From: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: next-error for agenda searches
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 19:01:37 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJcAo8u3LtG8umZ=f0tYCbqKwdtn5DGpp+J-82dzabA2fvfB=Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJcAo8sedgmRtJUM7Ae7F2cXRE74pEd9n8RJmJu3H3k1gMVWtA@mail.gmail.com>
manual> These
commands can also be used in ‘*grep*’ buffers, where the hyperlinks are
search matches rather than error messages (*note Grep Searching::).
--- (info "(emacs) Compilation Mode")
it is likely common to have grep and compilation mode open at the same
time. i think this is like your multiple agenda objection. no?
On 12/19/21, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
> [as an example, i should not have brought up the follow mode example
> at all. it seems to have only confused readers. i was trying to
> forestall any suggestions that follow-mode exists and can do the job
> that next-error can is all. it can't do the same job.]
>
> On 12/19/21, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 12/19/21, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> multiple agenda views is not an uncommon workflow. You may have daily
>>
>> i think this is a strong objection. multiple simultaneous agenda
>> views seems to sink my suggestion.
>>
>> can one have multiple simultaneous c-c / buffers? and multiple
>> grep/occur/compilation shell minor mode?
>>
>> or a grep buffer and an occur buffer and a compilation shell minor
>> mode buffer simultaneously? what disambiguates those?
>>
>> idk what is done in such cases. perhaps there is an assumption of a
>> single set of errors at a time, or some buffer local thing.
>>
>>> etc. It would be unclear which agenda view to use when you call
>>> next-error. Last generated? Last visited? What about agenda filters?
>>> Dimmed tasks?
>>
>> yes, good points, if you mean separate agendas. [else filters
>> honored; dimmed presumably not skipped by default.]
>>
>>>
>>>> furthermore, the next-closest thing, follow mode, puts point in wrong
>>>> window. also, 'canonical visibility is not present so i cannot see
>>>> everything [this might or might not be fixable by user].
>>>
>>> Can you elaborate?
>>
>> well it is moot because of the accessibility issue, but it is
>> unsuitable for the next-error task. point in wrong window so you have
>> to switch. some things hidden so you have to make visible is all i
>> meant. again, moot so no suggestions needed here.
>>
>>>> also there is an accessibility issue with it. i use large fonts so 2
>>>> windows do not show much. i use 2 windows only for very rare
>>>> completion or selecting purposes. not usable here.
>>>
>>> I also use relatively large fonts, though I do have space for two
>>> windows (but not more). Note that there is org-agenda-entry-text-mode.
>>
>> indeed that shows text. not editable directly in the real buffer, so
>> not like next-error. not useful for me in practice but nice.
>>
>> the next-error idea is for consistency with other parts of emacs.
>> your multiple simultaneous agenda problem might nix it, dunno.
>>
>>> Might be useful. Also, I personally prefer org-quickpeek in agenda.
>>
>> can't seem to find that package but next-error allows editing not just
>> peeking.
>>
>>> This sounds like you could use more tight search criteria or custom
>>> agenda searches. An example of irrelevant vs. relevant information could
>>> help us to suggest something for you.
>>
>> appreciate the offfer but pretty ure nobody can help here. i am also
>> limited in computer use and the back and forth is an issue. i would
>> not be able to describe the poroblems in sufficient detail, there
>> would be further questions, i'd have to respond, etc.
>>
>> but basically i have had org for a long time and i am not able to
>> maintain my forest as well as i need to.
>>
>> but it was just one point of many. help here would in most cases
>> likely be smething i have already thought of. appreciates the offer.
>>
>> next-error is a sort of general tool. it is not just for this purpose
>> and compilation errors. imo at least. that is why c-c / uses it.
>>
>>>
>>>> next-error would help me traverse and trim it rapidly. i could
>>>> perhaps create a kb macro to emulate it, but i haven't tried yet.
>>>> then again, one could do so for grep mode etc. also. :]
>>>
>>> If you decide to go with macro, it should not be too hard. Just <RET> on
>>> agenda item, do your edits, macro-beg, switch to agenda buffer,
>>> next-line, <RET>, macro-end
>>
>> yes :) [and doing soething to create canonical visibility at point so
>> that everything relevant is visible, and setting line in window].
>>
>> [and finding that kb macro to lisp package and binding the command and
>> possibly overloading the next-error bindings.]
>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Ihor
>>>
>>>
>>
>> my suggestion was for org's sake and i didn't think this much detail
>> would be needed at the time. i used my computer use time to do the
>> best i could, but it seems that more detail was needed, and that
>> detail needed discussion. my bad.
>>
>> n.b. i've been on the list for years, and many core features of org,
>> and parts thereof, were actually... my suggestions :).
>>
>> but sometimes i miss the mark apparently, especially lately. as in this
>> case.
>>
>> still, not sure why multiple grep buffers or grep with occur or c-c /,
>> etc. are compatible but multiple simultaneous agenda not so.
>>
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>
>
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>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-20 2:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-15 1:34 next-error for agenda searches Samuel Wales
2021-12-18 8:44 ` Samuel Wales
2021-12-18 10:09 ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-19 1:10 ` Samuel Wales
2021-12-19 1:14 ` Samuel Wales
2021-12-19 13:31 ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-20 1:45 ` Samuel Wales
2021-12-20 1:58 ` Samuel Wales
2021-12-20 2:01 ` Samuel Wales [this message]
2021-12-20 14:57 ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-20 22:15 ` Samuel Wales
2021-12-20 22:16 ` Samuel Wales
2021-12-24 1:15 ` Samuel Wales
2021-12-24 11:14 ` Dealing with growing backlog (was: next-error for agenda searches) Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-24 11:51 ` Tim Cross
2022-05-15 7:22 ` Ihor Radchenko
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