From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: org-mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Including current time in agenda
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:55:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinhmn7G3r7ZAqNYt+ZMhDUrY_DRLi=Qd9Z4F-yc@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8739qbjf7m.fsf@pinto.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk>
Hi Eric,
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have been attempting this for a few days now. I want to have an
>> entry for the current time in today's agenda. That way I can keep
>> track of how much time I have left until my next appointment.
>>
>> So far what ever I try, it shows up as an entry without a timestamp as
>> shown below.
>>
>> Monday 6 December 2010 W49
>> 8:00...... ----------------
>> 10:00...... ----------------
>> 12:00...... ----------------
>> 14:00...... ----------------
>> thoughts: 15:30-17:30 W' meeting
>> 16:00...... ----------------
>> 18:00...... ----------------
>> 20:00...... ----------------
>> thoughts: Currrent time
>> thoughts: TODO Hostel Room Change
>>
>>
>> So far my attempts have been some variation of `<%%(format-time-string
>> "%H%M")>' or `<%%(diary-entry-time ...)>'. Am I approaching this the
>> wrong way? Is this not supported by the diary library?
>>
>> Thanks for any thoughts/suggestions.
>
> If I understand things correctly, Emacs Diary expressions simply return
> t or nil to indicate whether an entry should be displayed for the
> particular date. They do not return a string and, more to the point,
> they do not take the time into account. In Emacs Diary, the time has to
> be part of the text outside the sexp.
>
Thank you for clarifying that. I was incorrectly expecting it returns
a text. Should have checked more closely.
> However, it would be nice if the agenda view could highlight the current
> time, much as it is possible to highlight the current day in a week
> view, for instance... so this could be a good "feature request"! I have
> no idea how hard it would be to implement, mind you...
>
Would you have any idea where I could look to get started with
implementing something like this?
> --
> : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 23.2.1
> : using Org-mode version 7.3 (release_7.3.211.g6388.dirty)
>
Thanks a lot for your response.
--
Suvayu
Open source is the future. It sets us free.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-06 11:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-06 6:49 Including current time in agenda suvayu ali
2010-12-06 11:47 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-12-06 11:55 ` suvayu ali [this message]
2010-12-06 12:08 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-12-06 12:27 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-06 13:00 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-12-06 13:10 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-06 13:38 ` Julien Danjou
2010-12-06 14:03 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-12-06 14:30 ` Suvayu Ali
2010-12-06 14:45 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-12-06 14:53 ` Suvayu Ali
2010-12-06 14:56 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-12-06 14:59 ` Rémi Vanicat
2010-12-06 15:10 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-06 15:13 ` Julien Danjou
2010-12-06 15:28 ` Suvayu Ali
2010-12-06 15:39 ` Matt Lundin
2010-12-12 8:30 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-12-12 17:54 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-12-12 21:31 ` Matt Lundin
2011-01-07 19:31 ` Erik Butz
2011-01-07 23:27 ` suvayu ali
2011-01-07 23:46 ` Erik Butz
2011-01-08 0:04 ` suvayu ali
2011-01-08 14:46 ` Erik Butz
2010-12-12 18:19 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-06 19:27 ` Eric S Fraga
2010-12-06 22:34 ` suvayu ali
2010-12-08 23:46 ` [PATCH] sexp can set its face (was: Including current time in agenda) Łukasz Stelmach
2010-12-12 7:44 ` Carsten Dominik
2010-12-13 0:14 ` suvayu ali
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