Re: Feature Request: org-agenda-set-category

From: "T. V. Raman" <raman@users.sf.net>
To: dominik@science.uva.nl
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Feature Request: org-agenda-set-category
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:43:22 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <18143.30554.285312.790877@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a21268bf7a20b9177adbc9d9853c8a39@science.uva.nl>

I'm perfectly happy to do this with properties rather than
categories. But I suggested categories because that is what
agenda  views are using at present in the left column.
Could we perhaps introduce a special property that is used by
org-agenda to build the left column?

>>>>> "Carsten" == Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
    Carsten> On Sep 4, 2007, at 20:00, Bastien wrote:
    Carsten> 
    >> "T. V. Raman" <raman@users.sf.net> writes:
    >> 
    >>> It would be nice to have an interactive
    >>> org-agenda-set-category alongside org-agenda-set-tag in
    >>> the agenda buffer.
    >> 
    >> I think it doesn't make sense to have
    >> `org-agenda-set-category' until we are able to set the
    >> category as a property of the headline.
    >> 
    >> For now categories (like the archiving locations) are set
    >> by looking *backward* for a line like #+CATEGORY or
    >> #+ARCHIVE.
    >> 
    >> When setting the category with `org-agenda-set-category',
    >> where should such a line be inserted/modified? Just above
    >> the headline? Then storing this headline won't delete the
    >> #+CATEGORY line. Just under the headline?  Then the
    >> headline itself won't be recognized as belonging to that
    >> category...  See the discussion here:
    >> 
    >> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/2898
    >> 
    >> Please anybody stops me if I'm wrong, but I guess the
    >> #+ARCHIVE and #+CATEGORY instructions are slowly dying and
    >> will be set as properties in the future.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> I have been thinking in this direction as well.  The
    Carsten> only problem is that properties are quite invisible
    Carsten> during normal working.
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> But I agree that the multiple #+CATEGORY things in a
    Carsten> single file are complex and not very clean, so
    Carsten> properties might be better.
    >> 
    >> Then, in the new world, where such #+CONSTRUCTS are only
    >> used to set *file* properties (not headlines properties),
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> Yes, I'd like to go there, eventually.
    Carsten> 
    >> it will be okay to set whatever property you want through
    >> the column view -- and perhaps the column view itself
    >> would be available in the agenda ebuffer
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> it is!
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> 
    Carsten> 
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