* How to enhance the agenda output if soome info is only in the parent entry?
@ 2014-12-07 21:22 Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-07 21:37 ` Kyle Meyer
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Marcin Borkowski @ 2014-12-07 21:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org-Mode mailing list
Hello,
here's my problem. Assume that I have something like this in one of my
agenda files:
* Some person
** Some action to be done
(concerning some_person)
<timestamp>
* Some other person
** Some action to be done
(concerning some_other_person)
<timestamp>
Now, my (pretty much default) agenda shows only the "Some action to be
done", which is kind of misleading in this case.
What do I do about this? I accept the possibility that my workflow
(i.e., structure of Org entries) is broken - then, how to fix it?
I realize that tags is a way to do it. But then, it violates the DRY
principle. Also, I have org-agenda-tags-column set to -90, though I
guess I should change this, and I'll probably do it - the main reason
for that setting was (setq org-habit-preceding-days 30), and I really
don't use habits anyway.
TIA,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: How to enhance the agenda output if soome info is only in the parent entry?
2014-12-07 21:22 How to enhance the agenda output if soome info is only in the parent entry? Marcin Borkowski
@ 2014-12-07 21:37 ` Kyle Meyer
2014-12-07 22:09 ` Marcin Borkowski
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kyle Meyer @ 2014-12-07 21:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marcin Borkowski; +Cc: Org-Mode mailing list
Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> wrote:
[...]
> * Some person
> ** Some action to be done
> (concerning some_person)
> <timestamp>
>
> * Some other person
> ** Some action to be done
> (concerning some_other_person)
> <timestamp>
>
> Now, my (pretty much default) agenda shows only the "Some action to be
> done", which is kind of misleading in this case.
>
> What do I do about this? I accept the possibility that my workflow
> (i.e., structure of Org entries) is broken - then, how to fix it?
What about assigning categories?
* Some person
:PROPERTIES:
:CATEGORY: some person
:END:
** Some action to be done
DEADLINE: <2014-12-08 Mon>
* Some other person
:PROPERTIES:
:CATEGORY: some other person
:END:
** Some action to be done
DEADLINE: <2014-12-08 Mon>
--
Kyle
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: How to enhance the agenda output if soome info is only in the parent entry?
2014-12-07 21:37 ` Kyle Meyer
@ 2014-12-07 22:09 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-07 22:45 ` Kyle Meyer
2014-12-08 3:39 ` Eric Abrahamsen
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Marcin Borkowski @ 2014-12-07 22:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org-Mode mailing list
On 2014-12-07, at 22:37, Kyle Meyer wrote:
> What about assigning categories?
Thanks a lot! I found it in the manual right after sending my email:-(.
It still violates DRY, but I guess it's the best I can come up with; I
think I'll use it (even though I don't really like it - I prefer my
categories to be /very/ broad, corresponding to /files/ - think
"research", "personal", "teaching" etc. It's just a habit of mine,
though, and I allow myself to change these from time to time;-).
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: How to enhance the agenda output if soome info is only in the parent entry?
2014-12-07 22:09 ` Marcin Borkowski
@ 2014-12-07 22:45 ` Kyle Meyer
2014-12-08 3:39 ` Eric Abrahamsen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kyle Meyer @ 2014-12-07 22:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marcin Borkowski; +Cc: Org-Mode mailing list
Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> wrote:
> On 2014-12-07, at 22:37, Kyle Meyer wrote:
>
>> What about assigning categories?
>
> Thanks a lot! I found it in the manual right after sending my email:-(.
>
> It still violates DRY, but I guess it's the best I can come up with; I
> think I'll use it
True. For a handful of cases, this seems like an ok approach to
distinguish tasks from different subtrees, but it would get tedious if
that pattern occurs frequently across your agenda.
> (even though I don't really like it - I prefer my
> categories to be /very/ broad, corresponding to /files/ - think
> "research", "personal", "teaching" etc. It's just a habit of mine,
> though, and I allow myself to change these from time to time;-).
Yes, I prefer broad categories too, so that makes sense to me.
--
Kyle
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: How to enhance the agenda output if soome info is only in the parent entry?
2014-12-07 22:09 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-07 22:45 ` Kyle Meyer
@ 2014-12-08 3:39 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-12-08 9:05 ` Marcin Borkowski
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eric Abrahamsen @ 2014-12-08 3:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl> writes:
> On 2014-12-07, at 22:37, Kyle Meyer wrote:
>
>> What about assigning categories?
>
> Thanks a lot! I found it in the manual right after sending my email:-(.
>
> It still violates DRY, but I guess it's the best I can come up with; I
> think I'll use it (even though I don't really like it - I prefer my
> categories to be /very/ broad, corresponding to /files/ - think
> "research", "personal", "teaching" etc. It's just a habit of mine,
> though, and I allow myself to change these from time to time;-).
>
> Best,
If you set `org-agenda-show-outline-path' to t, it will show you the
full path to the TODO in the message line as you move the cursor around.
You still have to move on to it to see the path, but usually for me
that's good enough.
E
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: How to enhance the agenda output if soome info is only in the parent entry?
2014-12-08 3:39 ` Eric Abrahamsen
@ 2014-12-08 9:05 ` Marcin Borkowski
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Marcin Borkowski @ 2014-12-08 9:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
On 2014-12-08, at 04:39, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> If you set `org-agenda-show-outline-path' to t, it will show you the
> full path to the TODO in the message line as you move the cursor around.
> You still have to move on to it to see the path, but usually for me
> that's good enough.
Interesting! I checked it out - works nicely, thanks! As usual, Org
has me covered... BTW, `t' is the default setting for that anyway.
> E
Thanks,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
end of thread, other threads:[~2014-12-08 9:05 UTC | newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages (download: mbox.gz / follow: Atom feed)
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2014-12-07 21:22 How to enhance the agenda output if soome info is only in the parent entry? Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-07 21:37 ` Kyle Meyer
2014-12-07 22:09 ` Marcin Borkowski
2014-12-07 22:45 ` Kyle Meyer
2014-12-08 3:39 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-12-08 9:05 ` Marcin Borkowski
Code repositories for project(s) associated with this public inbox
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).