* Default directory in org-agenda-mode
@ 2011-01-12 18:29 niels giesen
2011-01-12 19:12 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-12 19:23 ` Tassilo Horn
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: niels giesen @ 2011-01-12 18:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi all,
I would like `default-directory' in `org-agenda-mode' to be the
value of `org-directory'. This is because I tend to start my
working day by opening the Agenda view, and then decide to open
some org file (which I all have inside `org-directory' and that
may or may not have items present in the specific Agenda view).
To this end I tried doing the following:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(add-to-list
'default-directory-alist
`(org-agenda-mode
,org-directory))
#+end_src
But this does not work. Any ideas?
Regards, Niels.
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* Re: Default directory in org-agenda-mode
2011-01-12 18:29 Default directory in org-agenda-mode niels giesen
@ 2011-01-12 19:12 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-12 19:41 ` Niels Giesen
2011-01-12 19:23 ` Tassilo Horn
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2011-01-12 19:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: niels giesen; +Cc: nicholas.dokos, emacs-orgmode
niels giesen <niels.giesen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like `default-directory' in `org-agenda-mode' to be the
> value of `org-directory'. This is because I tend to start my
> working day by opening the Agenda view, and then decide to open
> some org file (which I all have inside `org-directory' and that
> may or may not have items present in the specific Agenda view).
>
> To this end I tried doing the following:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (add-to-list
> 'default-directory-alist
> `(org-agenda-mode
> ,org-directory))
> #+end_src
>
> But this does not work. Any ideas?
>
AFAIK, there is no variable default-directory-alist - at least, my
emacs does not know anything about it.
What you want is to change the default directory of the agenda buffer.
When the agenda buffer is created, org-agenda-mode is called to set
the major mode. Most major modes (including org-agenda-mode) define
hooks: a hook is a variable that holds a list of functions. The mode
calls each function in the hook when it is enabled. So the trick
is to add a function to the appropriate hook. Typically something
like this will suffice:
(add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook (function (lambda () (setq default-directory org-directory))))
The only problem is where to add this line of code: if you add it to .emacs
or some other initialization file, you might get an error because
org-agenda-mode-hook is not defined yet. One way to get out of the
chicken/egg situation is to load org-agenda before you add the function
to the hook. Another way is to eval the above "on demand" when org
agenda is loaded:
(eval-after-load "org-agenda"
(quote
(progn
...
(add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook (function (lambda () (setq default-directory org-directory)))))))
(the progn is there in case you have to do more than one thing when
loading the agenda: if you only have one thing, just remove the
ellipsis). This can safely be put into an initialization file like
.emacs.
You should also read the doc for add-hook (C-h f add-hook <RET>) and for
whatever hook variable you are modifying (e.g. C-h v
org-agenda-mode-hook <RET>: there are some fine points in add-hook that
I have not gone into above - otoh, org-agenda-mode-hook is bog-standard.
HTH,
Nick
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* Re: Default directory in org-agenda-mode
2011-01-12 18:29 Default directory in org-agenda-mode niels giesen
2011-01-12 19:12 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2011-01-12 19:23 ` Tassilo Horn
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Tassilo Horn @ 2011-01-12 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
niels giesen <niels.giesen@gmail.com> writes:
Hi Niels,
> To this end I tried doing the following:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (add-to-list
> 'default-directory-alist
> `(org-agenda-mode
> ,org-directory))
> #+end_src
`default-directory-alist' is defined in dired-x and only used by that.
Confusing that it's not prefixed with dired...
For your purpose, I use that:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(defun th-org-agenda-mode-init ()
(setq default-directory (file-name-as-directory org-directory))
(hl-line-mode 1))
(add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook 'th-org-agenda-mode-init)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Bye,
Tassilo
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* Re: Default directory in org-agenda-mode
2011-01-12 19:12 ` Nick Dokos
@ 2011-01-12 19:41 ` Niels Giesen
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Niels Giesen @ 2011-01-12 19:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: nicholas.dokos; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hi Nick,
Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
[...]
> AFAIK, there is no variable default-directory-alist - at least, my
> emacs does not know anything about it.
Ah, yes, I see it's provided by dired-x, which does ship with emacs, but
is not loaded by default.
Its documentation says
#+begin_example
Alist of major modes and their opinion on `default-directory'.
This is given as a Lisp expression to evaluate. A resulting value of
nil is ignored in favor of `default-directory'.
#+end_example
Looking some more into the code, it looks like it is not meant to be a
generic replacement for `default-directory', although its name would
suggest that (to me at least).
[...]
> (eval-after-load "org-agenda"
> (quote
> (progn
> ...
> (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook (function (lambda () (setq default-directory org-directory)))))))
That is a great solution, thanks!
[...]
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http://pft.github.com/
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