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[oni-org] Add new commands to manage my GTD inbox and tickler

These function help me make sure that I'm properly going through both files. The
command ‘oni-org-run-through-inbox’ will first dump any items in the tickler
file that are relevant for today and then it goes through each item in my inbox
and asks me to take an action on them.

This helps me both go through my inbox more easily, but also helps me keep track
of the items in my tickler file, which has been something I keep forgetting to
look at.

The ‘oni-org-dump-tickler’ command should be idempotent, so calling it multiple
times per day shouldn't mess with the different dates in the file. If it
discovers that the current day isn't the same as today it keeps going through
the tickler file, dumping any tasks it finds into the inbox, until it finds the
right day number. It's not aware of any of the months, so it'll happily move to
the next month if your tickler file is in the wrong state. Also if your tickler
file hasn't been updated in more than a month it also doesn't understand that it
needs to keep going and will keep presenting you with old tasks.
This commit is contained in:
Tom Willemse 2023-03-14 01:34:09 -07:00
parent bd63867ddf
commit fb767b3994

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;; Author: Tom Willemse <tom@ryuslash.org>
;; Keywords: local
;; Version: 2023.0224.232539
;; Version: 2023.0314.013950
;; Package-Requires: (oni-yasnippet oni-alert oni-hydra org org-contrib org-bullets org-edna diminish all-the-icons olivetti form-feed)
;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@ -1052,5 +1052,105 @@ placed above TARGET. Otherwise it will be placed below it."
(org-archive-subtree))
(reverse (org-map-entries #'point match 'agenda)))))
;;; Inbox management
(defun oni-org-should-dump-tickler-p ()
(with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect "~/documents/gtd/tickler.org")
(goto-char (point-min))
(search-forward "#+last-dumped: ")
(let ((dumped-date (org-timestamp-to-time (org-timestamp-from-string (buffer-substring-no-properties (point) (line-end-position)))))
(current-date (org-timestamp-to-time (org-timestamp-from-string (format-time-string "[%Y-%m-%d]")))))
(time-less-p dumped-date current-date))))
(defun oni-org-update-tickler-dumped-date ()
(with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect "~/documents/gtd/tickler.org")
(goto-char (point-min))
(search-forward "#+last-dumped: ")
(delete-region (point) (line-end-position))
(insert (format-time-string "[%Y-%m-%d]"))))
(defun oni-org-dump-tickler-1 ()
(with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect "~/documents/gtd/tickler.org")
(save-excursion
(goto-char (point-min))
(org-forward-heading-same-level 1)
(let* ((element (org-element-at-point-no-context))
(element-data (when element (cadr element)))
(element-title (when element-data (map-elt element-data :raw-value)))
(contents-begin (when element-data (map-elt element-data :contents-begin)))
(contents-end (when element-data (map-elt element-data :contents-end))))
(when contents-begin
(let ((text (buffer-substring-no-properties contents-begin contents-end)))
(delete-region contents-begin contents-end)
(with-temp-buffer
(insert text)
(org-mode)
(org-map-entries 'org-promote-subtree)
(setq text (buffer-substring-no-properties (point-min) (point-max))))
(with-current-buffer (find-file-noselect "~/documents/gtd/inbox.org")
(save-excursion
(let ((max-point (point-max)))
(goto-char max-point)
(insert text)
(goto-char max-point))))))
(if (string-match-p (rx (one-or-more digit)) element-title)
(progn
(dotimes (_ 31)
(org-move-subtree-down))
(unless (string= element-title (format-time-string "%d"))
(oni-org-dump-tickler-1)))
(dotimes (_ 41)
(org-move-subtree-down))
(oni-org-dump-tickler-1))))))
(defun oni-org-dump-tickler ()
(interactive)
(when (oni-org-should-dump-tickler-p)
(oni-org-dump-tickler-1)
(oni-org-update-tickler-dumped-date)))
(defun oni-org-run-through-inbox ()
(interactive)
(oni-org-dump-tickler)
(catch 'done
(while t
(find-file "~/documents/gtd/inbox.org")
(goto-char (point-min))
(org-forward-heading-same-level 1)
(when (not (org-at-heading-p))
(throw 'done t))
(org-fold-save-outline-visibility nil
(outline-show-entry)
(org-narrow-to-subtree)
(unwind-protect
(catch 'continue
(while t
(let ((choice (read-multiple-choice
"Which action: "
'((?r "Refile" "Refile heading to a different place")
(?R "Refile to top" "Refile heading to a different place, placing the note at the top of the heading")
(?a "Archive" "Archive heading")
(?d "Remind me later" "Move it into the tickler file")
(?t "Todo" "Change todo keyword")
(?T "Tag" "Change tags")
(?q "Quit" "Stop going through")))))
(condition-case nil
(cl-case (car choice)
(?r (org-refile)
(throw 'continue t))
(?R (let ((org-reverse-note-order t))
(org-refile))
(throw 'continue t))
(?a (org-archive-subtree-default)
(throw 'continue t))
(?d (let ((org-refile-targets '(("~/documents/gtd/tickler.org" :maxlevel . 10))))
(org-refile))
(throw 'continue t))
(?t (org-todo))
(?T (org-set-tags-command))
(?q (throw 'done t)))
(quit nil)))))
(widen))))))
(provide 'oni-org)
;;; oni-org.el ends here