Hi Haris,
let's compromise :) It's again my request that arbitrary text lines (for notes) can be included in gtd files (and simply ignored by the parser). Are you really against it? This would give much greater flexibility to the format, with only some minor risk, but that's my opinion.
But if you are really against, what about the following format: 1) gtd files can be divided into two sections, separated by some delimiter (e.g., a line like #### PROJECTS AND ACTIONS #### or something similar) 2) above the delimiter line I can write anything, it's ignored by the parser 3) below the line I write projects and actions and here the syntax is strict: only projects and actions are allowed.
With this kind of format, the flexibility would be enhanced as I need. At the same time, any mistake in writing tasks or projects would be spotted by the parser. What do you think? (Please?)
Ciao, Piero
On Nov 18, 2006, at 2:23 PM, Piero D'Ancona wrote:
Hi Haris,
let's compromise :) It's again my request that arbitrary text lines (for notes) can be included in gtd files (and simply ignored by the parser). Are you really against it? This would give much greater flexibility to the format, with only some minor risk, but that's my opinion.
I really don't see why you can't simply add any lines you want, prepended by a "# ". That's what the comments are for. Anyway, I removed the check now, so you can freely add anything you want anywhere, and it will simply be ignored.
But if you are really against, what about the following format:
- gtd files can be divided into two sections, separated
by some delimiter (e.g., a line like #### PROJECTS AND ACTIONS #### or something similar) 2) above the delimiter line I can write anything, it's ignored by the parser 3) below the line I write projects and actions and here the syntax is strict: only projects and actions are allowed.
With this kind of format, the flexibility would be enhanced as I need. At the same time, any mistake in writing tasks or projects would be spotted by the parser. What do you think? (Please?)
This is actually more work for me, since it would require more significant changes to the parser.
Ciao, Piero
Haris
Charilaos Skiadas <skiadas@...> writes:
I really don't see why you can't simply add any lines you want, prepended by a "# ". That's what the comments are for. Anyway, I removed the check now, so you can freely add anything you want anywhere, and it will simply be ignored.
Great, thank you!
If you really want to know...
Comment lines are "second class text". In almost all styles they are colored in weak colors (I use Slate and they are grey on blue, almost impossible to see). In the back of my mind, a comment line is something to skip so I tend to not give much attention to it.
But my way of using GTD is the opposite: each file contains a lot of essential info which I use when writing projects and actions. For instance, when I am thinking about a situation to decide my next move, I write in a "scratch area" possible moves, random thoughts, related info, etc, and after a while this info trickles down to new actions at the bottom of the file. So these text lines are actually the main focus of my attention. (It works :)
Piero
Piero D'Ancona wrote:
Comment lines are "second class text". In almost all
But my way of using GTD is the opposite: each file contains a lot of essential info which I use when writing projects and actions
You could pretty easily add an extra item to your theme for coloring GTD comments differently than other comments...
Jacob Rus <jrus@...> writes:
Piero D'Ancona wrote:
Comment lines are "second class text". In almost all
But my way of using GTD is the opposite: each file contains a lot of essential info which I use when writing projects and actions
You could pretty easily add an extra item to your theme for coloring GTD comments differently than other comments...
Of course; and I can also tweak the ruby script in my local copy to do what I need. But it is much much better if the bundle behaves as I expect right out of the box. I already had to reinstall TextMate three times, and the bundles a couple more times. Tweaking again everything from scratch I can do, but it is a huge waste of time to remember how...
Listen, I asked Haris to change this because I really think that this is an improvement, Any file whatsoever can contain projects and actions; don't you see the potential?
Piero
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