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From: Jakub Szypulka <jakub@szypulka.de>
To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug: Displaying timeline for .org-file and then switching to including inactive timestamps will not include old and future inactive timestamps [8.3.1 (8.3.1-16-gf6aa53-elpa @ /Users/cube/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150810/)]
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:50:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m28u9097gf.fsf@szypulka.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87oahxy7jy.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>

Hello Nicolas,

thank you for the quick reply.

In that case, using agenda view, how can I display all timestamps in a buffer when the oldest and newest are a long time apart?
Must I define a custom agenda view first? (e.g. to encompass a large time frame and hide empty days)

Regards
Jakub

> --- Original message ---
> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> wrote on Monday, 24 August 2015 at 00:16:
>
> Hello,
>
> Jakub Szypulka <jakub@szypulka.de> writes:
>
>> Background: Open an org-file with only inactive timestamps. Execute
>> "C-c a L" to show the timeline for it. The timeline will be empty,
>> and only show the heading for today's date. This is correct. Now press
>> "v [" in order to include inactive timestamps in the timeline.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Expected result: the timeline will include all inactive timestamps,
>> including past and future ones.
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Actual result: the timeline will only include inactive timestamps for today,
>> but not past or future ones.
>
> It seems correct. According to manual:
>
>   ‘v [  or short  [     (org-agenda-manipulate-query-add)’
>        Include inactive timestamps into the current view.
>
> Current view here is today.
>
>> Furthermore, it will not allow the user to execute any
>> date-changing shortcuts such as "b" or "f".
>
> There are many advertised limitations to Timeline feature. Actually,
> Timeline feature is moribund[fn:1][fn:2]. Use Agenda view instead.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> [fn:1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/39368/focus=40038
>
> [fn:2] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/60518

  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-08-24 12:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-23  4:00 Bug: Displaying timeline for .org-file and then switching to including inactive timestamps will not include old and future inactive timestamps [8.3.1 (8.3.1-16-gf6aa53-elpa @ /Users/cube/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150810/)] Jakub Szypulka
2015-08-23 22:16 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2015-08-24  9:07   ` document depreciation of timeline? (was: Re: Bug: Displaying timeline for .org-file and then switching to including inactive timestamps will not include old and future inactive timestamps [8.3.1 (8.3.1-16-gf6aa53-elpa @ /Users/cube/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150810/)]) Gregor Zattler
2015-08-24 20:54     ` document depreciation of timeline? Nicolas Goaziou
2015-08-24 12:50   ` Jakub Szypulka [this message]
2015-08-24 14:38     ` Bug: Displaying timeline for .org-file and then switching to including inactive timestamps will not include old and future inactive timestamps [8.3.1 (8.3.1-16-gf6aa53-elpa @ /Users/cube/.emacs.d/elpa/org-20150810/)] Nicolas Goaziou

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