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From: Ethan <ethan.glasser.camp@gmail.com>
To: Bastien <bastienguerry@googlemail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Column mode a whole file
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:22:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9cd2f5ff0907302122m11d97066s22e603f9c9fc0294@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87eirxlk5z.fsf@bzg.ath.cx>


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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?).

Thanks!

Ethan

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next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2009-07-31  4:22 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 [this message]
2009-08-03  4:38       ` Carsten Dominik

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