From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Show weekday in daily agenda view Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 08:46:40 -0400 Message-ID: <87imu58f9r.fsf@norang.ca> References: <871s10df9r.fsf@th-koeln.de> <87v9ycrb3l.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> <87a7fmxq1n.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:43245) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hShgt-00024H-FH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 May 2019 08:46:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hShgs-0005M4-6j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 May 2019 08:46:55 -0400 Received: from outbound2b.ore.mailhop.org ([54.148.165.188]:11346) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hShgs-0005FF-0Q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 May 2019 08:46:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: (J. David Boyd's message of "Fri, 17 May 2019 08:53:42 -0400") 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" To: "J. David Boyd" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org dboyd@attentigroup.com (J. David Boyd) writes: > Nick Dokos writes: > >> dboyd@attentigroup.com (J. David Boyd) writes: >> >>> Nick Dokos writes: >>> >>>> johanna.may@th-koeln.de writes: >>>> >>>>> maybe I did not search the right way in google alias startpage. But I >>>>> could not figure out how to write next to the date e.g. 2000-04-01 the >>>>> weekday, i.e. the specific day of the week. It would come very handy = to >>>>> have the date displayed as 2019-05-14 Tu and 2019-05-15 We and so on.= Or >>>>> even have it spelled out as 2019-05-14 Tuesday. >>>>> >>>> >>>> How do you generate that view? >>>> >>>> Doesn't your agenda view already show the day of the week? With the >>>> recommended keybinding, I get a daily agenda with C-c a a d. >>>> >>>> Mine starts like this: >>>> >>>> ,---- >>>> | Day-agenda (W20): >>>> | Tuesday 14 May 2019 >>>> | 8:00...... ---------------- >>>> | appts: 10:00-11:30 Tools Meeting >>>> | 10:00...... ---------------- >>>> | 12:00...... ---------------- >>>> | 14:00...... ---------------- >>>> | 16:00...... ---------------- >>>> | 18:00...... ---------------- >>>> | 20:00...... ---------------- >>>> | work: Sched.Xx: TODO Review PR >>>> | work: Sched.2x: TODO Add issue >>>> | Weather: OpenWeatherMap: light rain, 3-8=C2=B0C, 1010hpa, 90%, = 3m/s >>>> `---- >>>> >>>> so it definitely shows the weekday, but perhaps you are doing something >>>> different? >>> >>> >>> How do you generate *that* view? How do you have it creating sub-group= s? All >>> I get is a straight-forward list of days and times, with all items in c= hrono >>> order.... >>> >> >> Not sure what you mean by "sub-groups". And I'm pretty sure I don't do >> anything special to get this. The grid is the standard grid - I >> believe that comes "free" with the default settings of >> org-agenda-time-grid and org-agenda-use-time-grid. >> >> The appts:, work: and Weather: thingies are "categories" - the first >> two come from the name of the agenda file where the item originated: >> I have a work.org file for work items and an appts.org file which contai= ns just >> reminders. It actually contains a bit more: there are top-level headlines >> for Anniversaries, Weather and Appointments like this: >> >> ,---- >> | * Anniversaries >> | :PROPERTIES: >> | :CATEGORY: Anniv >> | :ID: 409062f6-6cb1-467f-b192-2dfcb7b384ca >> | :END: >> | %%(org-bbdb-anniversaries) >> |=20 >> | * Weather >> | :PROPERTIES: >> | :CATEGORY: Weather >> | :END: >> | %%(org-weather) >> |=20 >> | * Appointments >> | ** APPT Doctor appt >> | .... >> `---- >> >> Items in the Appoinments section don't have a defined Category >> so they are labeled with the fill name ("appts"). Anniversaries >> and Weather items have a CATEGORY property so they are labeled >> by the explicit category. >> >> I don't remember whether I do anything special to sort the items >> (e.g. why the Weather item is always last). If you are interested >> in that, I can dig a little more into my configuration. >> >> Does that answer your question? > > > That helps immensely, evidently I have some reading to do, so I understand > more of how to change the agenda view around. > > And yes please, could/would you check your config and see if anything spe= cial > is done? > > Thanks very much! > > Dave in Hudson, FL Make sure you have files contributing to org-agenda-files otherwise your agenda view will be empty. Regards, Bernt