From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: deadlines with special option for warning days. Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 08:35:50 +0200 Message-ID: References: <23372cba80445dfe250116930c1ad0c5@science.uva.nl> <4f2f4da7d145d46a6e15c80f1db0c655@science.uva.nl> 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 1IST7K-0004cS-Eo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:46:34 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IST7J-0004ah-Qy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:46:33 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IST7J-0004aM-Gy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:46:33 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IST7J-00011P-41 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2007 03:46:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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: Rainer Stengele Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Sep 3, 2007, at 16:56, Rainer Stengele wrote: > Carsten Dominik schrieb: >> >> On Aug 31, 2007, at 18:31, Rainer Stengele wrote: >>>> How about the following solution. >>>> >>>> If you bind org-deadline-warning-days to 0 or a negative number, >>>> this value (the absolute value of that number) will be enforced >>>> no matter what. If it is a positive number, individual lead >>>> times will overrule it. >>>> >>>> - Carsten >>> >>> OK - so how would I bind the value for different custom agenda views >>> to different values? >> >> This would be using the options section of an agenda command. >> >> Here is a lisp example: >> >> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands >> '(("a" agenda "" ((org-deadline-warning-days -5))))) >> >> It is much easier to work on these custom views through the customize >> interface, so do M-x customize-variable RET >> org-agenda-custom-commands RET >> or even easier `C-c a C' >> >> There you can click INS in the options field and then fill in >> the variable name and the value you would like it to have. >> >> In the Manual, take a look at section 9.6.3 which has examples for >> this. >> Also John Wiegley shows in his document some examples for custom views >> with local variable settings and how these are made using the >> customize >> interface. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> - Carsten > > Hi Carsten, > > this is maybe a misunderstanding. I already use a lot of the custom > agenda views. > Example: Well, your question read > OK - so how would I bind the value for different custom agenda views > to different values? Don;t know how to interpret it differently. > ... > ("d" agenda "X-Agenda 0 days deadline preview" > ((org-deadline-warning-days 0)) > nil > ("~/org/agenda0.txt")) > ... This will work in 5.08. Setting org-deadline-warning-days to 0 or a negative number will overrule any individual lead times set with the -5d syntax. > > I do not want this one to appear because my custom > org-deadline-warning-days is 0. > Did I misunderstand you or is this a bug? It is not a bug, but the change I describe above is not yet in any release. - Carsten