From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: Release 6.28 Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:33:59 +0200 Message-ID: References: <697A2093-E226-4AD6-B7DE-21A2DA8208A6@gmail.com> <7AC3F553-5E38-42A3-8761-EE44AE69D51B@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v935.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMKYL-0006fZ-9Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:34:09 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MMKYG-0006Y4-EY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:34:08 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58524 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MMKYG-0006Xs-7o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:34:04 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f208.google.com ([209.85.219.208]:52458) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MMKYF-0004Fc-Pd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:34:04 -0400 Received: by ewy4 with SMTP id 4so1946838ewy.42 for ; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:34:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: Ulf Stegemann Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Jul 2, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Ulf Stegemann wrote: > Carsten Dominik wrote: > >> On Jul 1, 2009, at 1:17 PM, Ulf Stegemann wrote: >>> Yes, both shifting by the same amount and setting a fixed date can >>> be >>> useful. I usually re-schedule leftover todos by shifting them by one >>> or two working days to the future. So originally I had a bulk >>> version of >>> `org-agenda-do-date-later' and friends in mind as opposed to >>> `org-agenda-schedule'. But the latter one would be useful to. >>> Ideally, >>> S-left, C-cC-s et al. would trigger a bulk shift/bulk schedule >>> whenever >>> there are marked agenda items. >> >> I am not so sure about this last point. I am not a >> fan of automatic bulk action if several items are selected. >> >> - these lists can become long, and selected entries might >> be off the screen >> - for this to make sense, selected entries should remain >> selected after action, increasing the danger of unwanted action >> - you might be in the process of selecting some entries, when you >> want to do a quick action on an individual entry you come across. >> But you cannot, because any action will act on all selected ones. >> >> So I do prefer a special command like "B" to introduce bulk action. > > I undecided on this, too. Automagically working on marked entries > should > they exists seems more natural to me but you are right more dangerous, > too. So I'm perfectly with you except that I'd say that marked entries > should be unmarked after the action. The reason why I said they would have to stay marked is that when you use S-right to reschedule, you want to be able to repeat this command several times to reach the desired date..... OK, settled, we will use the special command. - Carsten