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[Orgmode] my simple GTD setup
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David O'Toole |
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[Orgmode] my simple GTD setup |
Date: |
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:18:20 -0400 |
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I read through some of the available articles by people who use org
for GTD and decided to try it myself.
Two days ago I put together a very simple setup.
Screenshot at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/images/menu-shot.png
Elisp snippets at bottom of message.
Details:
- I use the TODO keywords as a "task status".
These are TODO, MAYBE, WAITING, NEXT, DONE.
"NEXT" is specially fontified so that it stands out.
I find it convenient to use org-mouse to change keywords.
- I use tags for contexts. I don't worry about not having a precise
definition of what a context is; it could be a place, a tool, a
person, a project, or whatever.
- I put almost everything in One Big Org File. This is the biggest
change from my old style. I used to have one org file per project,
with the "webpage" stuff in the top half, and the TODO items jammed
all at the end of the file in a huge mess.
Now I am using foo.org as the webpage and notes file, whereas the
workflow structure and scheduling for "foo" go into the foo section
of my main file "dto.org". I think this separation will help each
file be cleaner, and bring together all my workflows into one
hierarchically organized clickable buffer.
- I am having trouble with searching for all the "NEXT" keyword
items, which is all I really need to complete my setup. I can see
the list of NEXT actions, but not what project they come from or
what tags they have. So it can be tricky to understand what the
task means out of context. Should I use a tag to represent each
project, or properties, or what?
There is so much other stuff like tables, properties, etc that I'm not
sure what to do with yet, but I'm sure I'll find something :-)
> (setq org-hide-leading-stars t)
> (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO" "MAYBE" "WAITING" "NEXT" "DONE")))
> (setq org-tag-alist '(("STUDIO" . ?s)
> ("COMPUTER" . ?c)
> ("MAIL" . ?m)
> ("HOME" . ?h)
> ("PROJECT" . ?p)
> ("READING" . ?r)
> ("DVD" . ?r)))
> (setf org-special-ctrl-a/e t)
> (setf org-todo-keyword-faces '(("NEXT" . (:foreground "yellow" :background
> "red" :bold t :weight bold))))
--
David O'Toole
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http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/
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