RE: Looking for suggestions for planner use

Well I don't use do sub-projects, but it sounds like a good idea.

I do what you do with tasks, associating descriptive text to them in the
form of Notes.  Since Planner puts a link to the note in the task, the
note's location isn't too important to me.  But here's where I do something
that you might want to try:

I create the note in the plan page using planner-create-note-from-task.  I
then delete the note number (.#1, for example) from the front of the note's
title.  Then I mark the note and invoke C-u M-x remember, which enables me
to copy the note to the day page and as many plan pages as I want.  (I also
use planner-multi.el, which enables me to put these notes on multiple plan
pages).

So all I use planner-create-note-from-task for is to create a hyperlink to a
note in the task item.  Then I use remember to create the note itself.  The
result is that my notes go into day pages and the appropriate plan page(s).

This is a thoroughly bizarre way to operate, but it works for me.

If you're new to Planner, you'll have to download and install Remember
separately.  AFAIK, it doesn't come packaged with Planner.  You can find out
more about Remember here:

http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/RememberMode

Good luck!

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Raymond Zeitler <[email protected]>


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Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 14:46:49 -0400
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Subject: [emacs-wiki-discuss] Looking for suggestions for planner use
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Hello,

I am hoping some of you can help me improve my planner usage.  I am not
familiar with all the planner and muse modules, so some of the stuff I am
looking for may already exist.

I divide my tasks into several projects, and each project has its separate
file.  At the start of the file are the *Tasks and *Notes fields.

Typically each projects has sub-projects.  I use the outline-minor-mode in
the file to navigate among the sub-projects.

For each sub-project, I keep "diary".  Once a week, I summarize what
happened, and what I would like to do next.  These weekly entries are also
tagged with the "***" for outline mode navigation.

When I enter a create a new task, it is usually associate with some text in
the plan file.  My only solution so far has been to create a note for this
task where I discuss the purpose of the task.  Ideally, this note would be
in the appropriate location in the file, but because of limitations of(my
understanding of) planner, I have to keep them under *Notes.

The task typically takes a few days to get accomplished.  I have written a
planner-create-task-progress-note, which I use in the daily plan file to
write comments about daily activities.  Ideally, this note would also appear
in the plroject page, but I have not gotten to that.  Also, ideally, I would
be able to assemble the notes to monitor the task progress.

So, any comments regarding what existing tools are available to ease my
planner usage?  I don't mind writing some code, but would need some guidance
in terms of what features of planner and muse may prove useful in that
endevour.

Many thanks (for the planner and muse),

Mirko