From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Properties and dates in column view Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:23:17 +0200 Message-ID: <66EF78F6-D66A-465D-88CD-834239E3EBF5@uva.nl> References: <75A2AECC4F8A4AA6AD1DE18D10131E3D@CUBE> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KgEnj-0003EG-6y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:23:47 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KgEnh-0003Cs-S4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:23:46 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59967 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KgEnh-0003Ck-Kr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:23:45 -0400 Received: from postduif.ic.uva.nl ([145.18.40.180]:33245) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KgEnh-0004OA-Qq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:23:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <75A2AECC4F8A4AA6AD1DE18D10131E3D@CUBE> 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: Chris Randle Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Chris, this i a useful idea, I am putting it in. Thanks, also for spotting erros in the documentation. - Carsten On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:58 PM, Chris Randle wrote: > Hi Carsten > > Sorry for calling you Gerrit earlier (brain failure), and also for so > many posts from me today. I've started to implement properties and > column view in my Org-mode file. > > I have an entry like this: > > * Copy of bank form > SCHEDULED: <2008-09-17 Wed> > :PROPERTIES: > :EXPIRES: [2008-10-12 Sun] > :END: > Sent original back to NW > > > If not a lot of trouble, is it possible to: > > 1) have the column view recognise properties that are an active/ > inactive > date stamp so that S-Left/S-Right will decrement/increment the date? > > 2) Have the 'e' edit recognise that the property value is a date stamp > and use the date editor? > > I noticed that the SCHEDULED and DEADLINE inbuilt properties behave > this > way already and thought that it would be useful to have other date > properties behave the same way. > > I think that the suggested behaviour above should apply only if no > allowed values have been set for that particular property. > > Also, I noticed in the documentation (Section 7.5.2 Using column view) > page 50 of the PDF, that the comment for S-M-Right says "Insert a new > column, to the right of the current column". When I try that it > inserts > to the left. My feeling is, thinking about the keystroke's parallel in > table mode, that the behaviour is correct but the documentation should > say "...to the left...". > > -- > Chris Randle > Windows XP SP3 - GNU Emacs 22.1.1 - Org-mode 6.06b > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode