Re: [Orgmode] timer for a task

[Eraldo Helal]

Sounds good to me.

Eraldo

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:30, Konstantin Antipin
<address@hidden> wrote:
> 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 <address@hidden> 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
>>>
>>>
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