Hi Daniel, Yes, you are right indeed. I am talking about effort estimates - I'v missed this chapter for some reason from the manual. I like the idea you proposed - to show how much time is left in the mode line. And I think I am going to write necessary code for this.
Or, may be someone has even better idea? best, Konstantin On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Daniel Clemente <n142...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi. > I suppose you talk about estimated efforts. I also have noticed that I work > better if I have defined them, but it is very easy to miss them and work on a > task more time than planned. > An easy improvement would be to show at the mode line not only how much time > you have worked on the current task but also the remaining time according to > your effort estimate. And if it comes to 0, highlight it noticeably. > > Other useful things to show would be the *total* elapsed time (not only the > elapsed time of the last C-c C-x C-i) or directly the effort estimate > (instead of the remaining time, the total time). > > And as you say, an alarm would be useful. > > -- Daniel > > El dl, mai 25 2009, Konstantin Antipin va escriure: >> Hi everybody! >> I am constantly trying to be more productive, and there is one thing >> that I noticed: >> If you give yourself a specific time for a task, then you tend to >> finish this task in this time. It helps to stay focused and do stuff >> that is most important. >> >> So, the question is - Is there any way to set a timer on a taks, and >> get a bell when it is expired? >> Some time before I even wrote a small extension that helps me to do >> that http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/tea-time >> But now I am thinking - is there an orgmode-way to do that? It would >> be great to integrate it with great time tracking system, for >> example... >> If nobody uses proposed feature, please give me a hint how it would be >> best to do that. >> >> >> my best, >> Konstantin >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
