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[Radina Matic <radina.matic@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:11 AM, Izidor Matušov <izidor.matusov@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> It is possible to do with GTG features:
>
>  * Set start. I would like to wait a week, I set the start date in the
> next week
>  * Create a special tag like @wait, @delegate and set this tag to hide in
> WorkView
>  * Set due date to Sometimes (in case the doctor doesn't have time for the
> next 6 months)
>
> We might need to propagate those features better. Any ideas how?
>

I made a FAQ of this "hack" and put it in the user docs. We could also add
them to the wiki FAQ page...

Cheers,
Radina





>
> Izidor
>
>
> On 06/14/2012 01:08 PM, Lionel Dricot wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I've discovered that, very often, a task is not done but I can't do
>> anything about it because I'm waiting for someone else to make an
>> action. There are multiple example but let's take one:
>>
>> - Get a medical certificate for sport
>> --->  Making an appointment with the doctor.
>>
>> I call the doctor and he replies that he will call me back another day.
>> I can not mark the task as done (I don't have an appointment).
>>
>> What I would like is to mark this task as "waiting".
>>
>> A waiting task will not be displayed in the workview. Also, any parent
>> will not be displayed. (I don't need to see "get a medical certificate
>> if I'm waiting for the doctor to call back).
>>
>>
>> A list of waiting task will be available (probably through the sidebar)
>> and, for each waiting task, the waiting time will be displayed. That
>> will give you at a glance what waiting task need to be reconsidered. (if
>> I see that it has been two weeks since making an appointment is in
>> "waiting", I will re-active it.
>>
>> Additionnally, you could mark a task as "waiting" for a given amount of
>> time. This would then have the same effect as "start time" but with
>> another kind of UI. In fact, it might even completely replace start
>> time, which is not the most intuitive feature of GTG.
>>
>>
>> What do you think ?
>>
>> Lionel
>>
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