org-agenda-prefix-format and tab stops

org-agenda-prefix-format and tab stops

[Michael Maurer]

hi,

I've discovered org-agenda-prefix-format, but can't figure out how to
add a tab-stop after every todo-item. So basically that the headlines
are aligned regardless of the character-length of the todo-item. My
current setup looks like this:

(setq org-agenda-prefix-format
  '(
(agenda  . "  %?-12t% s")
    (timeline  . "  % s")
    (todo  . "  %i %-12:c")
    (tags  . " %i %-12:c")
    (search . " %i %-12:c"))

but messing around with the -12 variable doesn't seem to change
anything. Probably missing something.

Re: org-agenda-prefix-format and tab stops

[Samuel Wales]

i am not understanding what you are trying to do.  do you have headers
before other columns?  are you perhaps looking for
org-agenda-todo-keyword-format ?  or is it the prefix format that is
varying for you?


On 6/29/22, Michael Maurer <maurer.michael@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> I've discovered org-agenda-prefix-format, but can't figure out how to
> add a tab-stop after every todo-item. So basically that the headlines
> are aligned regardless of the character-length of the todo-item. My
> current setup looks like this:
>
> (setq org-agenda-prefix-format
>   '(
> (agenda  . "  %?-12t% s")
>     (timeline  . "  % s")
>     (todo  . "  %i %-12:c")
>     (tags  . " %i %-12:c")
>     (search . " %i %-12:c"))
>
> but messing around with the -12 variable doesn't seem to change
> anything. Probably missing something.
>
>


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Re: org-agenda-prefix-format and tab stops

[Michael Maurer]

Here's how it looks vs. how I want it to look https://imgur.com/a/5YfTeZh

I tried messing around with tabstops in the headlines, but realized
quickly that the level of headline (I think) has an influence over the
number of tabstops in org-agenda. So basically you have to vary the
amount of tabstops per headline, to get a uniform layout in the
org-agenda view. So a more elegant solution would be to specify a
layout for org-agenda-view, that determines the position of todo-items
and the text immediately following them.


On Thu, 30 Jun 2022 at 04:33, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i am not understanding what you are trying to do.  do you have headers
> before other columns?  are you perhaps looking for
> org-agenda-todo-keyword-format ?  or is it the prefix format that is
> varying for you?
>
>
> On 6/29/22, Michael Maurer <maurer.michael@gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > I've discovered org-agenda-prefix-format, but can't figure out how to
> > add a tab-stop after every todo-item. So basically that the headlines
> > are aligned regardless of the character-length of the todo-item. My
> > current setup looks like this:
> >
> > (setq org-agenda-prefix-format
> >   '(
> > (agenda  . "  %?-12t% s")
> >     (timeline  . "  % s")
> >     (todo  . "  %i %-12:c")
> >     (tags  . " %i %-12:c")
> >     (search . " %i %-12:c"))
> >
> > but messing around with the -12 variable doesn't seem to change
> > anything. Probably missing something.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> The Kafka Pandemic
>
> A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy:
> https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com

Re: org-agenda-prefix-format and tab stops

[Ihor Radchenko]

Michael Maurer <maurer.michael@gmail.com> writes:

> Here's how it looks vs. how I want it to look https://imgur.com/a/5YfTeZh

See org-agenda-todo-keyword-format.

Best,
Ihor

Re: org-agenda-prefix-format and tab stops

[Michael Maurer]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2022 at 14:52, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Michael Maurer <maurer.michael@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Here's how it looks vs. how I want it to look https://imgur.com/a/5YfTeZh
>
> See org-agenda-todo-keyword-format.
>
> Best,
> Ihor

Oh wow, that's exactly it. Thanks the both of you.