From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Feature Request: org-agenda-set-category Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 05:40:26 +0200 Message-ID: References: <18141.23318.769156.930384@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <877in6e2fm.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISlkm-0005Jv-7K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:40:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISlkk-0005I7-8v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:40:31 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISlkk-0005I2-1A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:40:30 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ISlkj-0006bN-KB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 23:40:29 -0400 In-Reply-To: <877in6e2fm.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> 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: Bastien Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Sep 4, 2007, at 20:00, Bastien wrote: > "T. V. Raman" writes: > >> It would be nice to have an interactive org-agenda-set-category >> alongside org-agenda-set-tag in the agenda buffer. > > I think it doesn't make sense to have `org-agenda-set-category' until > we > are able to set the category as a property of the headline. > > For now categories (like the archiving locations) are set by looking > *backward* for a line like #+CATEGORY or #+ARCHIVE. > > When setting the category with `org-agenda-set-category', where should > such a line be inserted/modified? Just above the headline? Then storing > this headline won't delete the #+CATEGORY line. Just under the > headline? > Then the headline itself won't be recognized as belonging to that > category... See the discussion here: > > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/2898 > > Please anybody stops me if I'm wrong, but I guess the #+ARCHIVE and > #+CATEGORY instructions are slowly dying and will be set as properties > in the future. I have been thinking in this direction as well. The only problem is that properties are quite invisible during normal working. But I agree that the multiple #+CATEGORY things in a single file are complex and not very clean, so properties might be better. > > Then, in the new world, where such #+CONSTRUCTS are only used to set > *file* properties (not headlines properties), Yes, I'd like to go there, eventually. > it will be okay to set > whatever property you want through the column view -- and perhaps the > column view itself would be available in the agenda ebuffer it is!