The template for simple tasks should be simple, but got more complex in the last
change. This mistake is reverted with this commit, and the usual "t" can now be
used again for simple tasks. The "T" shortcut now provides capture templates
for complex tasks, but since complex tasks are both manifold and rarer, the
capture templates are provided with two-letter shortcuts.
The `db-music' package is supposed to be an abstract interface to music
functionality, and should thus define the main hydra for this. Moreover, the
hydra should not contain „emms“ in it's name, although it's using only EMMS
functions.
It's not clear whether EMMS will every be replaced by some other backend, but
it's nicer to have a (more or less) clear separation between user frontend and
implementation backend.
The idea of having a hydra to access frequently used features is certainly nice,
but quite hard to achive when one wants to redefine the hydra every time
`db/frequently-used-features' changes. Regrettably, there are not „ephemeral
hydras“ that are created every time one would like to access it. Therefore, the
shortcuts hydra is removed for now, but may come back again when we have found a
better way to handle its dynamic nature.
A curcial step in the conversion, namly the computation of the actual time from
the seconds since the epoch, had been conducted with too little precision. Now
the precision is fixed to a high value throughout the whole computation, and the
tests succeed again.
Org's capture template now distinguish between simple tasks, complex
tasks (i.e., those that need a separate headline because other subtasks may
follow later) and tickets (complex tasks that have a ticket number and a
reference). Those things are necessary for work and may be helpful also
elsewhere.
From time to time, a new item introduces a more complex task that requires a
separate headline. The new capture template is meant for this use case: it will
ask for a ticket number (the complex tasks I currently have to deal with always
come with a ticket number), a headline description, a reference (link to
redmine ticket or something), and a first task (usually a link to the first
email from the ticket). It might be that the template is too specific, but
let's try it out first and adapt it if necessary.
Every so often, I accidentally close Emacs by confusing C-x and C-c. To prevent
this, unbind the default key binding C-x C-c for closing Emacs. Instead, we can
directly call `save-buffers-kill-emacs', what is what I am usually doing.
And, seriously, why should anyone close Emacs in the first place?
If the only item below a task is a meeting that is currently attended, and thus
marked with the ATTN keyword, then the task as stuck. Indeed, during the
meeting, new items may be added to the task at hand, so that after the meeting
is finished, the task will still be not stuck. Because of this,
`org-stuck-projects' has been updated to not classify tasks as stuck if an item
with ATTN keyword is attached to it.
I don't like to store my passwords in plain in my files. Next step should be to
cache the password, but maybe this is already achieved by using a dedicated
session?
A periodic task is a task tagged with :PERIODIC:, and whose first child is an
item called "Template". Following the template are the instances of the
periodic tasks, which constitute the actual things to do and which can be
scheduled independently of each other. Whenever such an instance is due, the
template of the periodic task is supposed to be copied to the instance as a
first step. This copying can be done manually, but of course doing it
automatically is easier. The new function added in this commit represents a
first try to add such an automatism.
Often, I want to open some file and try to first open the corresponding buffer
in the hope there's some open buffer for it already. When no such buffer
exists, I have to close the list of buffers, reopen the helm shortcut menu, and
navigate to the corresponding bookmark. This is cumbersome and somehow
duplicate work, since the bookmark and the file most often are named similarly.
With a buffer overview in the helm shortcut menu I can now search for the file
directly and if it's already open, directly select the corresponding buffer.
If it has not been opened, though, I can navigate to the corresponding bookmark
with at most one additional keystroke (C-o) and open it there. Nice!
Daniel -
Daniel Borchmann