Re: Behavior Change/Bug: Agenda sorting of deadline items v > 4.73

From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: Eric J Haywiser <ejh1@MIT.EDU>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Behavior Change/Bug: Agenda sorting of deadline items v > 4.73
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:43:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <803AD9DF-C436-4733-B83D-90DBB16ADC21@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64L.0801310917440.14401@mint-square.mit.edu>

Hi Eric,

sorting should be by priority.  Please check your values of
org-agenda-sorting-strategy, and take a look at the priorities of the
different items in the agenda by pressing "P" in the agenda.  If that
does not show what is wrong, I need to search, so let me know what ou  
find, please.

- Carsten

On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:33 PM, Eric J Haywiser wrote:

> I've noticed a change in the way org displays deadlines in the  
> agenda starting
> sometime after v4.73.  Before that time deadlines were displayed in  
> chronological order.  This is the behavior I expect.  In the current  
> org-5.16a and a number of versions before that the agenda items are  
> in somewhat random order.  Order seems to depend on both the date  
> and the order of the deadlines in the org file.
>
> Apologies if this was an intended design change and I missed the  
> announcement.
> It has been difficult to keep up with all the wonderful advancements  
> in org.
> Perhaps I need to configure some variable to get back to the  
> original behavior?
>
> Behavior in 5.16a
>
> Thursday  31 January 2008
>  deadline-order-bug:In -730 d.:  Jan One DEADLINE: <2006-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In -365 d.:  Jan Two DEADLINE: <2007-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:Deadline:   Jan Three DEADLINE: <2008-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In -715 d.:  Feb One DEADLINE: <2006-02-15 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In -350 d.:  Feb Two DEADLINE: <2007-02-15 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In  15 d.:  Feb Three DEADLINE: <2008-02-15 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In 366 d.:  Jan Four DEADLINE: <2009-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In 381 d.:  Feb Four DEADLINE: <2009-02-15 Thu>
>
> Behavior in 4.67c
>
> Thursday  31 January 2008
>  deadline-order-bug:In -730 d.:  Jan One DEADLINE: <2006-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In -715 d.:  Feb One DEADLINE: <2006-02-15 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In -365 d.:  Jan Two DEADLINE: <2007-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In -350 d.:  Feb Two DEADLINE: <2007-02-15 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:Deadline:   Jan Three DEADLINE: <2008-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In  15 d.:  Feb Three DEADLINE: <2008-02-15 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In 366 d.:  Jan Four DEADLINE: <2009-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In 381 d.:  Feb Four DEADLINE: <2009-02-15 Thu>
>
> Also note that something like the <= v4.73 behavior can be achieved  
> by inserting
> the older org-agenda-get-deadlines function into 5.16a, but it seems  
> to have some side effects.  Note the missing Deadline item for TODAY  
> aka "Jan Three"
> below.  Regardless I believe the bug, if present, may lie in that  
> function.  I don't yet understand the internals.
>
> Behavior in 5.16a with o-a-g-d from 4.67c overlayed
>
> Thursday  31 January 2008
>  deadline-order-bug:In -730 d.:  Jan One DEADLINE: <2006-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In -715 d.:  Feb One DEADLINE: <2006-02-15 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In -365 d.:  Jan Two DEADLINE: <2007-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In -350 d.:  Feb Two DEADLINE: <2007-02-15 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In  15 d.:  Feb Three DEADLINE: <2008-02-15 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In 366 d.:  Jan Four DEADLINE: <2009-01-31 Thu>
>  deadline-order-bug:In 381 d.:  Feb Four DEADLINE: <2009-02-15 Thu>
>
> The following is the example org file to generate this behavior.
> Also, You will need to (set-variable org-deadline-warning-days 1000)
> to test this.
>
> * Jan One DEADLINE: <2006-01-31 Thu>
> * Jan Two DEADLINE: <2007-01-31 Thu>
> * Jan Three DEADLINE: <2008-01-31 Thu>
> * Jan Four DEADLINE: <2009-01-31 Thu>
>
> * Feb Three DEADLINE: <2008-02-15 Thu>
> * Feb One DEADLINE: <2006-02-15 Thu>
> * Feb Two DEADLINE: <2007-02-15 Thu>
> * Feb Four DEADLINE: <2009-02-15 Thu>
>
> Thanks.
>
> P.S. Examples from emacs22, but similar problems in e21.
>
>
>
>
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