From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Agenda and one-line diary display Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:15:28 +0100 Message-ID: <874o8aslmn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87ipxqdz44.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35934 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PntmU-0000E1-Ru for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:15:34 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PntmQ-0002cG-Eb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:15:30 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f41.google.com ([209.85.161.41]:62468) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PntmQ-0002c1-6N for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:15:26 -0500 Received: by fxm12 with SMTP id 12so2905248fxm.0 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2011 06:15:25 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87ipxqdz44.fsf@gmail.com> (Rasmus Pank Roulund's message of "Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:23:55 +0100") 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: Rasmus Pank Roulund Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Rasmus, Rasmus Pank Roulund writes: > I have finally found a tolerable solution to include Google calendars > into Emacs and thus Org using "emacs-google"[1]. > > However, one thing is bothering me about the way Org agenda view handles > my newly populated diary file. It shows too much information! Basically, > I want /one line per entry/. If I want more info I'll just hit the > entry. The reason is that I will often include a lot of extra > information for each calendar/diary entry. When needed, I will fetch it > but it usually preclude the overview that I wish to obtain in the agenda > view. > > Here is a simple agenda example: > > ,---- > | Diary: Semester start > | Diary: Location: Lund University > | Diary: Status: CONFIRMED (UID: 5g7mb67iupjvf75cdorlr1bs2s@google.com) > `---- > > And the corresponding diary code: > > ,---- > | %%(and (diary-block 1 17 2011 1 17 2011)) Semester start > | Location: Lund University > | Status: CONFIRMED (UID: 5g7mb67iupjvf75cdorlr1bs2s@google.com) > `---- > > What I want to agenda view to show is merely: > > ,---- > | Diary: Semester start > `---- > > Or, even better: > > ,---- > | Diary: Semester start (Lund University) > `---- We can hack around to display multilines diary entries on a single agenda line but then this diary entry would not properly sneak into the agenda: 02/11/2011 Bill B. visits Princeton today 2pm Cognitive Studies Committee meeting 2:30-5:30 Liz at Lawrenceville 4:00pm Dentist appt 7:30pm Dinner at George's 8:00-10:00pm concert I guess many people have such multilines entries. So I'd say for now no, you cannot reduce your diary entry to just one line. Best, -- Bastien