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[Anant Gupta <anant718@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:08:11 +0200
> From: izidor.matusov@xxxxxxxxx
> To: anant718@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: gtg-contributors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Gtg-contributors] Better Workview
> 
> 
> > So, this is a drawback in the Work View which must be checked and corrected.
> > The subtasks need to be grouped in the Work View as well so that the
> > user may know which subtasks he need to complete to complete a parent task.
> > This can be reported as a bug under Wishlist.
> 
> Please, don't forget that GTG can do extereme things like one sugbtask 
> could have multiple parents. Like:
> 
> Buy Milk
>    -> Go to Shop
> Buy Bread
>    -> Go to Shop
> 
> (Go to Shop would be one task)
This can be written like this too:Go Shopping-> Buy Milk-> Buy BreadThus to complete the parent task: Shopping, completing the  subtasks is important.

> Another thing is that you can have more than 2 levels of subtasks
> 
> A
> -> B
> ---> C
> -----> D
> 
> I am not sure about your idea but I understand it this way: we group 
> subtasks by parent which they belong. So basically for the tree
> 
> Make a cake
>    - Buy Milk
>      - Go To Shop
> Write a book due:someday
> 
> you would get
> 
> _Make a cake_
>    - _Buy Milk_
>      - Go to Shop
> 
> In other words, show only those "subtrees" which have leaves shown in 
> WorkView? I think it would ruine the beauty of Workview: What can I work 
> on at the moment?
> 
> (Feel free to tell me that I understood it wrong)