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Help information about: Work-in-Progress Command
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E║ CWork-in-Progress CommandE ║
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The Work-in-Progress (WiP) Display provides a different view of your
active tasks than that provided by the Time Display. You should read
ZmctB about CJ The Time Command CB before reading this section.
To understand the purpose of the WiP display, it will be helpful first
to review the Time Display. This display presents a list of tasks that
is very time-oriented:
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E█A A E█
E█A B G Time B A E█
E█A G DGo: FªBDack FªFDorward F+DDay F-DDay FªTDoday FªDDay FªWDeek FªMDontA E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ CE CJan 1991E CE CMonday, Jan 7, A E█
E█A E│ S M T W T F S 12aB....E 6 B....E 12A E█
E█A E│ B 1E B 2E B 3E B 4E B 5E 1 B....E 7 B....E 1A E█
E█A E│ B 6E C 7E B 8E B 9E B10E B11E B12E 2 B....E 8 B....E 2A E█
E█A E│ B13E B14E B15E B16E B17E B18E B19E 3 B....E 9 B....E 3A E█
E█A E│ B20E B21E B22E B23E B24E B25E B26E 4 B....E 10 B....E 4A E█
E█A E│ B27E B28E B29E B30E B31E 5 B....E 11 B....E 5A E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ Task Description Type Date-A E█
E█A E│ *Cambboard Ambulance Executive Board Appt 1/7 A E█
E█A E│ *Jhelp Finish InContext Help Text ToDo 1/7 A E█
E█A E│ Jmodem Install 2400-baud modem ToDo 1/7 A E█
E█A E│ *Jparamedc Regional Paramedic Council ToDo 1/7 A E█
E█A E│ *Cpaybills Pay bills ToDo 1/7 A E█
E█A E│ Ctax Work on family 1990 tax data ToDo 1/7 A E█
E█A E│ *Cworkout Physical Training ToDo 1/7 A E█
E█A E│ Bbank Bank: backup tapes, etc ToDo 1/7 A E█
E█A E│ Bcallvga Call Micro Express about VGA ToDo 1/7 A E█
E█A E│ B A E█
E█A A E█
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Notice that this display lists the tasks that are relevant to the
indicated date, regardless of their nature. When you first invoke the
Time Display, the tasks shown are those relevant to "today". The list
includes appointments and "spans" such as "Summer Vacation", and "My
spouse's birthday". It also includes work tasks that involve the
computer, and tasks which do not. It is a convenient way of determining
what you've planned to do today, but it is not the most convenient display
for finding your way around the work you do involving the computer.
These comments also all apply to the Time portion of the main display:
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E█A A E█
E█A B ETodayB A E█
E█A E*CambboardA E█
E█A E*Jhelp A E█
E█A E Jmodem A E█
E█A E*JparamedcA E█
E█A E*CpaybillsA E█
E█A E Ctax A E█
E█A E*Cworkout A E█
E█A E Bbank A E█
E█A E Bcallvga A E█
E█A A E█
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In contrast, the WiP display lists ConlyB those tasks for which you
have established a work context (by changing the "Context" in the task
ZmcttB definition to "Set" (CJ How? CB).
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E█A A E█
E█A B G WiP B A E█
E█A D GWork in ProgressD FªCDleaA E█
E█A E│ A E█
E█A E│ Task or Directory A E█
E█A E│ *Chelp -- Finish InContext Help Text A E█
E█A E│ B 1YB C:\INC032 A E█
E█A E│ B 2 C:\INC032\CONTROL A E█
E█A E│ *Cambboard -- Ambulance Executive Board A E█
E█A E│ B 3 C:\RUDY\AMBULANC A E█
E█A E│ *Cparamedc -- Regional Paramedic Council A E█
E█A E│ B 4 C:\RUDY\AMBULANC A E█
E█A E│ *Cpaybills -- Pay bills A E█
E█A E│ B 5 C:\RUDY\FINANCE A E█
E█A E│ Ctax -- Work on family 1990 tax data A E█
E█A E│ B 6 C:\RUDY\FINANCE A E█
E█A E│ *Cworkout -- Physical Training A E█
E█A E│ B 7 C:\RUDY A E█
E█A E│ B A E█
E█A A E█
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Furthermore, the WiP display shows the directories associated with those
tasks. If you have been in several different directories while working on
the current task, they are all shown. The WiP display shows up to nine
tasks, and up to nine directories.
In the display above, for example, the current task, shown at the top, is
"help -- Finish InContext Help Text". Work has been performed in
connection with this task in two directories. The current directory,
shown first, is C:\INC032, but the user has also been in the directory
C:\INC032\CONTROL while working on this task. This information is also
shown in WiP information on the main display, though usually in
abbreviated form:
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E█A A E█
E█A B EWiPB A E█
E█A E*Chelp A E█
E█A B CONTROLA E█
E█A B INC032 A E█
E█A E*CambboardA E█
E█A B AMBULANA E█
E█A E*CparamedcA E█
E█A B AMBULANA E█
E█A E*CpaybillsA E█
E█A B FINANCEA E█
E█A E Ctax A E█
E█A B FINANCEA E█
E█A E*Cworkout A E█
E█A B RUDY A E█
E█A A E█
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CSpecial Properties of The Current Task
The top task displayed in the Work-in-Progress list is always the active
task, and is shown in the Context Area. Two function keys, F2 and F3,
allow you to perform operations on the current task. If you press F2
(the "Edit" key), a menu will be presented, listing all the things you can
do to the task. If, instead, you press F3, the editor will be invoked on
the task notes for the current task.
CSelecting Things on the Work-in-Progress Display
It is easy to move around among several directories in connection with a
task. For example, to return to the directory C:\INC032\CONTROL in the
above example, simply select "CONTROL" from the WiP area of the main
display using the mouse, or type "W" to get the longer display (the
second display above), and "2" to select the desired directory.
It is also easy to use this display to move among several current tasks,
by selecting the task instead of the directory. Thus, to switch to work
on the income tax return, above, one would select "tax" from the main
display just above, or type "W" and "t" to select that task using the
WiP display itself. This would make "tax" the current task, and its
directory the current directory.
CPopping the Top Item off the Work-in-Progress Display
The WiP display actually works like a stack. If you select a new task
that is not already on the list, it will be added at the top of the list.
The bottom task may be pushed off the list, if the list already contains
nine tasks.
Similarly, if you select a new directory not already on the list, it will
become directory number 1 (the active directory), and a directory will be
pushed off the bottom of the list, if the list is full.
Just as you can add new tasks and directories to the WiP list, you can
also "pop" the top item off that list. This uses the F ªPDop B command
from the command bar of the WiP display. If there is a directory listed
under the top task, it will be popped off the list. Otherwise, the top
task will be popped off the list. This operation is also available from
the main display, using function key F6.
An simple example will illustrate how this can be useful. Suppose that,
in performing the "help" task shown above, it becomes necessary to go to
another directory to find a file, in order to copy it into the current
directory. This might be done in the following way:
1. Use the Space command to go to the directory in question.
2. Find and select the desired file.
3. Select the "take" action.
4. Press F6, to pop the top directory off the stack, returning you
to the original directory.
5. Select the "put-obj" action.
CSelecting Today's Tasks
Selecting the F ªTDoday B command from the WiP Display command bar (or
pressing Alt-T from the main display) initializes the WiP Display from
the list of tasks shown for today in the Time Display. This is a very
convenient starting place; you might even want to use a "startup" macro
ZmcaemB to do this automatically when you initialize InContext (CJ How? CB).
CClearing the WiP List
To remove all tasks and directories from the WiP list, simply select the
F ªCDlear B command from the WiP Display. This will allow you to start
from scratch, adding only those tasks you choose to attend to at any given
time.
CInterruptions
Sometimes, things happen which create an interruption to the work at hand.
For example, you may get a phone call which requires you to go look in
two or three different directories for information desired by the caller.
It is inconvenient and confusing if all these directories become
associated with the task you were performing before the phone rang.
By selecting the F ªIDnterrupt B command from the WiP Display command bar
(or pressing Alt-I from the main display), you can cause this to be done
as an "Interruption or Unspecified Task". When you pop this task off the
WiP list (or even select it when it's at the top of that list), the task
and all its directories will be removed, returning you to the context you
were in at the time of the interruption.
CInformation is also available about...
ZmcsmB CJ Other ways of moving around CB.
