Re: [O] how do you select tasks for clocking in?

[Eric S Fraga]

On Thursday, 16 Jun 2016 at 06:24, Alan Schmitt wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to consistently use org-clock, but I'm encountering a big
> obstacle: task selection. I very often do not start working on a task as
> I'm in my main org file, so to clock it in I would first need to find it
> there, which is a big enough hurdle for me not to do it. Ideally, I
> would like to have a global key that I hit that let me choose with
> ivy/helm/ido one task from my agenda files and start clocking it.
>
> Does such a thing exist? If not, how do you start clocking in?

Depending on how many tasks you clock, you may find setting this
variable helpful:

,----[ C-h v org-clock-goto-may-find-recent-task RET ]
| org-clock-goto-may-find-recent-task is a variable defined in ‘org-clock.el’.
| Its value is t
| 
| Documentation:
| Non-nil means ‘org-clock-goto’ can go to recent task if no active clock.
| 
| You can customize this variable.
| 
| [back]
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: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.94.1, Org release_8.3.4-869-gf2c421