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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Subject: Re: Feature request: Highlight the agenda line with the cursor on it
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:53:14 -0400
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"Rob Weir" <rweir@ertius.org> writes:

> On 13 Aug 2008, Robert Miesen wrote:
>> I've noticed that as I go through tasks listed in my agenda, it's
>> very easy to select and operate on the wrong task because it's too
>> easy to loose track of what task I am operating on. If the entire task
>> line entry were highlighted, it would be much easier to determine
>> which task was being operated on.
>
> Not built-in, but:
>
> ,----
> | (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook '(lambda () (hl-line-mode 1)))
> `----
>
> works quite well.

Thanks for sharing this!  I added it to my .emacs and it'll be useful
everyday for me!

-Bernt