Re: many an agenda keyword search improvement

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: many an agenda keyword search improvement
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:28:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <FDF006AB-67FB-4240-A6A0-58D978448743@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20524da71003130936q45de8550g8a92e017a55bb822@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Samuel,

thanks for this message.  I have put this on my list, but
I cannot see when I will be able to work on this.

- Carsten

On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Samuel Wales wrote:

> Here are agenda suggestions for org keyword searches that I
> have been collecting.
>
> All of them would be very useful (to me).
>
> Is it better to use separate emails?
>
>
> 1.  Colorize headlines as in the outline.
>
> When I search for "forums" in org using M-x
> org-agenda-dispatch s, I get an agenda that does not
> colorize the italic part of the headline below.
>
> * NAKA [#A] /email and forum/  
> forums                             :now:refile:
>
> If it could be colorized normally, I would be able to find
> the headline much faster.
>
> 2.  Colorize matches.
>
> Some hits are from headlines (i.e. "forums" is in the
> headline), but others are from body text.  These are not
> distinguished.  Also, regexp searches do not show what
> matched, and you can't tell where the match is in a headline
> easily.
>
> These problems are solved by colorizing matches (e.g. using
> the same face that isearch does).
>
> 3.  Pre-seed isearch and isearch-regexp.
>
> If you RET on a headline, you sometimes want to search for
> the search expression (e.g. "forums") in the body text.
> (Optionally) pre-seeding isearch and isearch-regexp with the
> search expression would allow you to not have to type it.
>
> This would turn the entire expression, such as "alpha beta
> {gamma\|linoleic}", into a regular expression.
>
> 4.  E-like mode for body matches.
>
> If matches are in body text, perhaps the matching lines can
> be shown under the headilnes with the matches highlighted.
>
> 5.  Link type for agenda search.
>
> Sometimes you want a todo item to do an agenda keyword search.
>
> 6.  Colorize matches in other window.
>
> When you show the outline buffer in the other window,
> colorize matches there.
>
> 7.  Search within results.
>
> The / command is useful for searching for tags within
> results (including body text) without having to incur the
> overhead of an entire agenda search again.
>
> I'd like the same thing for keyword searches.  Searches are
> very slow on my system, so I never refine searches.  But I
> would if I had this capability.
>
> 8.  Or search within results and do other stuff.
>
> I also have a proposal for an idea that supersedes #7 and
> also allows more functionality.  I alluded to it in previous
> email in a footnote.
>
> Suppose we could have a "next command operates on the
> selected entries (or ALL displayed entries if none
> selected)" command?
>
> This could fold the / command and the command I am
> requesting into a single facility that can then be used for
> other purposes also.  To do a todo search within a keyword
> search, you just do the keyword search, run the command,
> then do a todo search.  Or any other command.
>
> It could be on /.  Current / behavior could be done with two
> /es (first says next command is within results and second
> says do tag search).
>
> 9.  Search in attachments.
>
> I have already covered this in another email.  Perhaps the
> discussion could be revived if there is enough interest.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Samuel
>
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- Carsten