From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Horn Subject: [REQUEST] Calendar-view (was: Extended-period events in agenda views) Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:02:48 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57770 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PCuyh-0005Bv-5G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:03:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PCuyf-0005rZ-9L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:03:14 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41]:35387) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PCuyf-0005rF-4h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:03:13 -0400 Received: by bwz16 with SMTP id 16so4606925bwz.0 for ; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:03:12 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Konrad Hinsen Cc: Emacs Org mode mailing list On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Konrad Hinsen wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been a happy org-mode user for a while, using more and more of > org-mode for more and more things. By now I have completely replaced my use > of iCal (on the Mac) by the org-mode agenda, with no regrets. However, there > is one feature that I am still trying to get into my agenda view, but I > didn't find a way to do it yet. > > There are a couple of long-lasting "events" that I would like to show in my > agenda view. A typical example would be school vacation periods, but there > are others: absences of a colleague, availability of some instrument, etc, > Their common feature is that they can last very long (several weeks) and > that they don't really occupy my agenda. I just want to know when planning > something if a given day is in period X or not. So I'd like to see at a > glance (using a specific font, color, one-letter prefix etc.) if a day falls > into a certain predefined period. Simply adding a corresponding event to my > agenda leads to visual clutter: it gets marked on every single day of the > period. > > Is there any way to get what I am looking for? +1 for this feature. Also, I think our desire for such a feature could be met with a calendar-view, perhaps re-using some org-table or org-columns source? I'm envisioning I would very much like something akin to an ASCII 4-day calendar view (like the default Google Calendar view). Even if we could line up four days' agenda views horizontally (with an appointment-style timeline), I would find this useful. -- Jeffrey Horn Graduate Lecturer and PhD Student in Economics George Mason University (704) 271-4797 jhorn@gmu.edu jrhorn424@gmail.com http://www.failuretorefrain.com/jeff/