From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Extended-period events in agenda views Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 20:55:51 +0100 Message-ID: References: <6E1780D8-187C-47BE-A1C1-C6EB746C8BE7@fastmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=47329 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PD0zX-0002Ju-8c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:28:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PD0zV-0005VN-Sp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:28:30 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:59615) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PD0zV-0005TS-OC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:28:29 -0400 Received: by mail-ew0-f41.google.com with SMTP id 25so2983923ewy.0 for ; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:28:29 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6E1780D8-187C-47BE-A1C1-C6EB746C8BE7@fastmail.net> 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 Hi Konrad, On Nov 1, 2010, at 12:32 PM, 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? I don't think so. But what I am also missing is a clear idea on *how* this event should be generated and *how* it should be displayed. Apparently you do not want the event listed in the agenda, but you say "maybe a special font". If the event is not listed, what else should be in a general font? Maybe try to work out a more detailed proposal? Cheers - Carsten