No, column view can not be sorted, only tables can. You can capture a column view into a table, and then sort the table. - Carsten On Dec 22, 2008, at 11:12 PM, Christopher DeMarco wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 06:17:49PM +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote: > >> Seems I mistyped a variable name. I just tested >> the following, and it works for me: >> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands >> '(("p" "Projects" tags "+xxx|+xx|+x" >> ((org-agenda-overriding-columns-format "%20ITEM >> %DEADLINE") >> (org-agenda-view-columns-initially t))))) > >> This does work for me, at least to some extend. There may still >> be issues >> which have to do with local and global bindings, which I have >> not been able to sort out. > > That does work nicely, thanks! One last thing -- can I specify the > column used to sort the items? > > Sorry to have resent the NDR rather than the original message :-/ > > > -- > Christopher DeMarco > IT Director > MAYA Group > +1-412-708-9660 >