Hi Eric, Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
[...] > The org-clock-in method works very well when I am pro-actively deciding > what tasks to work on, e.g. through the agenda view. However, in some > cases, I am reacting to external events (emails, somebody coming to see > me, phone call, etc). I have a number of tasks which are more general > and which capture this type of activity (admin, teaching, ...). If I > happen to be in an org mode buffer, then "C-u M-x org-clock-in RET" > allows me to pick the particular task (as it will typically be in the > history) and clock it in. Works well. > > If I am *not* in an org buffer (yes, this happens sometimes ;-), I > cannot do this as org-clock-in, even with the C-u arg, wants to find a > headline. Can anybody suggest how I can clock in to a previously > clocked task from any emacs mode? I cannot reproduce this. Here are the steps I took. - clocked into a headline - clocked out - switched buffer to *scratch* (I tried it a second time with a TeX buffer, which also worked) - typed C-u M-x org-clock-in - selected 1 (the most recent task) Org successfully clocked into the task in the background. Best, Matt
