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* emacs.SE question re: org-agenda
@ 2015-01-06 16:47 Loyall, David
  2015-01-06 16:50 ` Tory S. Anderson
  2015-01-06 18:38 ` Rasmus
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Loyall, David @ 2015-01-06 16:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Hello.

Here is a conversation from the emacs Stack Exchange question and answer website.  It's from December.

Asker> I would like to make it easy to find where are the free
Asker> blocks of time in my org-mode agenda.
Asker> 
Asker> For instance, if I have two appointments one
Asker> 9:30am-10:30am and another 11:15am-12:30pm, I would like
Asker> to see at a glance that the 10:30am-11:15am block is
Asker> free.
Asker> 
Asker> In other words, I want to be able to distinguish free
Asker> time as easily as it is done in a graphical agenda such
Asker> as Google calendar.
Asker> 
Asker> Is there a way to make the empty blocks of time easy to
Asker> see? Perhaps to colorize the empty blocks that are
Asker> longer than a given number of minutes?

Commenter> Is the org-agenda-time-grid not sufficient for your
Commenter> needs?
Commenter> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Time_002dof_002dday-specifications.html

Asker> The grid is not enough, as it shows ups even when the
Asker> time is busy (e.g., if there's a 9:30am-10:30am meeting,
Asker> there will be a grid line at 10:00am). I would like busy
Asker> and non-busy times to be easy to distinguish.

Asker> I have thought a little bit more about this
Asker> functionality. I believe the most useful and simplest to
Asker> implement would be to change the color of the time block
Asker> (only the name of the time block, e.g., 8:00-9:00) for
Asker> those time blocks that have more than a given amount of
Asker> free time (e.g., more than 15 minutes). Both the color
Asker> and the minimum free time should be user configurable.

(from http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/5395/show-free-blocks-of-time-in-org-modes-agenda)

A brief search of the most recent ~32k mailing list posts didn't tell me how to answer this question.

Does anyone here know?

Cheers,
--Dave

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* Re: emacs.SE question re: org-agenda
  2015-01-06 16:47 emacs.SE question re: org-agenda Loyall, David
@ 2015-01-06 16:50 ` Tory S. Anderson
  2015-01-06 18:38 ` Rasmus
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tory S. Anderson @ 2015-01-06 16:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Great question. I would love that functionality too (sorry; not real helpful, but a +1 vote!). 

"Loyall, David" <david.loyall@nebraska.gov> writes:

> Hello.
>
> Here is a conversation from the emacs Stack Exchange question and answer website.  It's from December.
>
> Asker> I would like to make it easy to find where are the free
> Asker> blocks of time in my org-mode agenda.
> Asker> 
> Asker> For instance, if I have two appointments one
> Asker> 9:30am-10:30am and another 11:15am-12:30pm, I would like
> Asker> to see at a glance that the 10:30am-11:15am block is
> Asker> free.
> Asker> 
> Asker> In other words, I want to be able to distinguish free
> Asker> time as easily as it is done in a graphical agenda such
> Asker> as Google calendar.
> Asker> 
> Asker> Is there a way to make the empty blocks of time easy to
> Asker> see? Perhaps to colorize the empty blocks that are
> Asker> longer than a given number of minutes?
>
> Commenter> Is the org-agenda-time-grid not sufficient for your
> Commenter> needs?
> Commenter> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/org/Time_002dof_002dday-specifications.html
>
> Asker> The grid is not enough, as it shows ups even when the
> Asker> time is busy (e.g., if there's a 9:30am-10:30am meeting,
> Asker> there will be a grid line at 10:00am). I would like busy
> Asker> and non-busy times to be easy to distinguish.
>
> Asker> I have thought a little bit more about this
> Asker> functionality. I believe the most useful and simplest to
> Asker> implement would be to change the color of the time block
> Asker> (only the name of the time block, e.g., 8:00-9:00) for
> Asker> those time blocks that have more than a given amount of
> Asker> free time (e.g., more than 15 minutes). Both the color
> Asker> and the minimum free time should be user configurable.
>
> (from http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/5395/show-free-blocks-of-time-in-org-modes-agenda)
>
> A brief search of the most recent ~32k mailing list posts didn't tell me how to answer this question.
>
> Does anyone here know?
>
> Cheers,
> --Dave

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* Re: emacs.SE question re: org-agenda
  2015-01-06 16:47 emacs.SE question re: org-agenda Loyall, David
  2015-01-06 16:50 ` Tory S. Anderson
@ 2015-01-06 18:38 ` Rasmus
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Rasmus @ 2015-01-06 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: emacs-orgmode

Hi David,

Thanks for bringing this up.

"Loyall, David" <david.loyall@nebraska.gov> writes:

OT: Would it be fair to claim that Nebraska is now fueled by Org?

> A brief search of the most recent ~32k mailing list posts didn't tell me how to answer this question.

It's not possible to the best of my knowledge.  I guess one could add a
line, e.g. ┃ on the side, indicating when the appointments run.  I would
like since visual indicators are also useful.  Here's an example of what
it could look like:


     [icon] ┃     7:12-14:55  Berlin Hbf--home
     [icon] ┃  ┃  8:00-14:50  Drink coffee
            ┃  ┃

     [icon] ┃    15:30-15:45  Catch bus            


For a more "blocky" view as found on e.g. the ASOP Calendar, I think Calfw
is the right tool.  I don't remember if it has any support for vertical
control of entries.

—Rasmus

-- 
Hvor meget poesi tror De kommer ud af et glas isvand?

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