From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Suvayu Ali Subject: Re: multiple agenda buffers Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:06:46 -0800 Message-ID: <20110211090646.3b5f467a@bhishma.homelinux.net> References: <87ei7epphz.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39178 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PnwSq-0005zU-Md for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:07:27 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PnwSM-0004iZ-5p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:06:59 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f41.google.com ([209.85.161.41]:59251) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PnwSL-0004iB-Tn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:06:54 -0500 Received: by fxm12 with SMTP id 12so3078096fxm.0 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:06:52 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87ei7epphz.fsf@gnu.org> 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: Bastien Cc: org-mode mailing list Hi Bastien, On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:20:08 +0100 Bastien wrote: > I reckon your use-case makes sense, but I'm not sure how useful it > would be in general. > > It would be a bit like being able to open several email inboxes at the > same time, for the sake of comparing informations from various > folders. > > Email inboxes and agenda views are made to be _processed_: having more > than one open at the same time might lead to the bad habit of fiddling > with buffers instead of processing agenda items... > > Not a strong opinion, just a thought, This is indeed very true. I do fall prey to that sometimes. However I was wondering, block agenda commands might work at least for doing multiple searches. But I don't think there is any interactive interface to it. If we could have some syntax for specifying prompts for custom agenda commands (something like capture templates) then it might be possible. Is that a feasible request? -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.