Hi Carsten,
Works beautifully! Thanks!!!!

Jose

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Hi Robin, the function must return the string that you'd like to have 
> inserted as the value in the column.  For example, to get the time, 
> use something like (untested)
>
> (defun my-org-column-cleaner (title value)
>    (cond
>      ((equal title "TIME")
>       (if (and value (>= (length value) 20))
>           (substring value 15 20)
>          nil ; there was no value, or it was a short string
>          ))
>       (t nil)))
> (setq org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function 
> 'my-org-column-cleaner)
>
> HTH
>
> - Carsten
>
> On Jul 27, 2008, at 6:03 AM, Jose Robins wrote:
>
>> Hi Carsten,
>> Thank you so much. Here is a dumb question. What is the return value 
>> datatype and the value for the function? Right now I'm running edebug 
>> to trace what is going on there to figure this out....
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jose
>>
>> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>> If you get the latest git version,  take a look at the variable
>>> `org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function'.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>> On Jul 25, 2008, at 5:33 AM, Jose Robins wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>>>> Hi Robin,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 23, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Jose Robins wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I've been extensively using column mode in the agenda buffer to 
>>>>>> plan my day/week. I have columns set up for scheduled and 
>>>>>> deadline. However, I was wondering if it'd be possible to expose 
>>>>>> just the "time" part of the scheduled timestamp as a property so 
>>>>>> that I could have a column for the time part of the timestamp 
>>>>>> (without the date). This would allow one to look @ the daily 
>>>>>> agenda and schedule time for tasks with just that column without 
>>>>>> bothering about the date (after all I'm already in today's 
>>>>>> agenda; so there is no need to see the date).
>>>>>
>>>>> This would in principle be possible of course, basically a filter 
>>>>> when displaying the column.
>>>> Hi Carsten,
>>>> Would this filter be something that would be done on the source 
>>>> end? If so, would you consider adding it? :)
>>>>
>>>> The GoogleTech talk has inspired me to start hacking into the 
>>>> source code a bit and contributing back. As a baby step, I'm 
>>>> thinking about modifying the column view to display custom date 
>>>> formats for the date column. Any pointers on getting me going on this?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks mucho,
>>>> Jose
>>>>
>>>>> But
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also if it'd be possible to sort the column view based on that 
>>>>>> column's contents it'd be great. That way, all the tasks will be 
>>>>>> sorted based on the time of the day that the task has been 
>>>>>> scheduled for. I guess I'm trying to use the column view similar 
>>>>>> to the time grid.
>>>>>
>>>>> This does not make sense becaue column view still uses the outline 
>>>>> structure of your file.  Why don't you just use the agenda or a 
>>>>> timeline view for this?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Carsten
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure if others' sort of planning methodology would benefit 
>>>>>> from this or not. I'm open to other ideas  that folks may feel is 
>>>>>> more efficient for achieving this as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Jose
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