Re: feature request: show context in agenda

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Nov 12, 2009, at 1:36 AM, Samuel Wales wrote:

> In the agenda, it is difficult to find where you are in
> the hierarchy.  I find that I have to switch to the outline,
> then scroll up, if I want to know what the parent headline
> is, or any ancestor.
>
> Others have proposed showing the parent headline, but that
> could clutter the agenda and will not show other ancestors.
>
> Here is a simple proposal: put the olpath of the current
> header in header-line-format.

Hi Samuel,

I am not so comfortable with using the header-line-format, because
that is also used by column view, also in the agenda.

How about using the echo area?

I have implemented that, please take a look to see if this works as  
well.

- Carsten

P.S.  In an org file, with speed commands turned on, press SPC
to get the current outline path displayed.

>
> Then you always know where you are, without having to switch
> to the outline buffer.
>
> Thanks.
>
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- Carsten