regenerating agendas automatically if any .org files change

regenerating agendas automatically if any .org files change

[Stephen J. Barr]

Hello,

First of all, thank you for a wonderful mode and a wonderful mailing
list. This is my first posting. I have the following idea for a
workflow, and I am not sure if there is already functionality to do
this: I keep all my .org files in a Dropbox. On my desk I have my main
workstation A and a slow workstation B. Both A and B are synced to
Dropbox. Throughout the day, as I work with org-mode using workstation
A, I would like B to simply regenerate 3 different agenda views
whenever the .org files on Dropbox change. This would really add to
the functionality of workstation B. Is there any built-in
functionality to do this?

Thanks,
-stephen

Re: regenerating agendas automatically if any .org files change

[suvayu ali]

Hello Stephen,

Welcome to the list. Hope you have fun using org-mode. :)

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 00:54, Stephen J. Barr <stephenjbarr@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like B to simply regenerate 3 different agenda views
> whenever the .org files on Dropbox change.

This is documented on our git based community wiki.
<http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.html#sec-1-8-11>

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

Re: regenerating agendas automatically if any .org files change

[Stephen J. Barr]

Excellent. Thanks for the pointer. So, just to clarify, is it possible
to have multiple simultaneous agenda views? I think it would be really
cool to have my calendar and to-do-list and maybe another custom
agenda view all dynamically refreshed every few minutes, just sitting
on my second monitor. Then, as I add appointments, tasks, etc., they
all start showing up.

How can I make this happen? My lisp skills still introductory. I can
modify lisp code, but I haven't really written my own from scratch
yet.

-stephen

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:09 PM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Stephen,
>
> Welcome to the list. Hope you have fun using org-mode. :)
>
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 00:54, Stephen J. Barr <stephenjbarr@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I would like B to simply regenerate 3 different agenda views
>> whenever the .org files on Dropbox change.
>
> This is documented on our git based community wiki.
> <http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.html#sec-1-8-11>
>
> --
> Suvayu
>
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
>

Re: regenerating agendas automatically if any .org files change

[Viktor Rosenfeld]

Hi Stephen,

AFAIK, there can only be one agenda view (an expert correct me, if I'm
wrong). But you can multiple blocks in the agenda. Search for "Office
block agenda" in:

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-custom-agenda-commands.html 

Cheers,
Viktor

Stephen J. Barr wrote:

> Excellent. Thanks for the pointer. So, just to clarify, is it possible
> to have multiple simultaneous agenda views? I think it would be really
> cool to have my calendar and to-do-list and maybe another custom
> agenda view all dynamically refreshed every few minutes, just sitting
> on my second monitor. Then, as I add appointments, tasks, etc., they
> all start showing up.
> 
> How can I make this happen? My lisp skills still introductory. I can
> modify lisp code, but I haven't really written my own from scratch
> yet.
> 
> -stephen
> 
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:09 PM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello Stephen,
> >
> > Welcome to the list. Hope you have fun using org-mode. :)
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 00:54, Stephen J. Barr <stephenjbarr@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I would like B to simply regenerate 3 different agenda views
> >> whenever the .org files on Dropbox change.
> >
> > This is documented on our git based community wiki.
> > <http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.html#sec-1-8-11>
> >
> > --
> > Suvayu
> >
> > Open source is the future. It sets us free.
> >
> 

Re: regenerating agendas automatically if any .org files change

[Stephen J. Barr]

Okay, I will give custom agenda blocks a try. Thanks for the help. I
really appreciate it.

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Viktor Rosenfeld
<listuser36@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Stephen,
>
> AFAIK, there can only be one agenda view (an expert correct me, if I'm
> wrong). But you can multiple blocks in the agenda. Search for "Office
> block agenda" in:
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-custom-agenda-commands.html
>
> Cheers,
> Viktor
>
> Stephen J. Barr wrote:
>
>> Excellent. Thanks for the pointer. So, just to clarify, is it possible
>> to have multiple simultaneous agenda views? I think it would be really
>> cool to have my calendar and to-do-list and maybe another custom
>> agenda view all dynamically refreshed every few minutes, just sitting
>> on my second monitor. Then, as I add appointments, tasks, etc., they
>> all start showing up.
>>
>> How can I make this happen? My lisp skills still introductory. I can
>> modify lisp code, but I haven't really written my own from scratch
>> yet.
>>
>> -stephen
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:09 PM, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello Stephen,
>> >
>> > Welcome to the list. Hope you have fun using org-mode. :)
>> >
>> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 00:54, Stephen J. Barr <stephenjbarr@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> I would like B to simply regenerate 3 different agenda views
>> >> whenever the .org files on Dropbox change.
>> >
>> > This is documented on our git based community wiki.
>> > <http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.html#sec-1-8-11>
>> >
>> > --
>> > Suvayu
>> >
>> > Open source is the future. It sets us free.
>> >
>>
>
>

Re: regenerating agendas automatically if any .org files change

[Herbert Sitz]

Viktor Rosenfeld <listuser36 <at> googlemail.com> writes:

> 
> AFAIK, there can only be one agenda view (an expert correct me, if I'm
> wrong). But you can multiple blocks in the agenda. Search for "Office
> block agenda" in:
> 
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-custom-agenda-commands.html 
> 
> Cheers,
> Viktor

I assume an agenda view with multiple blocks would work for OP. 

But given his intended use could he not also just start up several independent
Emacs instances on his B machine, each to show a different agenda view?

-- Herb

Re: regenerating agendas automatically if any .org files change

[Stephen J. Barr]

I think that that would also work. I will just have to disable emacs-server.

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Herbert Sitz <hesitz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Viktor Rosenfeld <listuser36 <at> googlemail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> AFAIK, there can only be one agenda view (an expert correct me, if I'm
>> wrong). But you can multiple blocks in the agenda. Search for "Office
>> block agenda" in:
>>
>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-custom-agenda-commands.html
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Viktor
>
> I assume an agenda view with multiple blocks would work for OP.
>
> But given his intended use could he not also just start up several independent
> Emacs instances on his B machine, each to show a different agenda view?
>
> -- Herb
>
>
>
>
>