Comments on: Emacs: Getting Things Done with Org - Basic http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/ I help companies help people connect through blogs, wikis, and other forms of intranet social media. I'm also writing a book about Emacs. Wed, 21 May 2008 22:56:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: gluggergames » Blog Archive » Playing with Tools http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-563 gluggergames » Blog Archive » Playing with Tools Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:09:25 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-563 [...] files and text files are portable. I use tutorials from the net. I especially like the one from Sacha Chua , she is writing a book about Emacs and org-mode and planner-mode and blogging through Emacs. Quite [...] [...] files and text files are portable. I use tutorials from the net. I especially like the one from Sacha Chua , she is writing a book about Emacs and org-mode and planner-mode and blogging through Emacs. Quite [...]

]]> By: Rodrigo Wanderley http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-265 Rodrigo Wanderley Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:00:01 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-265 I had the same problem as John, solved removing the car of the list ("Task" and "Apointment"). Besides that everything worked great and in 2 days I already started to feel the great results :-) Can't wait for the book! I had the same problem as John, solved removing the car of the list (”Task” and “Apointment”).

Besides that everything worked great and in 2 days I already started to feel the great results :-)

Can’t wait for the book!

]]> By: Sacha Chua http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-262 Sacha Chua Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:15:11 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-262 Gah, that should teach me not to use CVS... *blush!* You think I'd have learned from last time. Thanks for catching that, John James! Gah, that should teach me not to use CVS… *blush!* You think I’d have learned from last time. Thanks for catching that, John James!

]]> By: John James http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-253 John James Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:59:56 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-253 The first parameter provided in the sample for the definition of org-remember-templates ("Tasks", "Appointments") is not valid for the org-mode (4.67d) distributed with Carbon Emacs. Excluding that first parameter from each template definition allows template selection to work properly. From the docs for org-remember-templates in the org.el provided with Carbon Emacs: "Templates for the creation of remember buffers. When nil, just let remember make the buffer. When not nil, this is a list of 4-element lists. In each entry, the first element is a character, a unique key to select this template. The second element is the template. The third element is optional and can specify a destination file for remember items created with this template. The default file is given by `org-default-notes-file'. An optional third element can specify the headline in that file that should be offered first when the user is asked to file the entry." The first parameter provided in the sample for the definition of org-remember-templates (”Tasks”, “Appointments”) is not valid for the org-mode (4.67d) distributed with Carbon Emacs. Excluding that first parameter from each template definition allows template selection to work properly.

From the docs for org-remember-templates in the org.el provided with Carbon Emacs:

“Templates for the creation of remember buffers.
When nil, just let remember make the buffer.
When not nil, this is a list of 4-element lists. In each entry, the first
element is a character, a unique key to select this template.
The second element is the template. The third element is optional and can
specify a destination file for remember items created with this template.
The default file is given by `org-default-notes-file’. An optional third
element can specify the headline in that file that should be offered
first when the user is asked to file the entry.”

]]> By: Sacha Chua http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-245 Sacha Chua Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:27:35 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-245 Hmm. I hadn't actually thought about that before. I use "started" whenever I start on a task. When I find out that I need something else, I change it to waiting. If not, then I just hit "t" twice to mark it as done, or I use C-u t d. I have expert mode on, so I can select it with a single character. It's easier to cycle forward than it is to cycle backwards. I don't mind hitting t twice to get to DONE if that means not having to cycle backwards to mark something as WAITING. So my current config makes sense to me, or maybe it makes sense to me because it's my config. =) But if that sequence works for you, Alexey, it's easy to configure Org to support that! =) Hmm. I hadn’t actually thought about that before. I use “started” whenever I start on a task. When I find out that I need something else, I change it to waiting. If not, then I just hit “t” twice to mark it as done, or I use C-u t d. I have expert mode on, so I can select it with a single character. It’s easier to cycle forward than it is to cycle backwards. I don’t mind hitting t twice to get to DONE if that means not having to cycle backwards to mark something as WAITING. So my current config makes sense to me, or maybe it makes sense to me because it’s my config. =)

But if that sequence works for you, Alexey, it’s easy to configure Org to support that! =)

]]> By: Alexey Voinov http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-236 Alexey Voinov Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:27:59 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-236 I think it would be better if "waiting" state goes before "started". If someone "started" doing something, the most the action can go either in "waiting" state or in "done". If "started" is before "waiting" then when something is "done" it goes through "waiting". Am I missing something? Thanks. :) I think it would be better if “waiting” state goes before “started”. If someone “started” doing something, the most the action can go either in “waiting” state or in “done”. If “started” is before “waiting” then when something is “done” it goes through “waiting”. Am I missing something?

Thanks. :)

]]> By: Sacha Chua http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-229 Sacha Chua Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:24:44 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-229 Thanks for catching that! I've changed it to (require 'org), which should work for the Org that's in Emacs 22. Thanks for catching that! I’ve changed it to (require ‘org), which should work for the Org that’s in Emacs 22.

]]> By: Victor http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-228 Victor Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:07:59 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-228 Well, I've solved that by manually installing org-5.17a (as the version that ships with Emacs is outdated anyway) - you may want to include an instruction (like cd ~/elisp wget http://orgmode.org/org-5.17a.tar.gz tar xzf org-5.17a.tar.gz and adding (add-to-path 'load-path "~/elisp/org-5.17a") right before the (require 'org-install) line. Thanks! Well, I’ve solved that by manually installing org-5.17a (as the version that ships with Emacs is outdated anyway) - you may want to include an instruction (like

cd ~/elisp
wget http://orgmode.org/org-5.17a.tar.gz
tar xzf org-5.17a.tar.gz

and adding (add-to-path ‘load-path “~/elisp/org-5.17a”) right before the (require ‘org-install) line.

Thanks!

]]> By: Victor http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-227 Victor Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:03:49 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-227 Hi Sacha, For some reason, evaluating (require 'org-install) doesn't work (file-error "Cannot open load file"), although Org is present and I can enter org-mode manually. My emacs version is GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2007-11-06 on king, modified by Ubuntu and I'm using Ubuntu 7.10. Best, Victor. Hi Sacha,

For some reason, evaluating (require ‘org-install) doesn’t work (file-error “Cannot open load file”), although Org is present and I can enter org-mode manually. My emacs version is

GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of 2007-11-06 on king, modified by Ubuntu

and I’m using Ubuntu 7.10.

Best,
Victor.

]]> By: Sp3w http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/28/emacs-getting-things-done-with-org-basic/#comment-219 Sp3w Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:11:06 +0000 http://sachachua.com/notebook/wiki/2007.12.28.php#anchor-1#comment-219 [...] Emacs GTD [...] [...] Emacs GTD [...]

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