Hi Varnit, "Varnit Suri" <vs...@brocade.com> writes:
> Hello, > > I 'm trying to implement the Getting Things Done approach using Org-mode > (like many others!). > > I 've been thinking of the best way to implement GTD's Reference and > Tickler folders in Org-mode. I have a few thoughts of my own, but wanted > to check with the community, in case anyone else has a better solution. > > My solutions are pretty 'raw' - just a text file (with links, etc) for > the Reference and a Someday list for the Tickler. Anyone else has more > sophisticated solutions? Any comments are appreciated. The wonderful thing about org-mode is that there are many ways to accomplish the same thing. For instance, one could have a file for active projects and another file for someday/maybe items. Or one could use tags to indicate someday/maybe items. I myself use an inactive todo keyword (SOMEDAY) to remove items from my active todo list. E.g., --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t)" "STARTED(s)" "|" "DONE(d)" "WAITING(w)" "SOMEDAY(s)"))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- With this setup I do planning in multiple org files, each of which corresponds to an area of responsibility (household, finances, work1, work2, family, friends, etc.). Thus if I want to mark something as someday/maybe, I simply switch the todo to SOMEDAY. As a bonus, org-mode inserts an inactive timestamp that lets me know when the item became inactive. During reviews, I use the agenda to look over the SOMEDAY list and switch any important items to TODO (and vice versa). I use the agenda view to as my tickler file. I use timestamps as follows: 1. Active timestamps: For appointments or things that have to be done on a particular day. 2. Scheduled timestamps: To postpone an item until a certain date - i.e., make an item show up on my agenda on x date and every day thereafter. 3. Deadline timestamps: To mark when an item is due. I can change the amount of warning time with a negative interval indicator in the timestamp. E.g., the following will start warning me about a deadline ten days in advance: ,---- | * PROJECT Project due | DEADLINE: <2009-06-01 Mon -10d> `---- Hope this helps, Matt _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
