From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: merging column view headings across files Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:34:02 +0200 Message-ID: References: <54D31223-8642-4118-82F6-170AE39AD0BE@ualberta.ca> 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=51431 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OqLM9-0001jg-Qk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:34:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OqLM8-0004D3-Ie for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:34:09 -0400 Received: from paard.ic.uva.nl ([145.18.40.182]:37949) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OqLM8-0004Cy-9F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:34:08 -0400 In-Reply-To: <54D31223-8642-4118-82F6-170AE39AD0BE@ualberta.ca> 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: Neil Hepburn Cc: emacs-orgmode On Aug 26, 2010, at 2:21 AM, Neil Hepburn wrote: > Greetings all, > > I have column view configured differently in several different org > files. In some the columns include things like priority and tags, > another file has columns like blocker and so on. When I do an agenda > search for special todo keywords (in particular "STALLED") the > search returns those dreaded stalled projects, which of course > include some things from each org file. If I switch to column view, > it seems to use the column definitions in place for the first thing > on the list. So, if a todo.org item is the first thing on the list > the column headings are those defined in the todo.org file. However, > there are things from project specific files (where i use the > "BLOCKER" property to keep track of what's connected to what), and > the column view heading for "BLOCKER" does not appear. > > Anyone have any bright ideas on how I can keep separate column view > definitions in each org file but have them some how magically > combined in column-view look at my agenda? Hi Neil, you can set the variable `org-agenda-overriding-columns-format', either globally, or in the options section of a custom agenda command. HTH - Carsten