From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dboyd@attentigroup.com (J. David Boyd) Subject: Re: Show weekday in daily agenda view Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 08:53:42 -0400 Message-ID: References: <871s10df9r.fsf@th-koeln.de> <87v9ycrb3l.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> <87a7fmxq1n.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51541) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hRcN1-0005uR-Lx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2019 08:53:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hRcN0-0002E2-B9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2019 08:53:55 -0400 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=56818 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hRcN0-0002AQ-2x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2019 08:53:54 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hRcMw-000Lvd-Re for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 May 2019 14:53:50 +0200 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" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nick Dokos writes: > dboyd@attentigroup.com (J. David Boyd) writes: > >> Nick Dokos writes: >> >>> johanna.may@th-koeln.de writes: >>> >>>> maybe I did not search the right way in google alias startpage. But I >>>> could not figure out how to write next to the date e.g. 2000-04-01 the >>>> weekday, i.e. the specific day of the week. It would come very handy to >>>> have the date displayed as 2019-05-14 Tu and 2019-05-15 We and so on. Or >>>> even have it spelled out as 2019-05-14 Tuesday. >>>> >>> >>> How do you generate that view? >>> >>> Doesn't your agenda view already show the day of the week? With the >>> recommended keybinding, I get a daily agenda with C-c a a d. >>> >>> Mine starts like this: >>> >>> ,---- >>> | Day-agenda (W20): >>> | Tuesday 14 May 2019 >>> | 8:00...... ---------------- >>> | appts: 10:00-11:30 Tools Meeting >>> | 10:00...... ---------------- >>> | 12:00...... ---------------- >>> | 14:00...... ---------------- >>> | 16:00...... ---------------- >>> | 18:00...... ---------------- >>> | 20:00...... ---------------- >>> | work: Sched.Xx: TODO Review PR >>> | work: Sched.2x: TODO Add issue >>> | Weather: OpenWeatherMap: light rain, 3-8°C, 1010hpa, 90%, 3m/s >>> `---- >>> >>> so it definitely shows the weekday, but perhaps you are doing something >>> different? >> >> >> How do you generate *that* view? How do you have it creating sub-groups? All >> I get is a straight-forward list of days and times, with all items in chrono >> order.... >> > > Not sure what you mean by "sub-groups". And I'm pretty sure I don't do > anything special to get this. The grid is the standard grid - I > believe that comes "free" with the default settings of > org-agenda-time-grid and org-agenda-use-time-grid. > > The appts:, work: and Weather: thingies are "categories" - the first > two come from the name of the agenda file where the item originated: > I have a work.org file for work items and an appts.org file which contains just > reminders. It actually contains a bit more: there are top-level headlines > for Anniversaries, Weather and Appointments like this: > > ,---- > | * Anniversaries > | :PROPERTIES: > | :CATEGORY: Anniv > | :ID: 409062f6-6cb1-467f-b192-2dfcb7b384ca > | :END: > | %%(org-bbdb-anniversaries) > | > | * Weather > | :PROPERTIES: > | :CATEGORY: Weather > | :END: > | %%(org-weather) > | > | * Appointments > | ** APPT Doctor appt > | .... > `---- > > Items in the Appoinments section don't have a defined Category > so they are labeled with the fill name ("appts"). Anniversaries > and Weather items have a CATEGORY property so they are labeled > by the explicit category. > > I don't remember whether I do anything special to sort the items > (e.g. why the Weather item is always last). If you are interested > in that, I can dig a little more into my configuration. > > Does that answer your question? That helps immensely, evidently I have some reading to do, so I understand more of how to change the agenda view around. And yes please, could/would you check your config and see if anything special is done? Thanks very much! Dave in Hudson, FL