agenda prefix - fixed/max width

agenda prefix - fixed/max width

[Eraldo Helal]

I have set org-agenda-prefix-format to: (org-agenda-prefix-format " %-8:c ")
making the agenda look like so:

 home:    [ ] brainstorm redesign home
 evening school: [ ] chose DE spec.
 evening school: [ ] ask Lea re: spec topics
 evening school: [ ] brainstorm Learners Group
 eraldo:  [ ] brainstorm 4 perspectives

If I change it to " %8:c " I get that:

    home: [ ] brainstorm redesign home
 evening school: [ ] chose DE spec.
 evening school: [ ] ask Lea re: spec topics
 evening school: [ ] brainstorm Learners Group
  eraldo: [ ] brainstorm 4 perspectives

but what I want is this:  ;; limiting prefix to 7 characters

 home:    [ ] brainstorm redesign home
 evening: [ ] chose DE spec.
 evening: [ ] ask Lea re: spec topics
 evening: [ ] brainstorm Learners Group
 eraldo:  [ ] brainstorm 4 perspectives

In other words: having a fixed prefix length resulting in showing only
the set amount of characters.
Why? Because it lines up the check boxes "[ ]" which is handy and
looks nice for printing.
I have some long category names / file names ... making the prefix
verrry long no matter what setting I use at the moment. :(

Any ideas how to fix that?
Would be awesome if someone could help me get there. =]

Greetings from Austria,
Eraldo

Re: agenda prefix - fixed/max width

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Eraldo

Why do you define categories longer than 7 characters if you don'e  
want to display them?

#+CATEGORY: evening

or a similar property at the right place ill get you there.

- Carsten

P.S.

After the next pull, you can also do this:

    (setq org-agenda-prefix-format " %-8.8:c ")

This should haveworked before, but did not, due to an error I cannot
figure out.  The latest git contains a worg-around.

On Oct 5, 2009, at 4:27 PM, Eraldo Helal wrote:

> I have set org-agenda-prefix-format to: (org-agenda-prefix-format "  
> %-8:c ")
> making the agenda look like so:
>
> home:    [ ] brainstorm redesign home
> evening school: [ ] chose DE spec.
> evening school: [ ] ask Lea re: spec topics
> evening school: [ ] brainstorm Learners Group
> eraldo:  [ ] brainstorm 4 perspectives
>
> If I change it to " %8:c " I get that:
>
>    home: [ ] brainstorm redesign home
> evening school: [ ] chose DE spec.
> evening school: [ ] ask Lea re: spec topics
> evening school: [ ] brainstorm Learners Group
>  eraldo: [ ] brainstorm 4 perspectives
>
> but what I want is this:  ;; limiting prefix to 7 characters
>
> home:    [ ] brainstorm redesign home
> evening: [ ] chose DE spec.
> evening: [ ] ask Lea re: spec topics
> evening: [ ] brainstorm Learners Group
> eraldo:  [ ] brainstorm 4 perspectives
>
> In other words: having a fixed prefix length resulting in showing only
> the set amount of characters.
> Why? Because it lines up the check boxes "[ ]" which is handy and
> looks nice for printing.
> I have some long category names / file names ... making the prefix
> verrry long no matter what setting I use at the moment. :(
>
> Any ideas how to fix that?
> Would be awesome if someone could help me get there. =]
>
> Greetings from Austria,
> Eraldo
>
>
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Re: agenda prefix - fixed/max width

[Eraldo Helal]

Awesome!
Thank you Carsten!

| Why do you define categories longer than 7 characters if you don'e
want to display them?
> because sometimes the filename is used and I don't want to truncate it.

Greetings,
Eraldo

Re: agenda prefix - fixed/max width

[Eraldo Helal]

(setq org-agenda-prefix-format " %-8.8:c ")

Works great! =]