From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Konrad Hinsen Subject: Extended-period events in agenda views Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:32:38 +0100 Message-ID: <6E1780D8-187C-47BE-A1C1-C6EB746C8BE7@fastmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51867 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PCsd6-0002fs-O1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:32:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PCsd5-0001yz-4J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:32:48 -0400 Received: from smtp3-g21.free.fr ([212.27.42.3]:46078) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PCsd4-0001xx-Cm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:32:47 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.5] (unknown [82.66.102.10]) by smtp3-g21.free.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FDD1A6232 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:32:40 +0100 (CET) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Emacs Org mode mailing list Hello all, I have been a happy org-mode user for a while, using more and more of org-mode for more and more things. By now I have completely replaced my use of iCal (on the Mac) by the org-mode agenda, with no regrets. However, there is one feature that I am still trying to get into my agenda view, but I didn't find a way to do it yet. There are a couple of long-lasting "events" that I would like to show in my agenda view. A typical example would be school vacation periods, but there are others: absences of a colleague, availability of some instrument, etc, Their common feature is that they can last very long (several weeks) and that they don't really occupy my agenda. I just want to know when planning something if a given day is in period X or not. So I'd like to see at a glance (using a specific font, color, one- letter prefix etc.) if a day falls into a certain predefined period. Simply adding a corresponding event to my agenda leads to visual clutter: it gets marked on every single day of the period. Is there any way to get what I am looking for? Thanks in advance, Konrad.