On Oct 15, 2007, at 21:08, Wanrong Lin wrote:
Sounds like my argument did not convince you. :-)
No, you misunderstand. I do see why you might want to mark
appointments TODO (even if I would not do it). But
"scheduled" in the context of Org has to do with *planning*.
You *plan* to work on this item that day, but it is not ab
absolute fix like a dentist appointment. So I think it
is wrong to turn these off with a variable that contains the
word "scheduled" in the name.
- Carsten
But a new variable works for me. I really appreciate the extra effort
you take.
Wanrong
Carsten Dominik wrote:
Well,
I am not about the change the meaning of "scheduled", but I can give
you a new
variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date'. How about that?
- Carsten
On Oct 14, 2007, at 17:45, Wanrong Lin wrote:
That's certainly an option. But usually I like to mark any
"actionable" items with "TODO", while using non-TODO entries to
record information, or to group TODOs into logical groups. Like
this:
* Dental
*** TODO See Dr. Xyz for cleaning
<2007-11-29 Thu 09:00>
* Medical
*** TODO See Dr. Abc for routine exam
* Useful Websites
Conceptually, I think it is cleaner that way (if the entry
indicates some action, have a "TODO" keyword. How that action is
scheduled is a separate issue.). Physiologically, If I know in my
org system certain entries need action but don't have a TODO
keyword, my trust of the system will decrease since there are many
functions in org-mode that operates on TODO entries only (or better
so). Also, with a TODO keyword, I can change the state of it (I can
cancel it, I can mark it done and etc.). Further, sometimes you just
want to create a TODO entry like "See Dr. Abc", and later make it an
appointment by adding a time stamp. It seems awkward to me that I
need to remove the "TODO" keyword once I have that item scheduled as
an appointment.
In short, I think we should mark appointments as "TODO" entries and
have appointments removed from the TODO item list if
"ignore-scheduled" is turned on.
Wanrong
Carsten Dominik wrote:
On Oct 14, 2007, at 5:35, Wanrong Lin wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to follow GTD's principle that tasks should be
reviewed regularly. So I first turn on
"org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled", and do a "List of all TODO
entries, and then review all tasks in the list. However, I found
that tasks with plain active time stamps ("appointment tasks") are
also listed. Should we exclude them when
org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled is set to "t"?
Wouldn't it be better to not mark appointments TODO?
- Carsten
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