From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Occurance property, or some similar name?
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:01:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k4ezklq0.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8739lnnqfb.fsf@dustycloud.org> (Christopher Allan Webber's message of "Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:52:08 -0500")
Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> writes:
> Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:
>
>> There is a special property name for active timestamps: TIMESTAMP. You
>> can access the first active timestamp in an entry (either with column
>> view or org-entry-get) via the special property TIMESTAMP. Inactive
>> timestamps = TIMESTAMP_IA.
>>
>
> Hm, that's interesting. But I'm not talking about a way to access it
> via elisp, I'm talking about a place to actually put it in say, the
> property drawer. Say:
>
> ** Pick up bike from the shop
> :PROPERTIES:
> :OCCURANCE: <2011-04-12 Tue 19:00>
> :END:
>
> etc.
>
> It's nice to know there's a meta-property for TIMESTAMP, but I'm
> specifically looking for a nice place to put that timestamp away. This
> is for cleanliness / easy get-set purposes.
O.K. I wasn't clear what you meant by property in the original post.
What about :APPOINTMENT:?
>> AFAIK, there is no similar built-in function to call on headlines in org
>> files. One can, however, navigate to the timestamp and use the
>> Shift-arrow keys or C-c . to change the appointment.
>
> That's useful, and would change this property even if I put it in such a
> drawer... provided that property already existed. But what if I want to
> insert something on a currently un-OCCURANCE'd (or whatever) thing? I
> don't want it to go on the headline, that looks gross.
Here's a simple proof of concept:
(defun my-org-add-occurrence ()
(interactive)
(org-set-property "OCCURRENCE"
(concat "<" (org-read-date t) ">")))
It turns...
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* A headline
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
...into...
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* A headline
:PROPERTIES:
:OCCURRENCE: <2011-04-12 20:00>
:END:
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> I'm partly trying to see if other people want this as much as I do.
> Surely I'm not the only one who finds putting active timestamps on the
> headline or scattered just anywhere in the entry kind of gross?
I keep them right beneath the headline, which I find to be just the
right mix of tidiness and visibility.
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* A headline
<2011-04-12 20:00>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Best,
Matt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-13 1:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-04-11 22:42 Occurance property, or some similar name? Christopher Allan Webber
2011-04-12 4:22 ` theo
2011-04-12 14:41 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2011-04-12 19:28 ` Matt Lundin
2011-04-12 19:25 ` Matt Lundin
2011-04-12 20:52 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2011-04-13 1:01 ` Matt Lundin [this message]
2011-04-13 13:07 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2011-04-13 8:19 ` Michael Brand
2011-04-13 13:08 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2011-04-13 14:19 ` Michael Brand
2011-04-13 14:43 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2011-04-13 15:42 ` Michael Brand
2011-04-13 15:57 ` Christopher Allan Webber
2011-04-12 20:00 ` Memnon Anon
2011-04-12 20:24 ` Richard Riley
2011-04-13 15:34 ` Carsten Dominik
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