Re: Custom agenda question

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Anthony Fairchild <fairchild.anthony@gmail.com>,
	Manish Sharma <mailtomanish.sharma@gmail.com>
Cc: org-mode Mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Custom agenda question
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:34:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8BDFAE1E-5B8A-41C5-BA79-15D5E068EF1B@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a674f6340908181944o69219ef3hdebb77d6102a5760@mail.gmail.com>

On Aug 19, 2009, at 3:44 AM, Anthony Fairchild wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to get the text underneath a todo heading to show up  
> in the agenda screen?

No this is not possible.

> I like to put extra info there, like driving directions, and it  
> would be nice to have that info when I print out the agenda.

This, on the other hand *is* possible.

(setq org-agenda-add-entry-text-maxlines 10)

I believe you can also set this variable in the options section
of the custom command.

- Carsten

>
> Here is an example:
>
> *** TODO Potluck at Sally's                   :next:
> Drive north on 405
> Turn left at the barn
> Blah blah blah, more stuff I want  to include
>
> And my custom agenda currently looks like this:
>
> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
>       '(("p" "Print List"
>      ((tags-todo "NEXT" ((org-agenda-prefix-format "[ ] %T: ")
>                              (org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(tag-up  
> priority-down))
>                              (org-agenda-todo-keyword-format "")
>                              (org-agenda-overriding-header "\nNext  
> Actions\n------------------\n")))
>           (tags-todo "buy" ((org-agenda-prefix-format "[ ] %T: ")
>                             (org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(tag-up  
> priority-down))
>                             (org-agenda-todo-keyword-format "")
>                             (org-agenda-overriding-header  
> "\nShopping List\n------------------\n"))))
>      ((org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(priority-down))
>           (org-agenda-with-colors nil)
>           (org-agenda-todo-keyword-format "")
>           (org-agenda-compact-blocks t)
>           (org-agenda-remove-tags t)
>           (ps-number-of-columns 2)
>           (ps-landscape-mode t)))))
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> Anthony
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