From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Bug: Description of org agenda columns format in manual not correct/misleading Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:26:58 +0200 Message-ID: References: <444878CE-0B62-47D1-9C6D-E9D1FD2ED01F@math.au.dk> <87y2zw82a7.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <87lfvvikpo.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> <871rxm7tql.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000004cce9105903b1c8b" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57376) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1hybKB-0002Mm-2z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:27:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hybK9-0000Py-BD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:27:18 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-f49.google.com ([209.85.208.49]:40741) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hybK9-0000PW-4I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 08:27:17 -0400 Received: by mail-ed1-f49.google.com with SMTP id h8so4973220edv.7 for ; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 05:27:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Andrew Francis Swann Cc: Nick Dokos , "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" , "Fraga, Eric" --0000000000004cce9105903b1c8b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" It is already in the git master branch. Carsten On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 1:46 PM Andrew Francis Swann wrote: > Dear Carsten, > > > > This sounds like a very good solution. I look forward to it being > implemented. > > > > Andrew > > > > -- > > Andrew Swann | Associate Professor | Tel +45 871 55767 | swann@math.au.dk | > http://home.math.au.dk/swann/ | Department of Mathematics, Aarhus > University, Ny Munkegade 118, Bldg 1530, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark | Dept > +45 871 50000 | Fax +45 8613 1769 > > > > > > *From: *Emacs-orgmode on > behalf of Carsten Dominik > *Date: *Friday, 16 August 2019 at 10:19 > *To: *"Fraga, Eric" > *Cc: *Nick Dokos , Org mode > *Subject: *Re: [O] Bug: Description of org agenda columns format in > manual not correct/misleading > > > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 9:50 AM Fraga, Eric wrote: > > On Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019 at 15:57, Nick Dokos wrote: > > "Fraga, Eric" writes: > > > >> I have this setting in my Emacs initialization: > >> > >> (setq org-agenda-overriding-columns-format "%5TODO %TIMESTAMP %40ITEM > %LOCATION %TAGS") > >> > >> HTH, > >> eric > > > > Shouldn't you be using org-columns-default-format instead? > > No because it's about setting the columns format for the agenda view > alone, not the format for normal org buffers. My error was in using a > deprecated variable; the actual variable is > org-overriding-columns-format. > > The OP's post was actually about the documentation (which I > misunderstood). > > > > I have discussed this problem with Allen Li, who fixed a bug in the agenda > column setting a while ago. > > > > I think what is missing to make this more transparent is a variable > `org-default-columns-format-for-agenda' which is a proper user option. > This option can be set in your init.el or through customize, and it will > provide a default format for the agenda. `org-overriding-columns-format > should ONLY EVER be used in the local setting section of a custom agenda > view. > > > > This new variable is not available in master. > > > > - Carsten > --0000000000004cce9105903b1c8b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It is already in the git master branch.

Carsten

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 1:46 PM Andrew Francis Swann <swann@math.au.dk> wrote:
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Dear Carsten,

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This sounds like a very good solution.=C2=A0 I= look forward to it being implemented.

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Andrew

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From: = Emacs-orgmode <ema= cs-orgmode-bounces+swann=3Dmath.au.dk@gnu.org> on behalf of Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl>
Date: Friday, 16 August 2019 at 10:19
To: "Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>
Cc: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>, Org mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: [O] Bug: Description of org agenda columns format in ma= nual not correct/misleading

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Hi,

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On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 9:50 AM Fraga, Eric <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>= ; wrote:

On Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019 at 15:57, Nick Dokos wrote= :
> "Fraga, Eric" <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
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>> I have this setting in my Emacs initialization:
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>> (setq org-agenda-overriding-columns-format "%5TODO %TIMESTAMP= %40ITEM %LOCATION %TAGS")
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>> HTH,
>> eric
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> Shouldn't you be using org-columns-default-format instead?

No because it's about setting the columns format for the agenda view alone, not the format for normal org buffers.=C2=A0 My error was in using a=
deprecated variable; the actual variable is
org-overriding-columns-format.

The OP's post was actually about the documentation (which I
misunderstood).

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I have discussed this problem with Allen Li, who fix= ed a bug in the agenda column setting a while ago.

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I think what is missing to make this more transparen= t is a variable `org-default-columns-format-for-agenda' which is a prop= er user option.=C2=A0 This option can be set in your init.el or through cus= tomize, and it will provide a default format for the agenda.=C2=A0 `org-overriding-columns-format should ONLY EVER be u= sed in the local setting section of a custom agenda view.

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This new variable is not available in master.=

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- Carsten

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