Re: [PATCH] only display a scheduled item if it is due today or in the past

From: Nathaniel Flath <flat0103@gmail.com>
To: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] only display a scheduled item if it is due today or in the past
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 10:09:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTil4TOpoQT_iwznk6goDu4eahBWslL2bf6H_4o7I@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wruwfskr.fsf@fastmail.fm>

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Yes, this patch is primarily for weekly agendas - it changes when items are
displayed to be the same as having a style of 'habit, while also allowing to
do it for non-recurring items.

org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all doesn't do quite what I want - I
want the item to not show on my weekly agenda if it isn't scheduled for
today, where that will make it show a maximum of once.

I'd be wiling to write a personal skip function - I mainly did it this way
because I was emulating org-habit, and then I thought it may be useful to
other people.  This is what I'll fall back to if you decide not to install
this patch.

Thanks,
Nahtaniel Flath

On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:

> Nathaniel Flath <flat0103@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >     On May 2, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Nathaniel Flath wrote:
> >
> >         One thing I've wanted from org-mode is the ability to have
> >         certain items 'hidden' from the agenda until the day they are
> >         scheduled - this patch implements this for all properties who
> >         have a STYLE property of 'hidden'.   I ended up implementing
> >         this(the patch is attached), and thought I'd contribute it to
> >         org-mode. If you have any comments, please let me know.
>
> > The primary use I have for it is essentially what Nathan said - it
> > controls display or recurring items to be the same as habits, with the
> > exception of not displaying the habit graph.
>
> To avoid seeing future instances of recurring tasks, you can set the
> variable org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all to nil.
>
> > I also use it when scheduling items that can't be started before a
> > certain date.  For example, I recently got a note that my tax return
> > was being inverstigated and that I should contact the IRS in 30 days.
> > Now, I schedule this item for 30 days from now, but in 23 days it
> > starts showing up in my weekly agenda, even though there's nothing that
> > can be done about it at that point.  I'd much rather have it only
> > display when it can actually be worked on.
>
> I'm still a bit confused about this patch. By definition, scheduled
> items do not appear on the agenda until the day on which they are
> scheduled. As I understand it, this patch is primarily for weekly
> agendas---i.e., to prevent items scheduled on Friday from appearing
> under the Friday slot until it is indeed Friday. In that case, why not
> use the daily agenda instead of the weekly agenda?
>
> Would it perhaps be better to write a personal skip function that
> handles this instead of hard-coding another test in org-agenda.el?
>
> Best,
> Matt
>

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