Re: mouse highlight on agenda lines

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:

> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
> 
> > Thomas S. Dye <tsd@tsdye.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Aloha all,
> >> 
> >> After a recent upgrade to emacs 24, and using the Org-mode that ships
> >> with emacs (7.8.11), the following code that has been in my
> >> initialization file for a long time no longer works:
> >> 
> >> #+begin_src emacs-lisp :tangle yes
> >>   (add-hook 'org-finalize-agenda-hook
> >>     (lambda () (remove-text-properties
> >>                (point-min) (point-max) '(mouse-face t))))
> >> #+end_src
> >> 
> >> It used to keep the mouse pointer from highlighting agenda lines.
> >> 
> >> Any idea why it is broken now?
> >
> > Maybe.
> >
> > C-h v org-finalize-agenda-hook says:
> >
> > ,----
> > | org-finalize-agenda-hook's value is ((lambda nil
> > |    (remove-text-properties
> > |     (point-min)
> > |     (point-max)
> > |     '(mouse-face t))))
> > | 
> > | 
> > |   This variable is obsolete since 24.3;
> > |   use `org-agenda-finalize-hook' instead.
> > |   This variable is potentially risky when used as a file local variable.
> > `----
> >
> > Nick
> 
> Hi Nick,
> 
> I'm on a bumpy upgrade road here.  I like the promise of ELPA, but so
> far the org package hasn't worked so well for me :(
> 
> On my system, C-h v org-finalize-agenda-hook says:
> 
> org-finalize-agenda-hook is a variable defined in `org-agenda.el'.
> Its value is ((lambda nil
>    (remove-text-properties
>     (point-min)
>     (point-max)
>     '(mouse-face t))))
> 
> Original value was nil
> 
>   This variable is potentially risky when used as a file local variable.
> 
> Documentation:
> Hook run just before displaying an agenda buffer.
> 
> I see from your post that the hook I'm using will go away when I find
> time to get current again.  I suppose there is no sense trying to figure
> out why my soon-to-be-obsolete hook isn't working on an outdated system.
> 

Do you have org-agenda-finalize-hook? If so, try adding your function to
that. It seems to work for me, but we *are* running different bits, so you
might have to get back onto the bleeding edge before it works for you
again.

Nick