From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Spiers Subject: Re: suggestion: automatically recording entry creation date Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:01:42 +0000 Message-ID: <20091103000142.GE32187@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> References: <4b11f87e0910301913i75b7f899jd236c6a77ac869fe@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Adam Spiers Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N56qT-0008Ri-NT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:01:57 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N56qO-0008Oa-Rz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:01:56 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55707 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N56qO-0008OW-Cs for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:01:52 -0500 Received: from arctic.adamspiers.org ([212.13.194.176]:49019) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N56qN-0006uo-Rh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:01:52 -0500 Received: from localhost (dsl-217-155-199-114.zen.co.uk [217.155.199.114]) by arctic.adamspiers.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A6824A3A for ; Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:01:48 +0000 (UTC) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4b11f87e0910301913i75b7f899jd236c6a77ac869fe@mail.gmail.com> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Ilya Shlyakhter (ilya_shl@alum.mit.edu) wrote: > A frequently-needed task is to find recently created entries. Right > now I do this by manually pasting a date into each entry, > and using the timeline agenda. > Maybe, there are better ways? E.g. have the option to automatically > record a property, "Creation-date", when an entry is created. > There would be much clutter if every entry had a :PROPERTIES: line. > But maybe there could be an option to hide the :PROPERTIES: > lines completely, unless it contained some user-defined properties. > > Or, creation date could be stored as a text property, to avoid > clutter, for long-running emacs sessions. But it would be lost when > the file is closed. > Maybe at file-closing time it could be converted to a normal property > in the :PROPERTIES: drawer. > > Or maybe there are other options? This would be useful to me too. It would be valuable not just for finding recently created ones, but for sorting any generated list of entries by creation date. This would for example make it easier to ensure that entries don't get stale with age. Bernt's approach is nice, but I agree that a completely clutter-free solution (i.e. :PROPERTIES: drawers completely hidden by default) would be extremely nice.