Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Charles Philip Chan]

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Hello:

I am trying to setup a block in one of my Agenda views for coming up
events in the next 7 days. I have org-agenda-start-day set to
"+1d". However, it is not working- the block keeps starting on Sunday of
the current week. If I set org-agenda-start-day to anything but "7", it
works.

I am using the current git version of org-mode (7.8.11).

Thanks.

Charles

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Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Bastien]

Hi Charles,

Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> writes:

> I am trying to setup a block in one of my Agenda views for coming up
> events in the next 7 days. I have org-agenda-start-day set to
> "+1d". However, it is not working- the block keeps starting on Sunday of
> the current week. If I set org-agenda-start-day to anything but "7", it
> works.
>
> I am using the current git version of org-mode (7.8.11).

I'm not sure to understand what is wrong and how org-agenda-span is
involved in the problem.

Can you explain a bit more?

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Charles Philip Chan]

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Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

Hi Bastien:

> I'm not sure to understand what is wrong and how org-agenda-span is
> involved in the problem.

OK, I will explain in more detail. I have set org-agenda-start-day to
"+1d" in the block. If I set "org-agenda-span" to anything but "7" (for
example "6" or "8"), the resulting agenda view is correct and the start
day is tomorrow (and span the number of days I specified). However, if I
set org-agenda-span to "7", the resulting agenda view does not start
tomorrow, but the Sunday of the current week.

Cheers,
Charles

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Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Bastien]

Hi Charles,

Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> writes:

> Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
>
> Hi Bastien:
>
>> I'm not sure to understand what is wrong and how org-agenda-span is
>> involved in the problem.
>
> OK, I will explain in more detail. I have set org-agenda-start-day to
> "+1d" in the block. If I set "org-agenda-span" to anything but "7" (for
> example "6" or "8"), the resulting agenda view is correct and the start
> day is tomorrow (and span the number of days I specified). However, if I
> set org-agenda-span to "7", the resulting agenda view does not start
> tomorrow, but the Sunday of the current week.

You need to add (org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil) to the list of
properties for this agenda view.

See the docstring of `org-agenda-start-on-weekday' for details.

HTH,

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Charles Philip Chan]

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Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

Hi Bastien:

> You need to add (org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil) to the list of
> properties for this agenda view.
>
> See the docstring of `org-agenda-start-on-weekday' for details.

Ah, OK. Thanks.

Cheers,
Charles

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Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Charles Philip Chan]

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Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> writes:

Hi Bastien:

> Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
>
> Hi Bastien:
>
>> You need to add (org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil) to the list of
>> properties for this agenda view.
>>
>> See the docstring of `org-agenda-start-on-weekday' for details.
>
> Ah, OK. Thanks.

I spoke too soon. I tried it out and this is not working.

For example today is Monday, Aug. 27. If I set the agenda span to
anything but "7" or "week", it works- the start date is "Aug. 28" (I
even tried "month" and "year"). This works even if
"org-agenda-start-on-weekday" is non-nil (my
"org-agenda-start-on-weekday" is set globally to "0"). However, if I set
it to either "7" or "week", the start day in the agenda is Sunday,
Aug. 26. This is really strange.

Cheers,
Charles

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Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Bastien]

Hi Charles,

Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> writes:

> I spoke too soon. I tried it out and this is not working.
>
> For example today is Monday, Aug. 27. If I set the agenda span to
> anything but "7" or "week", it works- the start date is "Aug. 28" (I
> even tried "month" and "year"). This works even if
> "org-agenda-start-on-weekday" is non-nil (my
> "org-agenda-start-on-weekday" is set globally to "0"). However, if I set
> it to either "7" or "week", the start day in the agenda is Sunday,
> Aug. 26. This is really strange.

This have been fixed with the other agenda fixes.  Please let me 
know if this is not the case for you.

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Charles Philip Chan]

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Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

Hi Bastien:

> This have been fixed with the other agenda fixes.  Please let me know
> if this is not the case for you.

Sorry Bastien. Setting it to "7" or "week" is still not working. This is
really strange, any other number works.

Cheers,
Charles

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Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Bastien]

Hi Charles,

Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> writes:

> Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
>
> Hi Bastien:
>
>> This have been fixed with the other agenda fixes.  Please let me know
>> if this is not the case for you.
>
> Sorry Bastien. Setting it to "7" or "week" is still not working. This is
> really strange, any other number works.

Remember you need to add (org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil) to the list
of properties for this agenda view.

I suspect the user naturally expects `org-agenda-start-day' to override
`org-agenda-start-on-weekday' -- and since `org-agenda-start-on-weekday'
is often set globally, maybe that's the correct expectation.  

still, being able to set (setq org-agenda-start-day "+10d") and have the
whole week displayed starting with `org-agenda-start-on-weekday' is
useful.

What do you think?

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Charles Philip Chan]

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Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

Hi Bastien:

> Remember you need to add (org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil) to the list
> of properties for this agenda view.

I did that already and it didn't work. 

Charles

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Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Bastien]

Hi Charles,

Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> writes:

> I did that already and it didn't work. 

Can you share a reproducible recipe with latest Org?  

Both a simple .org file and a simple .el config file
with the minimal setup would help a lot, I don't have
the problem with my tests.

Thanks!

-- 
 Bastien

Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Charles Philip Chan]

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Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:

Hi Bastien:

> Can you share a reproducible recipe with latest Org?  
>
> Both a simple .org file and a simple .el config file
> with the minimal setup would help a lot, I don't have
> the problem with my tests.

Sorry for the noise. I traced my problem to adding a "null" to the
variable "org-agenda-start-on-weekday" in a "Any Variable" entry in
"Configure custom Agenda Commands". Brown paper bag time. :-(

Cheers,
Charles

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Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Charles Philip Chan]

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Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> writes:

> Sorry for the noise. I traced my problem to adding a "null"

Sorry, I meant "nil".

Charles

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Re: Bug with org-agenda-span & org-agenda-start-day

[Bastien]

Hi Charles,

Charles Philip Chan <cpchan@bell.net> writes:

> Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
>
> Hi Bastien:
>
>> Remember you need to add (org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil) to the list
>> of properties for this agenda view.
>
> I did that already and it didn't work. 

To be clear, here is the agenda command I tested:

(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
      '(("R" "Testing"
	 ((agenda
	   "Week starting tomorrow"
	   ((org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil)  ;;; here
	    (org-agenda-start-day "+1d")
	    (org-agenda-span 7)))
	  (agenda
	   "Week starting on monday"
	   ((org-agenda-start-on-weekday 1)    ;;; here
	    (org-agenda-start-day "+1d")
	    (org-agenda-span 7)))))))

See where I changed the value for (org-agenda-start-on-weekday 1).

HTH,

-- 
 Bastien