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Help information about: Time Command
^Tasks
E╔════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
E║ CTime CommandE ║
E╚════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
The Time Display gives you a time-related view of your activities. By
defining CtasksB, including appointments, action or to-do items, etc.,
you provide the information from which InContext can construct such a
view. Since the calendar is an integral part of your work environment,
InContext provides a fairly sophisticated set of calendar functions.
Before you can fully understand the content of the Time Display, it is
necessary that you understand the meaning of CtasksB in InContext.
If you haven't already done so, you should read the help information
ZmcttB about J Tasks CB now.
CA Small Warning
Like most programs that include calendar features, InContext relies on
the accuracy of your system's clock. You should make sure that InContext
is CneverB run if you have, for some reason, set your system clock to
an incorrect time. The result might be a substantial loss of information
in your task list. Most users have systems with hardware clocks, and
there should be little problem for them. If you manually enter the time
each time you boot your system, though, you should either forego the
task, time, and plans features of InContext, or be very careful to enter
the correct date and time.
CTime Display: The Calendar
When you select the Time Display, by invoking the F TDime B command from
the command bar, you will see a display with three parts. The upper-left
portion of the display shows a one-month CcalendarB.
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E█A A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E CE CJan 1991E CE A E█
E█A E S M T W T F S A E█
E█A E B 1E B 2E B 3E C 4E B 5E A E█
E█A E B 6E B 7E B 8E B 9E B10E B11E B12E A E█
E█A E B13E B14E B15E B16E B17E B18E B19E A E█
E█A E B20E B21E B22E B23E B24E B25E B26E A E█
E█A E B27E B28E B29E B30E B31E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A A E█
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Each time you select the Time Display, this calendar will initially show
the current month, with the current day highlighted. Thus, if you were
seeing the display above upon first selecting F TDime B, today would be
January 4, 1991.
This calendar is CliveB, in the sense that you can move around in time by
selecting things from it with the mouse or keyboard cursor. To focus on a
particular date, for example, you need only select that date with the
mouse or by placing the cursor and pressing ENTER. To move forward or
backward a month at a time, you may place the cursor on the top line, as
shown in the display above, and press ENTER or the left mouse button. If
the cursor is on the right half of the line (near the CB character, as
shown in the figure), you will move to the next ClaterB month; if on the
left half (near CB), to the next earlier month. These same features are
available from the keyboard using the section of the command bar that
looks like this: D Go: FªBDack FªFDorward F+DDay F-DDay FªTDoday B.
CTime Display: The Schedule
The upper-right portion of the Time Display shows a one-day CscheduleB.
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E█A A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E CFriday, Jan 4, 1991E A E█
E█A E 12aB....E 6 B....E 12pCllllE 6 B....E A E█
E█A E 1 B....E 7 B....E 1 B....E 7 B....E A E█
E█A E 2 B....E 8 B....E 2 B....E 8 B....E A E█
E█A E 3 B....E 9 B....E 3 CwwwwE 9 B....E A E█
E█A E 4 B....E 10 B....E 4 CwwwwE 10 CnnnnE A E█
E█A E 5 B....E 11 B..CllE 5 B....E 11 B....E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A A E█
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This area of the display does not respond to mouse selections (except
during the editing of task definitions, as discussed elsewhere). It
shows you the schedule for the indicated day. Each scheduled appointment
is indicated on this schedule by the first character of its brief name.
Thus, "Lunch with Alice", with its brief name, "lunch", is shown
occupying the time from 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. If there are any
conflicting or overlapping appointments, question marks (C?B) will appear
instead.
CTime Display: The Task List
The bottom portion of the Time Display contains a list of the tasks that
are relevant to the selected day. This area of the display is scrollable
if there are too many tasks for the available space. A sample entry, as
it would be displayed here, is:
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E█A A E█
E█A E Task Description Type Date-Date Time-Time A E█
E█A E Clunch Lunch with Alice Appt 1/4 11:30 13:00 A E█
E█A A E█
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The task list can be used to get an intermediate level of detail about the
day's tasks, and can be used to select tasks.
CTime Display: Summaries by Day, Week, and Month
The command bar also contains the commands F ªDDay FªWDeek FªMDonth B, which are
used to produce a day, week, or month summary that can be read or printed.
The week and month summaries can also be made to encompass more than one
week or month via the More Options command. These displays can also be
accessed directly from the main display by typing Alt-D, Alt-W, or Alt-M.
CTime Display: Edit Mode
If you need to do multiple task-editing operations and would like to stay
inside the Time Display until you've finished, simply select the FªEDdit B
mode. When you're in the edit mode, selecting a task will allow you to
edit the task definition, and returning will place you back in the Time
Display. Pressing Esc or the right mouse button an extra time will end
the edit mode.
CTime Information on the Main Display
An especially useful time-related feature is the ability to display
today's tasks and today's schedule on the main display. Since all the
content of the main display is under your control, you may decide you
don't want to make use of this feature, but it's worth considering. An
example section of the main display is shown below.
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E█A A E█
E█A FSDpace FTDime FPDlansA E█
E█A B A E█
E█A B ETodayB EHoursB A E█
E█A E Clunch B E 6 ....B A E█
E█A E*Cworkout B E 8 ....B A E█
E█A E Cnew age B E 7 ....B A E█
E█A E*JparamedcB E 9 ....B A E█
E█A E*Binc-docs E10 ....B A E█
E█A E*Bletters E11 ..llB A E█
E█A E Bvidtest E12pllllB A E█
E█A B E 1 ....B A E█
E█A B E 2 ....B A E█
E█A B E 3 wwwwB A E█
E█A B E 4 wwwwB A E█
E█A B E 5 ....B A E█
E█A B E 6 ....B A E█
E█A B E 7 ....B A E█
E█A B E 8 ....B A E█
E█A B C 9 E...C.B A E█
E█A B E10 CnnnnB A E█
E█A B E11 C....B A E█
E█A E─ InContext Work EA E█
E█A A E█
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This display shows that several activities are or were planned for today,
including "lunch", "workout", and "new age" (appointments), "paramedc"
(an urgent to-do item), and several less urgent to-do items. It indicates
that the "lunch" appointment was from 11:30 to 1:00, the "workout"
appointment was from 3:00-5:00 P.M., and that the "new age" appointment
will be from 10:00-11:00 P.M. The current time, shown by highlight, is
somewhere between 9:45 and 10:00 P.M.
The display of the task list on the main display allows you to easily
select a task you would like to work on. Since one more keystroke can
get you into the full work context associated with the task, this display
and the Work-in-Progress display are probably the most powerful methods
of moving from place to place and from task to task. These displays also
contain flags indicating the existence of task notes for some of the tasks
(these flags are shown here with the character E*B, but they actually show
on the display as little musical notes). Selecting this single character
will result in immediate invocation of the editor on the task notes. (If
you use a mouse, you may find it convenient to design your main display
with "ETodayB" at the left edge of the display, since that makes it very
easy to select the task notes with the mouse.)
mctt
Help information about: Tasks
E╔════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
E║ CTasksE ║
E╚════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
CWhat Is a Task?
The word "CtaskB" is used rather broadly here, to mean any activity
associated with a particular time or time span. Thus, it includes
to-do items, but also appointments, holidays, etc.
InContext provides the ability to easily define tasks, and to have them
show up appropriately in your calendar, repeating periodically if you
desire. You can easily keep a set of notes associated with each task.
You can associate a task with a particular work context, so that selecting
the task places you in the correct context, and even invokes the correct
action, if you like. Completed tasks can be logged automatically, so that
you have a record of your activities for later reference.
CTypes of Tasks
InContext presently recognizes three types of tasks:
CApptB An appointment occurs on a single day, and has start and
end times associated with it.
CSpanB A "span" is an interval of one or more whole days that are
to be noticed, but are not necessarily associated with any
specific activity on your part. Examples are holidays,
vacation periods, business trips, spouse's birthdays, etc.
Spans do not involve any particular time of day.
CToDoB A "todo" item has only a starting date. It is inactive
before that date. Once that date arrives, the todo item
remains active, "following" you until you complete or otherwise
dispose of it.
When you define a task, it shows up on your calendar and daily schedule
in different ways, depending on the CtypeB that you assign to it.
CRepeating Tasks
Many activities repeat at regular intervals. It's handy to be able to
define a task only once in such cases, and have it automatically show up
at each appropriate time. InContext allows you to define tasks that
repeat:
CB on specified days of the week
CB every so many days, from 1 (daily) to a maximum of 31 days
CB every so many months, from 1 to a maximum of 7 months
CB annually
CB on the first, second, third, fourth, or last occurrence of
a specified weekday. For example, a task could repeat on the
third Wednesday of each month.
CTask Notes
A Ctask notesB file can be associated with any task. This is a very
convenient way of keeping track of what there is to do in connection with
the task, and you will find many other uses for these notes. The notes
files are objects of class "not" in the InContext directory, and they
can be operated on with tools other than the InContext internal editor,
but that is the primary way of working on them.
CAdding and Defining Tasks
ZmctB Tasks can be defined from within the J Time Display CB or the
ZmcpB J Plans Display CB. To add a new task, invoke either of those
commands and then select the F ªADdd B command from the command bar (or
press CAlt-AB or function key CF5B from the main display). You will
see an "edit task" display, which looks like this:
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E█A A E█
E█A G Edit Individual Task Definition A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ Name: YI E Description: I E A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ Type: CToDoE Dates: I1/4/91 E A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│* Note: I 0E Priority: CMediumE Repeats: CNone E A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ Context: CUnsetE Show: CAlways E A E█
E█A E│ Action: I E A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A A E█
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You should type in both a brief name and a longer text description of the
task. (If you exit this "edit task" operation with the brief name blank,
the "Add" operation will be cancelled.) For purposes of this example,
let's assume the task being added is "Lunch with Alice". Then the brief
name might just be "lunch", or perhaps "alice".
Next, you select the task type. The default type is "ToDo". You may
change the type by placing the cursor on the type and pressing ENTER or
the left mouse button. The tab key will quickly bring the cursor to the
right place, if you don't happen to be using a mouse. Pressing ENTER or
the left mouse button will cycle you through the available task types.
For "Lunch with Alice", the appropriate task type is "Appt".
The next thing to do is to fill in the date or dates associated with the
task. As you begin to do this, the display looks like this:
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E█A A E█
E█A B G Time B A E█
E█A D A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ CE CJan 1991E CE CFriday, Jan 4, 1991E A E█
E█A E│ S M T W T F S 12aB....E 6 B....E 12pB....E A E█
E█A E│ B 1E B 2E B 3E YC 4E B 5E 1 B....E 7 B....E 1 B....E A E█
E█A E│ B 6E B 7E B 8E B 9E B10E B11E B12E 2 B....E 8 B....E 2 B....E A E█
E█A E│ B13E B14E B15E B16E B17E B18E B19E 3 B....E 9 B....E 3 CwwwwE A E█
E█A E│ B20E B21E B22E B23E B24E B25E B26E 4 B....E 10 B....E 4 CwwwwE A E█
E█A E│ B27E B28E B29E B30E B31E 5 B....E 11 B....E 5 B....E A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A G Edit Individual Task Definition A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ Name: Ilunch E Description: ILunch with Alice E A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ Type: CApptE Dates: I1/4/91 E Times: I12:00 E to I1A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A A E█
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There are a couple of ways you might indicate the desired date. If you're
using a mouse, the easiest way is to simply select the date from the
calendar shown above. If not, then you should use the keyboard to put
the correct date(s) into the editable date field(s). Since "Lunch with
Alice" is an appointment, it involves only one date.
The next thing to do is to specify the time(s), if any, associated with
the task. The right side of the display looks like this:
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E█A A E█
E█A D A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E CFriday, Jan 4, 1991E A E█
E█A E 12aB....E 6 B....E 12pB....E 6 B....E A E█
E█A E 1 B....E 7 B....E 1 B....E 7 B....E A E█
E█A E 2 B....E 8 B....E 2 B....E 8 B....E A E█
E█A E 3 B....E 9 B....E 3 CwwwwE 9 B....E A E█
E█A E 4 B....E 10 B....E 4 CwwwwE 10 CnnnnE A E█
E█A E 5 B....E 11 B..YB..E 5 B....E 11 B....E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A Gon A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E: ILunch with Alice E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E Times: I12:00 E to I12:00 E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A A E█
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Once again, there's a shortcut available if you're using a mouse. You can
simply select the times from the daily schedule displayed above. For
example, the cursor is shown on the dot that represents 11:30 A.M. By
selecting this time, and then selecting the time 1:00 P.M., we can input
the two times required for our appointment. If you aren't using a mouse,
or if you require times other than in quarter-hour increments, you'll need
to provide the times by text editing the time fields.
For a simple appointment, this is all you have to do. However, let's
suppose that this is intended to be a weekly lunch appointment for the
next month.
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E█A A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E ILunch with Alice E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E Times: I11:30 E to I13:00 E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A CmE Repeats: CNoYCne E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A A E█
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Then you would need to place the cursor on the word "None" in the
"Repeats" area, and press ENTER or the left mouse button. This would
produce the following display in the repeat area:
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E█A A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E ILunch with Alice E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E Times: I11:30 E to I13:00 E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E Repeats: CEvYCery E BSMTWTFSE first occurrence:A E█
E█A E B__E BdaysE I1/4/91 E A E█
E█A E B_E BmonthsE repeats until: A E█
E█A E ByearE I1/4/1 E A E█
E█A A E█
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To cause this appointment to occur "Every Friday", we simply place the
cursor on the "F" (for Friday), and press ENTER or the left mouse button:
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E█A A E█
E█A ERepeats: CEveryE BSMTWTYCFBSA E█
E█A A E█
E▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
Leaving the cursor on "Every", and continuing to press ENTER or the left
mouse button will cause InContext to cycle through the available
repetition options. Alternatively, with "Every" showing, you can select
"__ days", or "_ months", or "year" to invoke those options.
Most repetitive tasks don't continue repeating forever, so it is possible
to place outer limits on the repetition. To cause "Lunch with Alice" to
repeat weekly throughout January, we need to place the date "1/31/91"
in the "Repeats until" field.
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E█A A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E ILunch with Alice E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E Times: I11:30 E to I13:00 E A E█
E█A E A E█
E█A E Repeats: CEveryE BSCMBTWTFSE first occurrence:A E█
E█A E B__E BdaysE I1/4/91 E A E█
E█A E B_E BmonthsE repeats until: A E█
E█A E ByearE YI1/4/1 E A E█
E█A A E█
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This can be done by text-editing the date, or it can be done with the
mouse in the following way. Select the field in which you want to enter
the date (place the cursor there and press the left button). Then select
a date from the calendar displayed above. In general, this approach works
with all dates and times, and with the special fields "__ days", and
"_ months".
Incidentally, the "first occurrence" date is the base from which
repetition calculations are performed. Thus, if you want a task to repeat
on the first of every month, make sure the "first occurrence" date is the
first day of a month not later than the desired first occurrence. As
another example, a biweekly task first occurring on January 4, 1991 would
have 1/4/91 as the "first occurrence" date and "Every 14 days" as the
repetition factor. The "Start Date" would not necessarily remain 1/4/91,
however. In fact, the start date would become 1/18/91 after the first
occurrence of the task was completed.
CTask Priorities
Tasks of the "ToDo" type can have priorities associated with them, if you
choose. By marking them "Urgent", you can cause them to show up near the
top of your things-to-do-today list, and to appear in colors Jlike thisB,
in order to grab your attention. The full set of available priorities,
with their display attributes, is:
JUrgentB
CHighB
Medium
ELowB
CThe Note Number
The first time you attempt to edit the notes associated with a task, a
note number will be assigned. Ordinarily, you will have no need to modify
such note numbers. Occasionally, though, you may wish to have multiple
tasks which share a single notes file. For that reason, the "Edit Task"
display allows you to modify the note number, just by text-editing the
field:
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E█A E Type: CApptE Dates: A E█
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E█A E Context: CUnsetE ShA E█
E█A E Action: I E A E█
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The zero currently showing as a note number indicates that no note number
has yet been assigned to this task. If you want this task to share the
notes file with another task, you should find out the note number assigned
to that task (by editing its task definition) and then place that number
in this task's "Note" field.
CSetting a Task Context
Many of the tasks you perform will not involve the computer at all, except
as calendar entries. "Lunch with Alice" is an example. But for those
tasks whose CexecutionB involves the computer, you may find it helpful
associate the task with a particular work context. The work context
includes the drive, directory, view, class, and object focus shown in the
context area. When you want a task to be associated with a particular
work context, you should get into that context before adding or editing
the task definition. Then select the word "Unset" in the "Context" field
(refer to the figure above). This will change that field to:
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E█A E Action: I E A E█
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The word "Set" here means that the task has been associated with some work
context. Any time you select the task to do work, you will find yourself
in that context. If you choose, you may even specify the action to be
taken then, by typing an action name into the "Action" field.
It is also possible to associate a task with a Do procedure, rather than
with a particular spatial context. To do this, simply enter an action
name, while leaving the Context field "Unset". Whenever you select such
a task for work, the Do procedure specified in the Action field will be
executed.
CControlling When a Task Is Displayed
Once a task is defined, it will show up on your calendar on the
appropriate date or dates. Once completed, it will also show up in your
log as a completed task. There may, however, be tasks that you don't
want to show in the log. An example might be a simple reminder that
you're supposed to pick up a magazine at a newstand every Tuesday. You
probably want to be reminded, but it's unlikely that you want it recorded
as an accomplishment every week.
It can also be a burden to have repeating tasks displayed for all the
dates to which they apply. If, for example, you do a workout every day,
you probably want to be reminded of it as you're doing each day's
planning, but you probably don't want to see it projected forward onto
every day of next month's calendar.
InContext allows you to handle such cases by specifying when a task is
displayed.
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Possible values are:
CAlwaysB Display in log when done, and on all repeat dates
CCurrent onlyB Do not log as done, and do not project forward
CNo pastB Display when current, and all repeat dates
CNo futureB Log and display when current, but don't project
CSelecting a Task
Once a task has been defined, you make select it from the main window, the
Time display, the Plans display, or the Work-in-Progress display. Having
selected it, you are presented with the following choices, which should be
self-explanatory:
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E█A G Disposition of task: lunch -- Lunch with Alice A E█
E█A E CWYBork -- Enter task context and execute specified action, if any E A E█
E█A E CGBo -- Go into task context, but do not execute action E A E█
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E█A E CCBompleted -- All work on task is done; log and delete or repeat task E A E█
E█A E CTBodayDone -- Some work done on task today; log and show tomorrow E A E█
E█A E CPBostpone -- Postpone task to tomorrow E A E█
E█A E COBmit -- Skip this instance of task; advance date if task repeatsE A E█
E█A E CDBelete -- Delete task altogether; do not log task E A E█
E█A E CIBnactive -- Remove task from WiP display, if present E A E█
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E█A E CEBdit -- Edit task definition E A E█
E█A E CABdjust -- Adjust priority of the task E A E█
E█A E CMBake copy -- Add (and edit) a copy of this task E A E█
E█A E CSBelect -- Select task notes for possible actions E A E█
E█A E CNBotes -- Edit notes for the task E A E█
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