[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: determine at a glance whether you're "clocked-in" to a task in planner-timeclock?

[J. David Boyd]

"Patricia J. Hawkins" <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>>> "PL" == Paul Lussier <address@hidden> writes:
>
> PL> Guy Berliner <address@hidden> writes:
>>> Is there a way to determine at a glance whether one is "clocked-in" to a
>>> task when using planner-timeclock, and if so, which one? Ideally, it
>>> would be something that would appear in the modeline, say.
>
> PL> That would be cool.  I know when I clock into a new task, it changes
> PL> the mark from '_' to 'o'.  Perhaps it ought to mark a clocked-in task
> PL> as 'I'.  I think the 'o' is supposed to be 'ongoing' or something, so,
> PL> 'I' could be 'In progress'.  Planner could toggle between 'o' and 'I'
> PL> when you clock in and out of a task that's on-going.
>
> What's wrong with calling planner-task-pending?  It logs you out, and
> shows up as a P.
>
> But it would be nice if timeclock changed the current task to P when
> it logs you out on emacs exit.
>

Pending is "awaiting conclusion or confirmation".

I wouldn't want something marked as 'Pending' just because I wasn't working on
it at the time, and had clocked out.

Dave