From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Remind functionality? Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:17:16 +0100 Message-ID: <68633AE9-8E49-46A8-962C-163E26AD421D@uva.nl> References: <20090125163605.GA20825@Edwards.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) 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 1LRCM5-0005lX-U3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:17:21 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LRCM5-0005lF-GB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:17:21 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57995 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LRCM5-0005lC-AX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:17:21 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f20.google.com ([209.85.219.20]:39652) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LRCM4-0005Td-Sz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:17:21 -0500 Received: by ewy13 with SMTP id 13so56259ewy.18 for ; Sun, 25 Jan 2009 13:17:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090125163605.GA20825@Edwards.local> 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: Nicholas S-A Cc: Org Mode List Hi Nicolas, On Jan 25, 2009, at 5:36 PM, Nicholas S-A wrote: > Hi, > I am attempting to use org-mode as a replacement for remind. I > currently have it set up with the following in my .bash_profile: > > emacs --batch --no-init-file -q -l ~/.emacs.slim --eval "(progn > (org-agenda-list) (princ (buffer-string)))" 2> /dev/null > > Where ~/.emacs.slim is a very small init file which essentially just > loads org-mode and sets the agenda alist. > > This works great, but I have a few qualms: > 1) Is there any way to just load the agenda part of org-mode? The > current exec time of the line above is around 1s, compared to about . > 1s > for remind. If not, are there any other tricks to reduce emacs startup > time? It is unlikely that this can be make faster in a significant way. Why is it a problem???? Even if it takes 10 seconds? Ah, I see, you do this in every new shell?????? This sounds unnecessary, to say the least. Maybe you have to explain better what exactly your are doing.... > If not, I will probably just write an org-agenda clone in some > other language to reduce the overhead. > 2) Can I change the format of the Deadline lines to be more obvious by > adding **** Deadline: xxx ****, but *only* in the .emacs.slim executed > version? princ doesn't print in color, so I have to scan through to > see > whether something is a deadline or a scheduled item. No, this is not possible. The only handle you have is the variable org-agenda-deadline-leaders, maybe you can do something with this. - Carsten