From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: [ANN] org-icons.el Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:34:07 +0200 Message-ID: <08293C4D-0535-4C0C-946E-4D4379066B3F@gmail.com> References: <51b0095d0906231238u62ed3107v79dd6f72a284d81b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJlLV-0002W8-Jw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:34:17 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJlLQ-0002L1-IM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:34:16 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47347 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MJlLQ-0002Kg-E1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:34:12 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f217.google.com ([209.85.219.217]:65101) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJlLP-0005od-TN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:34:12 -0400 Received: by ewy17 with SMTP id 17so89346ewy.42 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:34:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Daniel Clemente Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Jun 25, 2009, at 1:28 AM, Daniel Clemente wrote: >> So, what do you think ? Is this a direction you'd want org-mode >> to go ? Please, share your feedback & suggestions ! > > I think that the main interest of this will not only be to make a > buffer pretty, but to show information in ways which are easier or > more comfortable to understand. > For instance: > - showing completion status of a task: icons could form a progress > bar, like [XXXX..], green if >50%, red elsewhere Nice. > - marking the tasks with a color from a gradient which represents > something; for instance: the more recently you have clocked a task, > the redder (hotter) it is Well, not so useful, I think. > - the amount of children/text a collapsed tree has (a big lack I have > noticed in org-mode). The icon could try to offer a > mini-representation of whether the tree has little content, some > content, or much content Very useful, but expensive to implement. > - in agenda view, an =84only icons=93 view would be able to show much > information in little space. For instance, the distribution of > projects/categories/tags in a month > > > Just some ideas. I am beginning to see that this could in fact be useful, thanks for your post. - Carsten