Nils | 19 Apr 2012 12:53
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TashCoach for GTD

Hello,

I just started using TaskCoach with the GTD (Get Things Done) system,
and have a suggestion or two. I'd rather field it here first for
disussion before filing it in the tracker.

http://taskcoach.wikispaces.com/Getting+Tings+Done+%28Alec+Clews%29 has
an overview of how GTD can be used, and althrough I use it a little
differently, it still requires a lot of categorization.

To help with this, it would be good if categories could be assigned more
easily, for instance using the keyboard. In the Task category menu,
there are hotkeys at each level for the items at that level. It would be
great if those hotkeys could be accessed via keyboard as well.

i.e.
- typing c-p-0 for category_assignment -> _p_roject -> _0_-runway
- typing c-s-1 for category_assignment -> _s_tatus -> _1_-waiting

C (in caps) could clear all categories for the task. ESC could abort the
categorization. c-s-1 when that actegory is already assigned could
toggle it to unset.

I'm not fixed on the key to trigger the category editing etc. but this
would save a lot of time and make the system easier to use. Thunderbird
does something similar for its tagging, and I use that constantly and am
quite happy with it.

Please let me know what you think and if this might be possible.

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Frank Niessink | 19 Apr 2012 21:16
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Re: TashCoach for GTD

Hi Nils,

2012/4/19 Nils <internationils@...>:

> To help with this, it would be good if categories could be assigned more
> easily, for instance using the keyboard. In the Task category menu,
> there are hotkeys at each level for the items at that level. It would be
> great if those hotkeys could be accessed via keyboard as well.
>
> i.e.
> - typing c-p-0 for category_assignment -> _p_roject -> _0_-runway
> - typing c-s-1 for category_assignment -> _s_tatus -> _1_-waiting

This more or less works that way if you bring up the context menu on a
task (right click or Shift-F10 on Windows). The toggling you suggest
also works this way.

> C (in caps) could clear all categories for the task.

How often do you want to clear all categories? Seems like a more rare
situation that doesn't deserve a menu item.

Cheers, Frank

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