From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thorsten Jolitz Subject: Re: Update from exported agendas? Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:16:58 +0200 Message-ID: <87zjj7ja39.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40256) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WeN5H-0007Nn-Mm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 07:17:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WeN5B-0006cU-Kh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 07:17:23 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46192) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WeN5B-0006cM-E3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 07:17:17 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WeN5A-0006ip-70 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:17:16 +0200 Received: from g231235037.adsl.alicedsl.de ([92.231.235.37]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:17:16 +0200 Received: from tjolitz by g231235037.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 13:17:16 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Chris Poole writes: Hi, > I export my agenda custom views to plain text, so I can check things > off as I go (without access to Emacs). > > I use `(org-agenda-prefix-format " [ ] ")` so I can easily add an "X" > with my text editor on my phone. > > Is there any way to have this update the todo items that the exported > agenda file was created from? (Say, changing NEXT state to DONE.) I don't think this is possible. Without having looked at org-agenda.el I guess that the connection between agenda entries and items in .org files is realised with Emacs Lisp markers (enabling cmds like `org-agenda-show' in agenda mode). These markers are lost when you simply copy the agenda contents to a plain text file, so there is no connection anymore with the Org files. Maybe the elisp markers could be replaced by unique IDs for each entry or links that allow the look-up of the associated entries, and you are lucky and somebody aready figured out how to do this? -- cheers, Thorsten