From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Lundin Subject: Re: due today notification Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:57:27 -0400 Message-ID: <87eihzwdso.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: <87tyr1g4pd.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87wrvs7m9q.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O7DGh-0006kg-H9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:49:59 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55812 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O7DGf-0006jS-UV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:49:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7DGe-0002Mv-36 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:49:57 -0400 Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:36109) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7DGe-0002Ma-0c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:49:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Buck Brody's message of "Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:12:03 -0400") 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: buckbrody@gmail.com Cc: emacs-orgmode Buck Brody writes: > > Might I ask why the sparse tree search above or a simple agenda > > view of deadlines is inadequate? The daily agenda provides a nice > > view of all deadlines, making clear which are due today and which > > are past due. And with a custom agenda command you can see only > > those items that are due today: > > Assume I have 10 things that must be done for a specific project and > two of them must be done today. =C2=A0I want to be able to know which two > are due today, but I still want to see them in the same list as the > other 8 items because it gives useful context. =C2=A0 > But isn't this precisely what a sparse tree does? I.e., it highlights the relevant deadlines but preserves the context... I dug around in the source code and found a command (normally invoked by org-sparse-tree) that shows all deadlines in a file within n days (determined by a prefix argument). If you type... C-u 1 M-x org-check-deadlines ...org-mode will highlight all the deadlines in the buffer due today or past due. You could bind this to a key. Best, Matt