[Orgmode] Re: Total time displayed in the modeline?

[Sébastien Vauban]

Hi Bastien,

Bastien wrote:
> Sébastien Vauban <address@hidden> writes:
>> ;; time included for the modeline clock is all time clocked into this task
>> ;; today
>> (setq org-clock-modeline-total 'today)
>>
>> but this is not satisfying me yet, because:
>>
>> 1. for some tasks (like spending time on this newsgroup), I would like to 
>> set a
>>    maximum time per day,
>>
>> 2. for others, such as client tasks for which I've given an effort, I would
>>    like to see how much time I've already spent on the task... but not only
>>    today: all days summed up.
>>
>> Currently, with the above setting, 1 is OK. 2 is not.
>>
>> Changing the value of the above variable fixes one problem, but poses a
>> new problem: 2 is OK, but 1 is not OK anymore.
>>
>> In fact, I would need the ability to:
>>
>> - have a global default value (such as of today),
>> - be able to override the behavior on a subtree level.
>>
>> Does this make sense?
>> Is somebody able/willing to do such?
>> Or, better, is there already a way to achieve my goal within the
>> current Org?
>
> Did you try to set CLOCK_MODELINE_TOTAL on a subtree basis?

I wasn't aware of this property. It seems to match perfectly my request.
Thanks!

Best regards,
  Seb

PS- Thanks a lot for your archaeological work... answering to old open
    threads. This is great.

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Sébastien Vauban