Re: [emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: planner task syntax

[Torsten Anders]

Dear Michael,

Thank you very much for your most informative answer.

On 05.04.2006, at 18:50, Michael Olson wrote:
> Torsten Anders <address@hidden> writes:
> > Does there exist some doku which explains the syntax for a planner
> > task

> <TASK> :: #<PRIORITY> " " <STATUS> " " <DESCRIPTION>
>
>   <PRIORITY> :: A | B | C
>
>     A :: high priority
>     B :: medium priority
>     C :: low priority
>
>   <STATUS> :: _ | D | X | P | C | o
>
>     _ :: open
>     D :: delegated
>     X :: done
>     P :: pending
>     C :: cancelled
>     o :: in progress
>
>   <DESCRIPTION> :: <text> ( "{{" <TAG> "}}" )* ( "(" <PARTNERS> ")" )?
>
>     <TAG> :: ( Tasks:<TASK_ID> | Deadline:<DATE> | ... )
>
>     <PARTNERS> ::
>       (simple case) :: <PAGE_NAME>
>
>       (with planner-multi) :: ( <PAGE_NAME> <PAGE_SEPARATOR> )*
>                               <PAGE_NAME>
>
>          <PAGE_SEPARATOR> (by default) :: " "

Thank you very much! Still more questions though, sorry.

Can I create arbitrary tags (i.e. tags possibly not yet supported by 
some planner extension)? For example, I would like to record an 
estimated requirement of time for a task (and later add what I really 
needed). So, could I have something like

#B _ some test {{Est: 3h}}

.. I may later even write myself some planner extension to evaluate 
such figures (say, accumulate how much time I estimated to finish on a 
certain day..)


> > What kind of pages can be linked such that edits are reflected
> > automatically? The usual case is some date (like today). However, I
> > would like to organise my plans, for example, in larger time frames
> > like having as link [[May.2006]]. I once succeeded in creating such
> > a task and editing the task was then reflected in the file/buffer
> > May.2006. Still, I couldn't reproduce that :-/
>
> A task must have a task ID in order for edits to be automatically
> propagated between instances of the same task in different files.
>
> To add this ID, either create tasks using M-x planner-create-task or
> run M-x planner-id-add-task-id after moving to the task.

I see, it should not create a task ID by hand. Still, can I have some 
arbitrarily named 'partner' page name and can I manually enter that 
like

#B _ some test [[May.2006]]

        ------

Besides, having multiple related pages would be interesting for me. 
Unfortunately, I didn't got that working. Do I simply add multiple 
links to the end of the task like

#B _ some test [[link 1]] [[link 2]]

When I try this, the links work but the task is not listed on that page.

BTW: the doc introduces the function 
'planner-multi-copy-tasks-to-page', but that seems not to exist on my 
planner.


> > Sorry, if the number of questions exceed what is allowed in a single 
> > post..
>
> The good thing is, we now have at least 3 different tasks that
> interested contributors could pursue to help make Planner better. :^)

Thank you for taking it that way ;-)

Best,
Torsten

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Torsten Anders
Sonic Arts Research Centre
Queen's University Belfast (UK)
www.torsten-anders.de