John Wiegley <jwieg...@gmail.com> writes: > On Oct 20, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Matt Lundin wrote: > >> 1. The syntax for defining habits seems fairly complex. One must add a >> repeating scheduled timestamp, a repeating deadline timestamp and a >> property. I was wondering if there could be anyway to automate >> creating >> new habits---e.g., a dialog that asks for the appropriate time spans. >> (My own preference would be to use a new timestamp notation to >> indicate >> habits. I'm not sure what this would look like. Perhaps something like >> this: SCHEDULED: <2009-10-17 Sat !+2+2> --- where the first number is >> the repeating span and the second is the "grace period". Of course, I >> have no idea whether this is possible.) > > I agree with you here, and think that a more comprehensive SCHEDULED > syntax might be just the fix. I'll look into this. Perhaps using a > syntax like "!+2/2".
Thanks. And, of course, if a new timestamp syntax proves too complicated, I'm more than happy to use the current implementation. :) > >> 3. The faces for the graph are difficult to read against dark >> backgrounds. (See attached image.) > > I'll fix this too. > >> 4. I currently use the tag :HABIT: to track habits. This allows for >> easy >> filtering in the agenda. I'm wondering whether there might be an >> option >> to designate habits with a user-defined tag rather than the STYLE >> property. The advantage would be much faster agenda searches for >> habits. > > You can search for STYLE="habit". I myself use contextual tags on the > habits, because some of them aren't appropriate in other location, and > I wouldn't want to see ":HABIT:" in the right-hand column for every > one. > > Also, note that you can press K now to filter habits in and out of the > agenda view. They are also by default restricted to only appearing in > todays' agenda view. I see. That works very nicely. Sorry I missed it the first time through the documentation. This eliminates one of the main reason I had for switching to a tag-based implementation. Thanks again! I look forward to playing with this some more. 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
