have to say that I really like the 'Forecast' concept that Omnifocus is looking to implement.This is essentially what I want from the 'calendar' functionality that we have

[MLO] Re: Don't understand where the column set ups are stored (Windows)

2014-04-14 Thread Richard C
(using F3) based on this Workspace, the new column is there but in the place it first appeared rather than the place that I dragged it to. Richard On Thursday, 3 April 2014 11:39:40 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: I am still completely bemused by how MLO handles and stores the column set up

[MLO] Don't understand where the column set ups are stored (Windows)

2014-04-03 Thread Richard C
I am still completely bemused by how MLO handles and stores the column set up for a particular workspace. Are they stored with the view or with the workspace or some other place. Here's what I have just done - if anybody can explain to me the logic behind this, I would be grateful I have a

[MLO] Re: Don't understand where the column set ups are stored (Windows)

2014-04-03 Thread Richard C
Arrgh - just noticed that I missed a step out there - after creating my new No Col To Do, I saved the view with a new name To Do (single col)' On Thursday, 3 April 2014 11:39:40 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: I am still completely bemused by how MLO handles and stores the column set up

[MLO] Re: Don't understand where the column set ups are stored (Windows)

2014-04-03 Thread Richard C
. On Thursday, 3 April 2014 12:08:11 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: Arrgh - just noticed that I missed a step out there - after creating my new No Col To Do, I saved the view with a new name To Do (single col)' On Thursday, 3 April 2014 11:39:40 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: I am still completely bemused

[MLO] Re: Don't understand where the column set ups are stored (Windows)

2014-04-03 Thread Richard C
the columns in a view was the same as changing the filter criteria - the changes are only made in that workspace and only become permanent when you save the view. Have wasted too much time with this already. Richard On Thursday, 3 April 2014 12:21:34 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: And to add some

Re: [MLO] Option for newly added tasks to appear at start of manually sorted To Do list

2014-03-03 Thread Richard C
, dependencies, importance and urgency as appropriate. -Dwight Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 On Feb 27, 2014, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk javascript: wrote: I have two modes of working as an IT Consultant: 1. Planning mode: when I am working at home, most of the time, I tend

Re: [MLO] Option for newly added tasks to appear at start of manually sorted To Do list

2014-03-03 Thread Richard C
finish because I need more time to flesh it out, take some screenshots and get it out of my head in a sensible way.. It might take a week or so. Hang in there and I'm hoping this will be worth it for you On Feb 27, 2014 3:08 PM, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk javascript: wrote: I have

[MLO] Option for newly added tasks to appear at start of manually sorted To Do list

2014-02-27 Thread Richard C
I have two modes of working as an IT Consultant: 1. Planning mode: when I am working at home, most of the time, I tend to be working in quite a structured way - I won't go into the detail but this involves heavy use of MLO to plan and manage my time 2. Arrrgh mode:(I don't

Re: [MLO] Grouping tasks with multiple contexts //reply to Lisa Dwight

2013-10-26 Thread Richard C
- etc I think this would be a brilliant new feature which would attract a lot of new customers as it allows MLO to use a new 'buzzword' in its marketing. Richard On Friday, 25 October 2013 16:33:01 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: I am strongly in favour of doing something but I am afraid I am

Re: [MLO] Grouping tasks with multiple contexts //reply to Lisa Dwight

2013-10-26 Thread Richard C
PS: There are over a million users of Trello - some of these will be looking for something more sophisticated for their own personal use but which allows them to implement the Kanban lists/cards metaphor. On Saturday, 26 October 2013 14:56:42 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: For those

Re: [MLO] Re: move tasks with ctrl+arrows

2013-10-26 Thread Richard C
It is the key combination that the MS Office suite uses (for example: a little known fact is that you can use Alt+Shft+Up/Down to move paragaphs up and down). On Thursday, 12 September 2013 22:41:20 UTC+1, Jacob Lindberg wrote: I knew about alt+shift+arrows. But it's a weird combo for me. I

[MLO] Re: My wish list for reminder pop-ups

2013-10-25 Thread Richard C
Re the first issue, I think if you go to the main app and click Ctrl+Z before doing anything else, it will undo the snooze. On Friday, 25 October 2013 14:45:16 UTC+1, Mandie Kramer wrote: When I'm at my desktop, sometimes the selected reminder in the window will change and I won't notice

Re: [MLO] Grouping tasks with multiple contexts //reply to Lisa Dwight

2013-10-25 Thread Richard C
I am strongly in favour of doing something but I am afraid I am not keen on this idea of having some sort of context hierarchy. (if I have understood the proposition correctly - I have limited time to read all the postings). I would argue strongly in favour of my Context List based

[MLO] Re: Can't leave, won't upgrade

2013-10-25 Thread Richard C
I also love One Note and use it for all my structured note recording. For me using the two products works perfectly. I can link OK from a MLO to a One Note page (drag and drop would be good). Not quite sure why you want to have it all in MLO - most of my notes are not about tasks.

[MLO] Re: lost the ability to copy from clipboard

2013-10-25 Thread Richard C
Ha. I came here to report similar problems. Not as bad as this but there is definitely something funny going on here.I do a lot of pasting from another app into the tasks notes and from time to time this stops working using Ctrl+V (right click and select Paste usually works) But then

[MLO] Re: lost the ability to copy from clipboard

2013-10-25 Thread Richard C
, thankfully, does. Richard On Friday, 25 October 2013 16:49:30 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: Ha. I came here to report similar problems. Not as bad as this but there is definitely something funny going on here.I do a lot of pasting from another app into the tasks notes and from time to time

[MLO] Re: Cannot send emails to sup...@mylifeorganized.net

2013-09-27 Thread Richard C
email service provider tried to look up the mail service of the domain mylifeorgani*s*ed.net, not mylifeorgani*z*ed.net. Tell them to retry with the correct domain name. Andreas Am Freitag, 27. September 2013 12:42:15 UTC+2 schrieb Richard C: I have just tried to send an email

[MLO] Re: Feaure Request: Group expansion options: can we have a Don't Change option?

2013-08-30 Thread Richard C
is constrained by the fact that there is only so much that one can do in a 'new window'. On Friday, 30 August 2013 12:50:05 UTC+1, Richard C wrote: At the moment, if you set up a Grouped view, you have for each a Group a ‘The group is expanded’ tickbox. If this is selected, then when

Re: [MLO] How does archiving deal with changes of parent task name?

2013-08-30 Thread Richard C
Thanks, Helena.I really need to do the same as my task hierarch is enormous (which is part of the reason I don't use the mobile version). I have another question: what happens if you move the parent in the original file.If MLO is using the Task Id, it must also move the parent in

[MLO] Re: Feaure Request: Group expansion options: can we have a Don't Change option?

2013-08-30 Thread Richard C
Just realised that I have posted this once already. Sorry - senior moment. I guess it reflects the fact that this is currently one of the most annoying things for me (but it looks as if nobody else supported it - so I am on my own). On Friday, 30 August 2013 14:18:01 UTC+1, Richard C

Re: [MLO] How do you add a New Task in the Outline tab in v 4.1.0?

2013-07-02 Thread Richard C
I am struggling to remember what changes were made to solve this problem - which I think remains a significant issue for new comers (and indeed for established users) there have been suggestions that new/amended items should remain on view in a filtered view where they no longer match the

Re: [MLO] Re: Dragging and dropping task from outline view to a todo view should not move task in Outline?

2013-04-20 Thread Richard C
, Richard C a écrit : In the desktop version, if one has a ‘new window’ showing a ‘ToDo’ view and in the main window, one has an Outline view open, if one drags a task from the Outline view to the ToDo view, the task is moved in the Outline view to appear beneath the task that you try

[MLO] Re: Feature request: separate recurrence

2013-04-20 Thread Richard C
+1 This would be an OK way of allowing the current recurring task to be edited for the reasons mayabelle outlines.However, it is not ideal for tasks that have the 'Recurs x hours/days/weeks after completion'. Let me give you example: I have a recurring task for getting my haircut -

[MLO] Feature request: switch off all reminders for x minutes/hours

2013-04-20 Thread Richard C
There are lots of situations where I want MLO open (to add new tasks, review what's there) but I don't want to see any reminders. For example: - when doing presentations/workshops - when trying to focus on something - when talking to somebody on the phone - when I switch on my

[MLO] Re: Tab loses name after being PINned

2013-03-09 Thread Richard C
This was identified as an issue in the beta testing and the response was that this is how Chrome works (and I suspect the code library that Andrey uses). I agree that it is an issue. One problem I have is that it is easy to accidentally drag and drop a pinned tab so that they swap positions

[MLO] Re: BUG: Does anybody else have problems with DD/MM/YY displaying as MM/DD/YY (sometimes)

2013-02-09 Thread Richard C
:54:59 UTC+2 пользователь Richard C написал: During the beta testing, I reported a problem where standard dates (ie those not controlled by the custom formatting - for example, date completed) do not display in the format specified as the Windows default. In my case, my Windows default

[MLO] Re: Calendar View for MLO

2013-02-06 Thread Richard C
Wooo - really like Calendar Planner. I do something similar to you but just using the Outlook calendar. However Calendar Planner is close to what I would like to see in MLO in the longer term (although it is missing, as far as I can see, anything that helps you calculate the amount of time

[MLO] Re: Still no shortcut for toggling project status?

2013-01-01 Thread Richard C
Chris - there are lots of really good new features in V4 that you may want to look at before deciding not to upgrade.I agree that it is very frustrating when the key thing that bugs you goes on not being fixed (and there is no indication of whether it is even accepted as something that

[MLO] Re: MyLifeOrganized v.4 PUBLIC Release Candidate

2012-12-26 Thread Richard C
It depends on how you have organised your tasks. As with most things relating to MLO, there are many ways of doing this but two simple possibilites are: 1. Use the hierarchy and zoom: if all your work tasks are in one part of the hierarchy (under 'Work' parent?) and all your home

[MLO] Re: Manage views in workspace tab in MLO v.4

2012-12-26 Thread Richard C
There are two big advantages of tabs over views (for me): 1. I can create tabs for my current areas that I am currrently focusing on (eg I have one at the moment called 'Xmas' ) and can zoom/make customised temporary views (eg select a particular context - my Xmas tab selects all

Re: [MLO] Re: MyLifeOrganized v.4 PUBLIC Release Candidate

2012-12-26 Thread Richard C
javascript:] *On Behalf Of *Richard C *Sent:* Monday, December 24, 2012 7:05 AM *To:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Subject:* [MLO] Re: MyLifeOrganized v.4 PUBLIC Release Candidate Whilst the Public beta is a considerable improvement over earlier priviate betas in avoiding

[MLO] Re: MyLifeOrganized v.4 PUBLIC Release Candidate

2012-12-24 Thread Richard C
Whilst the Public beta is a considerable improvement over earlier priviate betas in avoiding accidental changes to the view associated with a workspace, the simply 'I forgot to switch tabs before changing view' possibility remains and I have certainly done this. For me, a better option than

Re: [MLO] Re: time we spent on tasks + daily/weekly/monthly/annual reports.

2012-12-21 Thread Richard C
Interesting (and thanks for the link) - but in principle not majorily different to the Pomodoro technique - except that rather than splitting the tasks down into standard sized tasks, you allocate a number of 'task units' (= Pomodoro's = 30 min blocks) to each task and then count how many Task

[MLO] Copying hotkey, date and other settings from one machine to another

2012-11-21 Thread Richard C
This is probably a FAQ but my laptop has just died (almost) so I busy migrating everything to another another machine. I have set up MLO on the new machine but things like hotkey settings and date formats (which I have carefully crafted) are not stored in the MLO file. Is there a way of

[MLO] Re: How do I get the parse results window back?

2011-05-21 Thread Richard C
Thanks, But having reenabled it, it doesn't really do what I want which is to tell me that MLO has parsed something that I didn't want parsing. Or rather it does but I have to dismiss the parsing box each time I enter something (even if there was nothing to parse out) which makes Rapid

[MLO] Re: Starting MLO without reminders

2011-02-20 Thread Richard C
I'd vote for the ability to switch off reminders for a different reason. I do a lot of workshops using a projector to show my computer screen. It is good to keep MLO open so that I can use Rapid Task Entry to capture actions that come up but I would rather not have my reminders coming up on

[MLO] Re: Time recording suggestions

2011-02-20 Thread Richard C
Just to add one point - the key feature of Seah's approach to time recording is that it works for people working on multiple tasks at the same time. Although I try and focus on one thing at a time, my working life is just not like that, so in the course of 2-3 hours I may work on half a

Re: RE: [MLO] Feature request: when marking a recurring task completed, keep completed sub-tasks with completed copy of task

2011-02-07 Thread Richard C
Ok - I can see how you would want to keep that facility. I don't work that way so , I guess we are looking at another option - 'When marking done, set to next recurrence which is in the future' Note: I don't use the option to increase the priority of tasks as they become more overdue so

[MLO] Re: Feature request: when marking a recurring task completed, keep completed sub-tasks with completed copy of task

2011-02-07 Thread Richard C
I agree - It seems to me that there are two types of recurring tasks - those where you do the same thing every time (or you pick the next thing from the fixed list of things you do everytime) and those - eg Catch up with admin work where the list of things to be worked on under that recurring

[MLO] Re: Preventing bottlenecks due to conflicting/crashing project deadlines

2011-01-27 Thread Richard C
What I am trying to say is that GTD goes so far but doesn't go far enough for me. And the fact that GTD doesn't do it, doesn't mean that we are not allowed to ask for MLO to do it The point is we already have all our tasks in MLO - it would make a lot of sense to provide some simple

Re: RE: [MLO] Re: Preventing bottlenecks due to conflicting/crashing project deadlines

2011-01-27 Thread Richard C
And to emphasise the point, I have the followign situation as we speak - a meeting tomorrow for which I need to prepare a paper (tomorrow morning) - a 3 day workshop for which I need to prepare the materials (over the weekend - sigh) - a meeting on Thursday for which I also

[MLO] Re: Ctrl+Shift+A hard assigned to Select All?

2010-10-14 Thread Richard C
Sorry ignore that - brain fade on my part. It looks as if Ctrl+Shift +A is (by default) assigned to Select All but you can assign it to other things (in my case a flag) in the normal way without a problem. On Oct 14, 1:32 pm, Richard Collings rich...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: I am trying to assign

[MLO] Re: Mark Complete by Date from Past

2010-08-21 Thread Richard C
Hmm - can't get Ctrl+F12 to work here. Thanks for tip about using drag and drop. +1 for anything that makes setting the completed date easier. For me, the default would be to set it to the Task Due Date because I often find myself clearing down completed tasks several days after they were

[MLO] Re: MLO for Smartphones - current status

2010-08-21 Thread Richard C
new ToDo's using the Rapid Task Entry (if this exists in the mobile version). Do people find this easier with the physical keyboard on the Blackberry or the touch keyboard of the other phones? On Aug 12, 6:56 pm, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: I have been very busy with other stuff

[MLO] MLO for Smartphones - current status

2010-08-12 Thread Richard C
I have been very busy with other stuff and so have not really been following what has been happening with the various implementations of MLO for the different Smartphones:iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Symbian,Windows, etc. Can somebody post an update as what has been released, what is in beta

[MLO] Re: Parser idiosyncrasies

2010-06-09 Thread Richard C
I remain intrigued - why do I have to leave a space after the -d parameter but not after the -fl parameter? On Apr 15, 7:41 pm, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: Butwhat's the logic behind this - why do I need to leave a space between -d and Todaybutnotbetween -fl and Key?  What

[MLO] Re: Recurring Tasks

2010-05-02 Thread Richard C
This has been much requested but does present some problems for those activities which are regenerated on the basis of when they are completed. However, the combination of the desire to see future recurring tasks and the fact that you can't easily adjust the dates of individual recurring tasks

[MLO] Re: Feature Request: My Business Organised

2010-04-16 Thread Richard C
Excellent post! Too much to respond to but to pick up a couple of points Timeline: much requested and I have the sense that its in Andrey's sights now (but no promises) Better To Do tab: interesting thoughts. Agree re it being too much if you have a large backlog. Do you have some specific

[MLO] Re: Parser idiosyncrasies

2010-04-15 Thread Richard C
But what's the logic behind this - why do I need to leave a space between -d and Today but not between -fl and Key? What are the rules for the other flags. Why can't they be consistent. I am a moderately experienced IT person with experience using using command line driven software - if I

[MLO] Feature request: Parameterised views

2010-03-29 Thread Richard C
I am increasingly using the excellent view feature in MLO but find that my views are proliferating with often only minor differences between views. Also a manual sort is specific to a particular view - so there is no way of having different views onto the same sort order. Soo.. Would it be

[MLO] Re: This forum is a mess

2010-03-20 Thread Richard C
Most forums have an option for getting emails sent to you and some even allow replies via email. I would certainly favour something that had a better structure than this group. On Mar 17, 10:54 pm, Adrian Cobley acob...@thecobweb.net wrote: Yup. Email comes to me. I read it. Web based forums

[MLO] Re: Feature request: Option to auto close Find pane

2010-03-17 Thread Richard C
, Luciano Passuello luci...@passuello.name wrote: +1 On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: I recently posted a suggestion for nmemonic bookmarks which got zero support   :-( However, what I have started doing is adding a mmenoic to those higher level

[MLO] Re: Calendar View: only items that use time and re-occurrence

2010-03-14 Thread Richard C
On Mar 11, 12:14 pm, Andrey Tkachuk (MLO) for...@mylifeorganized.net wrote: snip 2) When task reoccurs its date moved to next date and completed copy created. So it is not possible to display tasks with all dates from recurrent pattern. Do you see this as something that is unlikely to

[MLO] Feature request: Option to auto close Find pane

2010-03-07 Thread Richard C
I recently posted a suggestion for nmemonic bookmarks which got zero support :-( However, what I have started doing is adding a mmenoic to those higher level tasks/projects that I frequently want to jump to prefixing them with a # eg (#times). I can now use the ordinary find to jump to

[MLO] Re: Feature Request: Mark Complete and Create Related Task

2010-03-06 Thread Richard C
In theory but when I tried to do use it, Alternative Complete did too many wrong things that didn't make sense to me - eg (if I remember correctly) it marks the new item complete rather than the item you are trying to complete, it puts the new item at the end of the list and varous other things.

[MLO] Re: BETA: Unstable column formats still not fixed in this version

2010-02-22 Thread Richard C
, 5:51 pm, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: Apologies for not replying earlier - have been very busy with other. I did emails to supp...@mylife... on 13/2 But forgot subject line.  So sending again - one with the attachments and one without (in case it was the attachments

[MLO] Re: BETA: Unstable column formats still not fixed in this version

2010-02-21 Thread Richard C
Apologies for not replying earlier - have been very busy with other. I did emails to supp...@mylife... on 13/2 But forgot subject line. So sending again - one with the attachments and one without (in case it was the attachments that caused the problems). Re your 6: I have about 15 custom To Do

[MLO] Re: Latest Beta, lost the ability to sort recursively

2010-02-16 Thread Richard C
Ah ha. Thanks. On Feb 13, 7:37 pm, Andrey Tkachuk (MLO) for...@mylifeorganized.net wrote: It is when you sort subtasks in the Outline. There is an option to sort all subtasks recursively not only immediate subtasks of the selected parent. A. On Feb 13, 5:12 pm, Richard C r

[MLO] Re: BETA: Unstable column formats still not fixed in this version

2010-02-13 Thread Richard C
Andrey. On Feb 12, 11:57 am, Richard C r...@rcollings.co.uk wrote: Arrrgh - problem has reoccurred.   Exactly the same as before. Changed columns in my main ToDo view, worked with MLO for several days (starting and stopping), no problems - columns were retained.   Then a few nights ago

[MLO] Re: Latest Beta, lost the ability to sort recursively

2010-02-13 Thread Richard C
Sorry - expand on what you mean by 'sort recursively' On Feb 12, 4:00 pm, on...@comcast.net on...@comcast.net wrote: All, For some reason in the latest beta I've lost the ability to sort recursively. Running on the same XP machine that I've been using the for the last who knows how many

[MLO] Re: BETA: Unstable column formats still not fixed in this version

2010-02-12 Thread Richard C
Arrrgh - problem has reoccurred. Exactly the same as before. Changed columns in my main ToDo view, worked with MLO for several days (starting and stopping), no problems - columns were retained. Then a few nights ago, stopped MLO, left machine on overnight backing up and when I started MLO in

[MLO] Re: New Beta and Manual sort

2010-02-07 Thread Richard C
It was mentioned in Andrey's earlier post when he outlined what he was going to do for the next release. Also, if you right click on an item in the ToDo view, there is a To Do Manual Sorting option which shows the short cut key. On Feb 6, 8:36 pm, Lisa Stroyan lstro...@gmail.com wrote: At

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