From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Harkins Subject: Re: how to show deadlines in global to-do list? Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:14:23 +0800 Message-ID: <87fwh0wy74.wl%jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net> References: <87sjl2cp1d.wl%jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40748) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RX7EY-0001wc-DX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:15:39 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RX7EW-0004UD-GK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:15:38 -0500 Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:56908) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RX7EW-0004U6-CR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 03:15:36 -0500 Received: by iapp10 with SMTP id p10so4569322iap.0 for ; Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:15:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87sjl2cp1d.wl%jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net> 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 At Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:01:05 -0500, emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org wrote: > Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 03:01:36 +0000 (UTC) > From: Herbert Sitz > To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Subject: Re: [O] how to show deadlines in global to-do list? > > James Harkins gmail.com> writes: > > > I like the out-of-the-box to-do list, except one thing: I would like > > to see the items' deadlines. The weekly agenda view shows the > > deadlines, but I need a view where I can see *only* to-do items and > > their deadlines. > > > Here is one way: > > Include this line in your org-file's config lines, or just stick it in if you > don't have config-line block: > > #+COLUMNS: %45ITEM %18DEADLINE ... snip Okay! This is great. Poking around orgmode's info docs turned up the variable org-columns-default-format. Supposedly the variable can be customized, but M-x customize-apropos doesn't find it. In any case: (setq org-columns-default-format "%45ITEM %18DEADLINE") in my .emacs forces the to-do column list to include the deadline, if available, with no #+COLUMNS line per file. That's good enough for now: C-a < t C-c C-x C-c -- and I know sometime later, when I have a little more time, I can try to crack the custom-search syntax. Thanks! I doubt I would've found my way to column view so quickly on my own. James -- James Harkins /// dewdrop world jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net http://www.dewdrop-world.net "Come said the Muse, Sing me a song no poet has yet chanted, Sing me the universal." -- Whitman blog: http://www.dewdrop-world.net/words audio clips: http://www.dewdrop-world.net/audio more audio: http://soundcloud.com/dewdrop_world/tracks