merging column view headings across files

merging column view headings across files

[Neil Hepburn]

Greetings all,

I have column view configured differently in several different org files. In some the columns include things like priority and tags, another file has columns like blocker and so on. When I do an agenda search for special todo keywords (in particular "STALLED") the search returns those dreaded stalled projects, which of course include some things from each org file.  If I switch to column view, it seems to use the column definitions in place for the first thing on the list. So, if a todo.org item is the first thing on the list the column headings are those defined in the todo.org file. However, there are things from project specific files (where i use the "BLOCKER" property to keep track of what's connected to what), and the column view heading for "BLOCKER" does not appear.

Anyone have any bright ideas on how I can keep separate column view definitions in each org file but have them some how magically combined in column-view look at my agenda?

Cheers,
Neil



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Re: merging column view headings across files

[Carsten Dominik]

On Aug 26, 2010, at 2:21 AM, Neil Hepburn wrote:

> Greetings all,
>
> I have column view configured differently in several different org  
> files. In some the columns include things like priority and tags,  
> another file has columns like blocker and so on. When I do an agenda  
> search for special todo keywords (in particular "STALLED") the  
> search returns those dreaded stalled projects, which of course  
> include some things from each org file.  If I switch to column view,  
> it seems to use the column definitions in place for the first thing  
> on the list. So, if a todo.org item is the first thing on the list  
> the column headings are those defined in the todo.org file. However,  
> there are things from project specific files (where i use the  
> "BLOCKER" property to keep track of what's connected to what), and  
> the column view heading for "BLOCKER" does not appear.
>
> Anyone have any bright ideas on how I can keep separate column view  
> definitions in each org file but have them some how magically  
> combined in column-view look at my agenda?

Hi Neil,

you can set the variable `org-agenda-overriding-columns-format',  
either globally, or in the options section of a custom agenda command.

HTH

- Carsten