From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Wales Subject: Re: Showing timestamps in agenda items Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 10:22:34 -0700 Message-ID: References: <20130707082520.54229ec6@khumba.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40591) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UvsfV-0008Uz-U0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2013 13:22:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UvsfT-00025U-Tq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2013 13:22:37 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-x22d.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::22d]:62268) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UvsfT-00025I-OB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Jul 2013 13:22:35 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f45.google.com with SMTP id j13so3165666wgh.24 for ; Sun, 07 Jul 2013 10:22:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20130707082520.54229ec6@khumba.net> 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bryan Gardiner Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Perhaps this note from my .emacs might help. ;; ;; removing timestamps ;; ;; the variable seems to be completely ignored. it always ;; removes active timestamps no matter what the setting of this ;; variable is. it never removes any other timestamps or time ;; specifications. ;; ;; if it is fixed, then i might want it for inactive as beg. ;; with a wide screen it is less important. ;; ;; this does not work for inactive (i tested it) as displayed ;; with the [ ] feature. ;; ;; (setq org-agenda-remove-times-when-in-prefix 'beg) (setq org-agenda-remove-times-when-in-prefix nil) ;; default is t. ;; (setq org-agenda-remove-times-when-in-prefix t) On 7/7/13, Bryan Gardiner wrote: > Hello, > > I've developed a habit of typing items like this: > > * Foo Event <2013-07-07 Sun>..<2013-08-07 Wed> > > The effect of this used to be agenda entries that looked like: > > Sunday 7 July 2013 > foo: Foo Event ..<2013-07-07 Sun> > > Saturday 7 August 2013 > foo: Foo Event <2013-08-07 Wed>.. > > It worked great for long, passive events that I only wanted to see > the beginning and end of, with a terse construct. Listing many dates > was great too, only stripping the current date for any appearance in > the agenda: > > * Bar Event <2013-07-08 Mon>,<2013-07-10 Wed>,<2013-07-12 Fri> > > Monday 8 July 2013 > foo: Bar Event ,<2013-07-10 Wed>,<2013-07-12 Fri> > > At some point (I think between 7.8 and 7.9) all dates stopped > appearing in the description part of agenda lines, so now all that > shows is: > > Sunday 7 July 2013 > foo: Some Event .. > > This is not as useful, as I could already put dates that I didn't want > visible on a following line. I've searched the org-adenda options but > haven't found a way to affect this behaviour. I haven't looked at the > code yet :). How much effort would it be to do this? Showing all > dates in agenda descriptions would be alright too. > > My next choice might be to do: > > * Foo > ** Foo starts <2013-07-07 Sun> > ** Foo ends <2013-08-07 Wed> > > But I'm open to other ideas. > > Thanks, > Bryan > > -- The Kafka Pandemic: http://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com The disease DOES progress. MANY people have died from it. ANYBODY can get it. Denmark: free Karina Hansen NOW.