[Vimoutliner] Re: VimOutliner as a task manager?

[Zdenek Sekera]

Hi,

this thread is most interesting. I've also been using
all kind of things for these tasks in the past (including
my homegrown which I am ready to abandon next nanosecond),
none good enough to make me happy, but this looks awesome.
Will eagerly wait for your beta. 
And thanks a million for this work!

Regards,

---Zdenek

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vimoutliner-bounces at vimoutliner.org [mailto:vimoutliner-
> bounces at vimoutliner.org] On Behalf Of Noel Henson
> Sent: 17 October 2007 21:39
> To: Vim Outliner User and Developer Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Vimoutliner] Re: VimOutliner as a task manager?
> 
> On Wednesday 17 October 2007, Bill Powell wrote:
> > +++ Steve Litt [17/10/07 15:15 -0400]:
> > > On Wednesday 17 October 2007 10:37, Noel Henson wrote:
> > > > On Monday 15 October 2007, Bill Powell wrote:
> > > > > Hi Kyle!
> > > > >
> > > > > As I mentioned earlier on this list, I'm (still) working on
> > > > > VimPim, which will tie VimOutliner to the calendar.vim
> > > > > plugin and a couple of other things so you can track
> > > > > all your projects from within Vim. Hopefully that'll be out
> > > > > soon and you can take a look, though it's more involved than
> > > > > what you're describing. (For instance, you'll be able to
> > > > > track actual time spent on projects, as with tt or karm.)
> > > >
> > > > Bill,
> > > >
> > > > Here is my VimPim setup. The calendar window and outline window
> are
> > > > cross-connected with some scripting.
> > > >
> > > > Noel
> >
> > Thanks, Noel! Yes, that's pretty much how my current VimPim
> > setup looks too. When you hit a day in the Calendar, it
> > jumps to the corresponding spot in a VO file.
> >
> > What I've added so far:
> > 	- syntax highlighting for:
> > 			dates
> > 			*todo items
> > 			embedded links (like http://vimoutliner.org or
> > /home/user/thisfile.txt ) I plan to bundle utl.vim so you can jump to
> > these.
> 
> I've been looking at how to use the new dictionary data type in vim to
> create a table of behaviors based on the text under the cursor. That
> way
> email addresses can spawn your email client, URLs would spawn your web
> browser, etc.
> 
> >
> > What I'm working on:
> > 	- that project timer I mentioned
> > 	For instance, here are some entries in my "pim" file for
> > 	this week:
> >
> > 		'email	work	00:09	2007-10-15 08:50:00	2007-10-15
> 08:59:59
> > 		'project_timer	contrib	00:21	2007-10-15 09:00:00
> 	2007-10-15 09:21:38
> >
> > 			: Notes here.
> >
> > 			Or even VO headings.
> >
> > 				: With notes.
> >
> > 		'nosql	contrib	00:23	2007-10-15 09:24:32	2007-
> 10-15 09:47:36
> > 		'finances	wineskin	00:08	2007-10-15 09:48:38
2007-
> 10-15 09:57:28
> >
> > 	It looks a lot better with syntax highlighting. ;)
> >
> > 	I currently have mappings so you can quickly start a task
> > and end a task (which calculates the interval spent), as
> > well as recalculate an interval if you need to change the
> > times.
> > 	I'm also using xautolock to record the time if I'm idle
> > for more than 5 minutes, so I don't lose track if I forget
> > to stop a task (like karm).
> 
> I'll have to look into that.
> 
> >
> > 	Idea is to be able to track your work in a VO file while
> > also being able to make notes.
> > 	Then parse the file into a nosql table (also with syntax
> > highlighting) so you can quickly anaylze how much time
> > you've spent on each project.
> >
> 
> I actually have a script that generates my monthly invoices (well at
> least
> what I worked on for which client) for each client from the Billing
> section
> using /rdb (commercial flat-file text database similar to NoSQL). It
> really
> makes things easy.
> 
> >  - I'd also a way to get the functionality with Calendar.vim
> > without having to bundle a tweaked version of it (that might
> > break on an upgrade).
> 
> I have that same issue.
> 
> >  - Since I just found out about todo.sh from todotxt.com on
> > this list, and am quite excited about it, I'm wondering
> > about integrating that too. It might be faster to use that
> > CLI approach to start and stop tasks.
> 
> I'm looking at this, too, from the earlier post.
> 
> >
> > Anyhow, Noel, that's neat that you already have the basic
> > calendar+VO functionality.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> >
> > > Is VimPim free software?
> >
> > It will be.
> >
> > > If so, where do I get it?
> > >
> > > SteveT
> >
> > Maybe Noel already has something to post; I'm afraid what I
> > have right now might be a little messy to post publicly.
> > Unless anyone wants to help. :) Then I could set up a beta
> > page on my site.
> 
> I don't, yet.
> 
> > Bill
> 
> Noel
> 
> 
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> 
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