> Is there a task list mode that will find tags like TODO/XXX/FIXME in
> source files in a directory, make them into tasks and allow me to edit
> them/reorder them in the task list?
>
> I understand that Eclipse and Visual Studio can provide at least some of
> the functionality listed above. The best I can do thus far is the use of
> M-x multi-occur, which is useful but does not allow me to simply
> reorder/sort/edit.
>

> (setq grep-find-command "find . -type f ! -path '*.svn*' ! -path
> '*CVS*' ! -path '*.hg*' -name '*' -print0 | xargs -0 -e grep -nH ")
>
> and type
> C-x grep-find XXX\|TODO\|FIXME

> Thierry Volpiatto wrote:

>> Michael Hoffman sneakemail.com> writes:
>>

>>> What I ended up doing was using org-mode. To keep links with places in
>>> the original file, I made a keyboard macro that replaced the old TODOs
>>> with #1, #2, #3, etc. and copied them to the org file with a link back
>>> to the location of #1 in the original file.
>>>

>> Planner and remember do that without writing anything in the file:
>> when you are in your file you just C-x C-n to be able to take a note
>> linked to that point in the file.

>
> Thanks, but I want a method that will be robust to changes in the linked
> file. I do not understand how this is possible without adding anchors in
> the linked file somehow.

> Thierry Volpiatto wrote:

>> Michael Hoffman sneakemail.com> writes:
>>

>>> What I ended up doing was using org-mode. To keep links with places in
>>> the original file, I made a keyboard macro that replaced the old TODOs
>>> with #1, #2, #3, etc. and copied them to the org file with a link back
>>> to the location of #1 in the original file.
>>>

>> Planner and remember do that without writing anything in the file:
>> when you are in your file you just C-x C-n to be able to take a note
>> linked to that point in the file.

>
> Thanks, but I want a method that will be robust to changes in the
> linked file. I do not understand how this is possible without adding
> anchors in the linked file somehow.

> Thierry Volpiatto wrote:

>> Michael Hoffman sneakemail.com> writes:
>>

>>> Thierry Volpiatto wrote:

>>>> Michael Hoffman sneakemail.com> writes:
>>>>

>>>>> What I ended up doing...