On 07/11/2007 08:28 AM, Scott Jaderholm wrote: > On 7/11/07, Rick Moynihan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So here's a suggestion. Why not support jump points (or jump lines), >> which would be essentially be a syntactic marker that would tell >> org-mode to jump to a specific line within an outline when visiting from >> the agenda e.g. via follow mode. >> >> * My main project outline. >> blah blah blah... >> ... >> >> - [ ] do something >> - [ ] do this ++ >> - [ ] do something else > > Hi Rick, > > I'm guessing you have a really good reason for organizing your project > using lists and check boxes instead of TODOs and headings, in which > case this email isn't really useful--but, in the extremely unlikely > event that you don't, I thought I'd note how this becomes a non-issue > if you organize your work in the following way: > > * My main project outline > ** TODO do something > ** NEXT do this > SCHEDULED: <2007-07-12 Thu> > ** do something else > > If you schedule individual tasks, instead of projects, then the agenda > will take you right to your next item. If you schedule projects, then > it's easy to see what is the next item to be done because it says > NEXT.
If I may jump in here, I'll add that go a little further to aid with multiple projects. I use two SEQ_TODO's like this: #+SEQ_TODO: TODO NEXT INPROGRESS WAITING | DONE CANCELED #+SEQ_TODO: PROJECT | COMPLETE Then my project trees (all in one file) look like this: * PROJECT My main project outline :Work: ** TODO do something ** NEXT do this SCHEDULED: <2007-07-12 Thu> ** TODO do something else ** WAITING someone else is working on this ** INPROGRESS Here's what I'm currently working on * PROJECT Another project ** NEXT next for another project ** TODO do anothre thing When I generate agendas, I can do a tags/TODO agenda on 'Work/PROJECT|NEXT'. Through indentation, the agenda visually groups everything so I can see what's next for each project. It looks something like this. PROJECT My main project outline :Work: .NEXT do this PROJECT Another project :Work: .NEXT next for another project This is great for a weekly review, to make certain all project have a defined NEXT action. A tags/TODO agenda that includes all TODO keywords will also group tasks by project, but will give broader scope. (One down-side to this is that M-S-<RET> on the first TODO after a PROJECT headline inserts a new PROJECT rather than a new TODO, which I have to then change. The alternative, of course, is to add at the end of the list for a project. Regards, Dan _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
