Hi all When I turn on column view in a normal org-mode buffer I no longer see the first column of the column view. This is maybe best seen in the picture that is attached. What I would like to see is of course all the columns in the column view as in the second picture (which is taken with an older release of org-mode). I ran a git bisect to find the guilty commit and it turns out that there is a problem with commit c84d77a7a035a142bf114c5e6758c32a20f3fd68. Here's the output of git bisect: c84d77a7a035a142bf114c5e6758c32a20f3fd68 is the first bad commit commit c84d77a7a035a142bf114c5e6758c32a20f3fd68 Author: Julien Danjou Date: Wed Mar 16 18:17:28 2011 +0100 org-agenda: remove prefix-length property * lisp/org-agenda.el (org-agenda-highlight-todo): Stop using prefix-length. (org-cmp-alpha): Stop using prefix-length. (org-agenda-open-link): Stop using prefix-length. (org-agenda-change-all-lines): Stop using prefix-length. * lisp/org-colview-xemacs.el (org-columns-display-here): Stop using prefix-length. Always return claned items. * lisp/org-colview.el (org-columns-display-here): Stop using prefix-length. Always return claned items. * lisp/org-mobile.el (org-mobile-write-agenda-for-mobile): Stop using prefix-length. Signed-off-by: Julien Danjou :040000 040000 ff99bc828f1399800684bcd8b44a6dee837d505a b910e87a9eed2465e85cf79175d7e31aee141ce2 M lisp A minimal test file is attached. Thanks Christian Emacs : GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.22.0) of 2010-11-26 on crested, modified by Debian Package: Org-mode version 7.5 (release_7.5.87.gb227) current state: ============== (setq org-log-done 'time org-remember-default-headline "Tasks" org-export-preprocess-before-backend-specifics-hook '(org-inlinetask-export-handler) org-export-latex-after-initial-vars-hook '(org-beamer-after-initial-vars) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook) org-agenda-files '("~/work/feeds.org" "~/TODO/notes.org") org-agenda-include-diary t org-blocker-hook '(org-block-todo-from-children-or-siblings-or-parent) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-agenda-sorting-strategy '((agenda time-up todo-state-up priority-down category-keep) (todo todo-state-down category-keep priority-down) (tags category-keep priority-down) (search category-keep)) org-export-blocks-postblock-hook '(org-exp-res/src-name-cleanup) org-todo-setup-filter-hook '(org-choose-setup-filter) org-agenda-show-current-time-in-grid nil org-export-latex-format-toc-function 'org-export-latex-format-toc-default org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done t org-trigger-hook '(org-choose-keep-sensible) org-export-preprocess-hook '(org-export-bibtex-preprocess) org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-src-native-tab-command-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-export-first-hook '(org-beamer-initialize-open-trackers) org-agenda-include-all-todo t org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO" "WAITING" "|" "DONE" "CANCELED")) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-default-notes-file "~/TODO/notes.org" org-directory "~/TODO" org-log-reschedule 'time org-export-docbook-xslt-proc-command "xsltproc --output %s /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/nwalsh/fo/docbook.xsl %s" outline-mode-hook '((lambda nil (define-key outline-mode-map [(tab)] (quote org-cycle)) (define-key outline-mode-map [(shift tab)] (quote org-global-cycle))) ) org-todo-get-default-hook '(org-choose-get-default-mark) org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-export-preprocess-before-normalizing-links-hook '(org-remove-file-link-modifiers) org-use-speed-commands t org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes) org-clock-out-remove-zero-time-clocks t org-font-lock-hook '(org-inlinetask-fontify) org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels nil org-export-creator-info nil org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 2)) org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-refile-use-outline-path 'file org-log-into-drawer t org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t org-export-interblocks '((lob org-babel-exp-lob-one-liners) (src org-babel-exp-inline-src-blocks)) org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done t org-enforce-todo-dependencies t org-reverse-note-order t org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-export-preprocess-before-selecting-backend-code-hook '(org-beamer-select-beamer-code) org-agenda-log-mode-items '(closed) org-export-taskjuggler-default-project-duration 450 org-export-docbook-xsl-fo-proc-command "fop %s %s" org-modules '(org-bbdb org-bibtex org-gnus org-info org-jsinfo org-inlinetask org-irc org-mew org-mhe org-rmail org-vm org-wl org-w3m org-choose org-exp-bibtex org-taskjuggler org-exp-blocks) outline-minor-mode-hook '((lambda nil (define-key outline-minor-mode-map [(control tab)] (quote org-cycle)) (define-key outline-minor-mode-map [(shift tab)] (quote org-global-cycle))) ) org-remember-templates '(("Todo" 116 "* TODO %?\n %i\n %a" nil nil nil) ("Now" 110 "* TODO %?\n SCHEDULED: %t\n %i\n %a" nil nil nil)) org-icalendar-include-todo 'all org-export-latex-final-hook '(org-beamer-amend-header org-beamer-fix-toc org-beamer-auto-fragile-frames org-beamer-place-default-actions-for-lists) org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-export-blocks '((src org-babel-exp-src-block nil) (comment org-export-blocks-format-comment t) (ditaa org-export-blocks-format-ditaa nil) (dot org-export-blocks-format-dot nil)) )