From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: Only showing part of a list Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:37:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44144) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YW2N8-0005Ij-Go for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:37:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YW2N3-0005Qk-VH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:37:53 -0400 Received: from smtp.andrew.cmu.edu ([128.2.105.204]:42557) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YW2N3-0005QW-Pr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 08:37:49 -0400 In-reply-to: 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Cecil Westerhof Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > >> It sounds like this would be a good case for subheadings, to break up >> the long check list. >> > > =E2=80=8BThen I get something like: > * Actions [0/5] > - [ ] First action > - [ ] Second action > - [ ] Third action > - [ ] Fourth action > - [ ] Fifth Action > - Next actions [0/25] > - [ ] Sixth action > . > . > . > - [ ] Thirtieth action > I mean something like * actions [/] ** set 1 [/] - [ ] first - [ ] second - [ ] third ** set 2 [/] - [ ] first - [ ] second - [ ] third etc... I don't know what you are doing, but it is not too often there are actually 30 actions that cannot be subdivided in my experience. I did have one use case like this for a list of assignments to grade in a class of 59 students though. You can probably do something with invisible text (http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/02/06/Invisible-text-in-emacs/) where you sort your list to move checked items to the end, and then use an overlay to make the checked entries invisible, and maybe anything past the 5th list element. Thinking about your workflow, it also seems you really want some agenda like behavior, so that you dynamically see a small number of unchecked items you can interact with. > So I do not see the total amount of actions. (At least not when actions is > in overview mode.) Or can that be solved? > > > > >> Cecil Westerhof writes: >> >> > The following is part of an org-file: >> > >> > * Actions [0/30] >> > - [ ] First action >> > - [ ] Second action >> > - [ ] Third action >> > - [ ] Fourth action >> > - [ ] Fifth Action >> > . >> > . >> > . >> > - [ ] Thirtieth action >> > >> > But I am only interested in the first five actions, so I would like it= to >> > be displayed like: >> > * Actions [0/30] >> > - [ ] First action >> > - [ ] Second action >> > - [ ] Third action >> > - [ ] Fourth action >> > - [ ] Fifth Action >> > ... >> > >> > =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8BWould that (in the future) be possible? >> -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu