From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Jackson Subject: Re: [ feature request ] colourful timestamps Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:27:12 +0000 Message-ID: <87wsrmdw3j.fsf@shellarchive.co.uk> References: <87bq9750d6.fsf@shellarchive.co.uk> <87ejdvh4qz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J1r5M-0003eX-MT for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:26:48 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J1r5M-0003cT-0l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:26:48 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J1r5L-0003cD-Tf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:26:47 -0500 Received: from smtp.aaisp.net.uk ([81.187.81.52]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J1r5M-0007ig-Bv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:26:48 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87ejdvh4qz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (Bastien's message of "Sun\, 09 Dec 2007 22\:39\:48 +0000") 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: Bastien Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bastien, Bastien writes: > Phil Jackson writes: > >> Something I thought might be nice is highlighting of timestamps >> according to there relativity to time(). [...] > I like the general idea of having feedback about the proximity of a > deadline or time-stamp. But I think doing this interactively is better, > since the values like "<2h" "<10m" (in your example) are very likely to > change quite often, no? I can't see why it would change, I would expect the map to remain largely static. Only the colours of the links would change. The idea is that one would become used to scanning the colours and be able to 'sort' tasks visually. Am I making any sense? > In the same spirit, I've written this, which let you check for deadlines > or scheduled items before a date (strings like "+2d" are okay): That's brilliant, thanks for the effort. I'm putting this into my config straight away. Is there a chance of your patch making trunk? Cheers, Phil