Re: recurring events, alternative to shift modifier, tag positions, smart [ ], and org-publish questions

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Dec 8, 2006, at 23:11, Scott Jaderholm wrote:

> First let me say that I've really enjoyed using org-mode for the past 
> month or so. Thank you to all those who have contributed to it!
>
> I've had fun customizing the faces a little and this is what I came up 
> with http://jaderholm.com/screens/org-colors.jpg

Nice.  You could make your configuration available!

> 2. I use org-mode over ssh and since shift doesn't work along with 
> other modifiers many of the keystrokes do not work. Has anyone come up 
> with alternate keystrokes not involving shift that they could share?

Please check section 12.6 in the manual.

> 3. How do you make it so that tags appear farther to the right? I'm 
> hoping that will keep them more inline, as long headings tend to 
> interfere with the default position.

There is a variable `org-tags-column' that you can use to configure 
this.

>
> 4. Has anyone written a smart function for smart adding [ ] to lines, 
> kind of like C-c C-t does with TODO? Ideally it would be smart enough 
> to put it after a - if there were one.

If you are in a plain list already, M-RET inserts a new item with  [ ].
I guess there could also be something to put this in after you have
created an item, but [ ] is not so hart to type after all.

>
> * org-publish questions
>
> 5. I'm using org-export and I have been unable to link to an image and 
> have it show up as an image in the exported html. 
> [[http://foo.com/bar.jpg]] shows up as a link and @<img 
> src="http://foo.com/bar.jpg" /> shows up with the markup as text and 
> the url as a link.

You mean an image located at a URL?  Hmm, you are right, this is not 
possible yet.  You can inline local images with

   [[file:bar.jpg]]

If you write

   [[file:bar.jpg][this is the bar image]]

you will get a link to the image instead.

I'll put inlining of remote images onto my todo list.  Not sure yet how 
this will work.

>
> 6. I've had problems with lists (- items) not ending correctly and the 
> next line, even if separated with a blank line, is considered part of 
> the list. Do I have to explicitly end the list or has anyone seen this 
> problem? The closest I can get to reproducing it at this moment is 
> that if I have:
>
>  text:
>  - 1
>  - 2
>
>  more text
>
>  the "text:" is in a <p> but the "more text" is not in a <p>.

Is that a problem?  There is a </li> after the end of a list, so for me 
the formatted HTML looks just fine, even without a <p>.

> 7. Is there a way to change how the page title is exported so that it 
> will use a span instead of an h1?

This is the variable `org-export-html-title-format'.  You can
find such variables by choosing from the menu Org->Customize,
then open the group "Org Export", then the group
"Org Export HTML", then read through the names of the options.

- Carsten