From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Martin Beck <Elwood151@web.de>
Cc: emacs orgmode-mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to change agenda sorting order temporarily?
Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 10:38:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r3cjblph.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wpmbblxf.fsf@fastmail.fm> (Matt Lundin's message of "Mon, 30 May 2016 10:33:16 -0500")
Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:
> "Martin Beck" <Elwood151@web.de> writes:
>
>> I'm working with a lot of pre-defined agendas, but I sometimes would
>> like to change the sorting order of one of those to different criteria
>> (by time, alphanumerically, etc.).
>>
>> I did not find a way to do that in org-mode directly - did I overlook
>> something, or do I really have to change the configuration of the
>> whole agenda and rebuild it?
>>
>> Related problem:
>> If I change the configuration of the agenda by changing the
>> customizing options, those changes do only have an effect, if I kill
>> the agenda buffer and launch the agenda again.
>> It would be nice, if I just could rebuild the existing agenda with "r"
>> or "g", but that does not seem to be sufficient?
>>
>
> Here's a quick function that works for me:
>
> (defun my-org-agenda-change-sorting-strategy (strategy)
> "Change the sorting strategy."
> (interactive (list
> (completing-read "Choose a strategy: "
> (mapcar 'cdr (cdr org-sorting-choice))
> nil t)))
> ;; adjust the following types as needed - e.g., add 'agenda, etc.
> (org-agenda-check-type t 'todo 'tags 'search)
> (let ((org-agenda-sorting-strategy (list (intern strategy))))
> (org-agenda-redo)))
I should add that with this function the new sort order is temporary.
Pressing "r" for refresh will restore the default sort order for the
buffer.
Matt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-05-30 15:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-05-30 12:14 How to change agenda sorting order temporarily? Martin Beck
2016-05-30 15:25 ` Richard Lawrence
2016-05-30 15:33 ` Matt Lundin
2016-05-30 15:38 ` Matt Lundin [this message]
2016-05-30 17:55 ` Samuel Wales
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