From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Abrahamsen Subject: Re: First steps in customizing org-mode Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 09:02:04 -0700 Message-ID: <877fmw81z7.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52005) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZkhGE-00032v-Co for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:39:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZkhG6-0003EB-4U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:39:38 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:32927) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zka7d-00014G-7k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:02:17 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zka7X-0000UP-PX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 09 Oct 2015 18:02:11 +0200 Received: from 71-35-182-131.tukw.qwest.net ([71.35.182.131]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 09 Oct 2015 18:02:11 +0200 Received: from eric by 71-35-182-131.tukw.qwest.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 09 Oct 2015 18:02:11 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Giulio Petrucci writes: > Hello there, > > this is my first post here so let me introduce myself: my name is > Giulio, or "petrux" for friends. I am italian. I am a PhD candidate at > University of Trento and I've been working for many years as a > developer before "going back to school". > I use Emacs for almost everything. I love org-mode and I would like to > start using it at an higher level. > So, I would like to heavily customize it. > I am experiencing some problems that come from MOSTLY my un-expertise > in Lisp/EmacsLisp -- which I am actually trying to recover. > > Another problem that I am eperiencing is that it is very hard for me > to find documentation about the org-mode function and variables. > For this specific issue, is there any resource that shows you *what* > you can do *and how* to do it? > > Thanks, > Giulio > > P.S. here is an example of what I mean. I have learned from some > examples that I can customize my agenda views acting on the > org-agenda-custom-commands variable. If I google for that variable's > name, I end up in some pages not telling me that much about that > variable, how to customize it and so on. So what I need is an > exaustive list of "In org-mode, you can do this and this and this..." > for beginner. Google's not the place to look! For once. One of the main principles of Emacs, and thus of Org mode, is that it is self-documenting. You'll get a better sense of what `org-agenda-custom-commands' does, and how to use it, by hitting "C-h v org-agenda-custom-commands" than you will from any other source. There's even a clickable link to customize it. If that's not enough, read the manual: "C-h i m Org Mode g Custom Agenda Views ". Do that first, then ask here! Eric