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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Ethan <ethan.glasser.camp@gmail.com>
Cc: Bastien <bastienguerry@googlemail.com>, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Column mode a whole file
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 06:38:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <92139984-E8D0-424D-A153-357B05321159@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9cd2f5ff0907302122m11d97066s22e603f9c9fc0294@mail.gmail.com>


On Jul 31, 2009, at 6:22 AM, Ethan wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Bastien  
> <bastienguerry@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose@gmx.de> writes:
>
> >> Column view by default only shows a single subtree. In order to  
> do column
> >> mode over an entire buffer, you have to have text before the  
> first headline,
> >> and go there.
>
> I would guess that having text before the first headline is quite a
> common pattern.  Adding one is not that much work either.  Does this
> requirement is okay for you?
>
> Yes, that's a fine answer. The only thing I would suggest is that  
> maybe it should go in the manual (in the section about outlines and  
> headlines) that most people put some text before the first headline.
>
> Also, I think the documentation on column view could be improved. I  
> think you should start the section by saying how to activate it (go  
> to beginning of file and C-c C-x C-c). The summary given is currently:
>
> C-c C-x C-c
>     Create the column view for the local environment. This command  
> searches the hierarchy, up from point, for a :COLUMNS: property that  
> defines a format. When one is found, the column view table is  
> established for the entire tree, starting from the entry that  
> contains the :COLUMNS: property. If none is found, the format is  
> taken from the #+COLUMNS line or from the variable org-columns- 
> default-format, and column view is established for the current entry  
> and its subtree.
>
> I found this somewhat hard to understand (what is included by the  
> "local environment"? Which is the "entire tree"? Why did it only  
> create a column view for the headline I was on? Why is #+COLUMNS  
> different from the :COLUMNS: property?).

I have improved the documentation of `C-c C-x C-c'.

Thanks.

- Carsten

     prev parent reply	other threads:[~2009-08-03  4:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-30  4:12 Column mode a whole file Ethan
2009-07-30 11:31 ` Sebastian Rose
2009-07-30 23:55   ` Bastien
2009-07-31  4:22     ` Ethan
2009-08-03  4:38       ` Carsten Dominik [this message]

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