From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Cameron Horsburgh Subject: Re: org-tags-column Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 06:15:22 +1000 Message-ID: <87k536ach1.wl%cammo@netcall.com.au> References: <87tz2a8z5k.fsf@rosslaird.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Multipart_Sun_Jun_21_06:15:22_2009-1" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MI6yp-0001db-TQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:16:03 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MI6yl-0001dP-BH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:16:03 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35340 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MI6yl-0001dM-6R for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:15:59 -0400 Received: from poplet2.per.eftel.com ([203.24.100.45]:48916) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MI6yk-0002nF-9x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:15:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87tz2a8z5k.fsf@rosslaird.info> 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: "Ross A. Laird" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org --Multipart_Sun_Jun_21_06:15:22_2009-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII At Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:48:23 -0700, Ross A Laird wrote: > > > One of the interesting things about org, from a non-programmer's point > of view, is that there are dozens (hundreds?) of settings that seem to > require some sort of programming knowledge. This is both challenging and > useful, from an educational perspective. Here's an example: > > org-tags-column > > It is referred to in the documentation, but without an example. And it > does not show up in a search of this list. So, how do I set this? I have > tried: > > (setq org-tags-column 100) > > in my emacs, but I have no idea if this is the correct way to do this > (or even if it works, actually). > > As I said, this is one of the interesting things about org; always more > to discover and learn. Can someone give me a sense of how best to use > the above setting? I'm not a programmer either, so I find myself in much the same situation. However, in this case I recently found a very useful keystroke: C-h v This prompts you for a variable name. Tell it the name you want (if the cursor is on the variable it will suggest it by default) and a buffer will pop up explaining the variable. In this case, we're told ,---- | org-tags-column is a variable defined in `org.el'. | Its value is -77 | | Documentation: | The column to which tags should be indented in a headline. | If this number is positive, it specifies the column. If it is negative, | it means that the tags should be flushright to that column. For example, | -80 works well for a normal 80 character screen. | | You can customize this variable. `---- This tells me what it's setr to currently, what it does and it tells me I can set it in the customize interface. Given that it's just a simple variable, I would assume you could change it in .emacs with a setq. Hope this helps! --Multipart_Sun_Jun_21_06:15:22_2009-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII -- Cameron Horsburgh Blog: http://spiritcry.wordpress.com/ --Multipart_Sun_Jun_21_06:15:22_2009-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode --Multipart_Sun_Jun_21_06:15:22_2009-1--