Re: [emacs-wiki-discuss] Importance of taskid in Planner multi-page task maintenance

[Jim Ottaway]

>>>>> Tom Burbage <address@hidden> writes:

> The rub is that I realize that if I don't religiously sync .planner-id
> from the two sites, I will end up with tasks with duplicate task
> ids. I've pretty much concluded that this is inevitable -- either by
> forgetting to sync between the flash card and the working site, or by
> simply forgetting to take the card out at the end of the work day.

> So the real question is:

> How important is the task id to planner in keeping tasks in sync where
> the task record exists on a day and sometimes multiple plan pages? Not
> using task ids would make my planner use more "portable" -- but what I
> be hurting the ability of planner to reliably do:

> planner-copy-or-move-task planner-replan-task
> planner-edit-task-description

planner-id is a convenience that allows you to edit task descriptions
in-place in the task list instead of using
planner-edit-task-description.  So, as long as you *always* use
planner-edit-task-description to edit task descriptions you can do
without planner-id.

Regards,

-- 
Jim Ottaway