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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Subject: Re: Any way to identify a DEADLINE or SCHEDULED item via
 org-agenda-prefix-format?
Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 09:00:49 -0400
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Anupam Sengupta <anupamsg@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> In my custom agenda block, I wanted to distinguish between SCHEDULED and
> DEADLINE items using a small character flag.  The docstring for
> `org-agenda-prefix-format' mentions %s as the one to use for the
> scheduled/deadline string (as is used in the default agenda) - however,
> this string does not seem to be working for me (orgmode 7.5).
>
> As an example of a custom agenda block:
>
> (tags-todo "+TODO=\"TODO\"+SCHEDULED>=\"<today>\"+SCHEDULED<\"<tomorrow>\"|+TODO=\"TODO\"+DEADLINE>=\"<today>\"+DEADLINE<\"<tomorrow>\"|+TODO=\"TODO\"+TIMESTAMP>=\"<today>\"+TIMESTAMP<\"<tomorrow>\""
>               ((org-agenda-overriding-header "\nToday's Action Items\n====================")
>                (org-agenda-prefix-format " [ ] %12:c%?-12t % s")))
>
> Note the % s in the `org-agenda-prefix-format' setting.  All other
> settings are showing up fine, but the schedule information is missing in
> the display.

AFAIK, scheduling information is not included when constructing tags or
todo views.

> As an aside, %s is not exactly what I need, as I was looking for a way
> to display a single character flag (S or D for scheduled or deadline),
> but this is also fine.

You can control the display of scheduled and deadline information with
org-agenda-scheduled-leaders and org-agenda-deadline-leaders, but I
believe this only applies to the agenda view.

Best,
Matt