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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Denis Bueno <dbueno@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-n and saving in agenda buffers
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:19:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <909b09c80a364e7f2ba014753a81607f@science.uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6dbd4d000709271028o26a11e7dvcefeced720d0700b@mail.gmail.com>


On Sep 27, 2007, at 19:28, Denis Bueno wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> First of all, although I kind of lurk on this list, I absolutely adore
> org-mode.  Carsten's attention to everyone's complaints is amazingly
> consistent.  Thank you.

You are welcome.

> Second, in the buffer that shows the agenda for the current week or
> day, why is C-n bound to an action that moves you forward a day at a
> time?  Since the current day shows all my deadlines and TODOs for the
> future, it's not likely that one will need to look at days ahead, and
> if I do, it's probably not common enough to be bound to something as
> fundamental as C-n.  I most frequently want to move in agenda buffers
> in order to mark TODOs done.  Since I always use C-n/C-p instead of
> the arrow keys, using the arrow keys in this one particular situation
> requires a significant mental step that always causes me to mutter
> under my breath.

Point taken, and I actually agree and will change this.

Note that "n" and "p" also move you around.

> Also, I suggest that if I go through an Agenda buffer and mark some
> todos done, if I hit C-x C-s it should save the files whose todo items
> have changed.  This would reinforce the abstraction that I'm really
> just looking at my org files through different lenses, and actions in
> that abstraction affect the underlying locations.

OK, also this is a useful addition.  Again, "s" does this already, but
I agree C-x C-s is logical.

- Carsten

      reply	other threads:[~2007-09-27 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-09-27 17:28 C-n and saving in agenda buffers Denis Bueno
2007-09-27 18:19 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]

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