Re: [RFC] org-agenda: Jump directly to line in case of a timestamp

[Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>]

Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> writes:

> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>>
>>> Pressing TAB in the agenda would jump to the respective plain list item.
>>>
>>> Find the concrete patch below.
>>>
>>> WDYT?
>>
>> I have the feeling that both behaviours are useful. All things being
>> equal, this is the entry being displayed in the Agenda, not necessarily
>> the line containing the timestamp. Moreover this feature could be less
>> meaningful if `org-agenda-skip-additional-timestamps-same-entry' is
>> non-nil.
>>
>> Maybe an optional argument could allow one to switch from one behaviour
>> to the other. I have no strong opinion about this, though.
>
> Thanks!
>
> I just found function `org-agenda-switch-to' which is similar to
> `org-agenda-goto' but does not the jump to the headline.
>
> I personally configure this function to be on shift-tab.
>
>     (org-defkey org-agenda-mode-map [(backtab)] #'org-agenda-switch-to)

And, as a bonus, org-agenda-switch-to is bound to RET by default. I've
happily been hitting return since 2008 to jump directly to timestamps.
:)

The only difference, if I remember correctly, is that
org-agenda-switch-to replaces the agenda buffer with the target org
buffer, whereas org-agenda-goto shows the target org buffer in another
window. 

Best,
Matt