From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Moving headlines and content. Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:13:01 +0200 Message-ID: <68A8932E-0A2B-40E1-8C81-1C629D524DD4@gmail.com> References: <59b700510904070538t67e20b8fj8dc957922fde7fbd@mail.gmail.com> <20524da70904071328l33f82e3y38c5542959ceadbd@mail.gmail.com> <20090408175204.GX24072@cpoint.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) 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 1MJj8y-00028c-T7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:13:12 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MJj8u-00028L-1Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:13:12 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52500 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MJj8t-00028I-RJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:13:07 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:54120) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJj8t-0004cr-Ai for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:13:07 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f220.google.com ([209.85.219.220]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MJj8s-0005wd-My for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:13:06 -0400 Received: by ewy20 with SMTP id 20so2040802ewy.42 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:13:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090408175204.GX24072@cpoint.net> 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: pholcomb@cpoint.net Cc: Deric Bytes , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Apr 8, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Paul Holcomb wrote: > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 01:28:24PM -0700, Samuel Wales wrote: >> Not that I know of. >> >> It might be possible, however, to (1) make a command that tags each >> entry with :MARK: (similar to marking in dired -- you don't need >> this, >> but would add completeness) (2) make a command that tags /matching/ >> items (you need this) and (3) make a command that moves all marked >> entries (using org-refile). >> >> Thus, it could be a generic marking mechanism like dired, and it >> could >> work for the outline in addition to the agenda. >> >> Not that that helps you :). > > Both of these would be killer features IMHO. This type of UI in mutt > (tagging messages) is great for dealing with large amounts of items. > > I tried to figure out the best way to do this a couple months ago, > but it was a little over my head for my level of elisp proficiency. > Ideally, I wanted to show all of the data about to be moved in a > separate frame, as there is totally the possibility of destroying a > large amount of data in this way. Bulk action is now implemented in the agenda (org-mode 6.28, jeleased a few minutes ago). I don't think we need it in the outline - if you go through to mark many entries with a tag or so, you can then use an agenda search to find the marked entries and execute the bulk action from the agenda. - Carsten