Re: Release 6.28

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Jun 25, 2009, at 3:19 PM, Bastien wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Bulk action
>> ============
>>
>> You can now use the `s' key to select entries in the agenda.
>> When one or more entries have been selected, the `B' key will
>> execute an action on all selected entries.  I believe this bulk
>> action makes mainly sense for the commands that require answering
>> interactive prompts.  So far the supported actions are
>>
>> - Refile all selected entries to a single destination
>> - Archive all selected entries
>> - Set the TODO state of all selected entries, bypassing any
>>   blocking or note-taking.
>> - Add or remove a tag to/from all selected entries
>>
>> We can add more actions, if you convince me they make sense.
>
> I'm a bit disoriented with the new keybinding for `s' -- I got used
> to it the same way I'm used to `C-x C-s'.

This is why `C-x C-s' seems to me the perfect key for this.


>
> Also, I think it would be nice to make this "bulk action" feature more
> consistent with bulk action mechanisms from other packages like dired,
> buff-menu.el or bookmark-mode.el.

You know, I have been agonizing over these bindings,
switching them back and forward.  Obviously, I would like
to have things like in dired and similar programs.

I don't want to switch `d' to `D', no way.  One of the consistent  
things in the agenda keymap is that caleandar/diary related keys are  
upper case.  `d' and `w' are not negotiable.

With `d' and `w' in place, `m' and `y' are consistent, logical.   
However, I don't believe anyone uses monthly views, I am sure
that no-one uses yearly views, right?  So I will negotiate over
`m', i someone can propose a viable alternative that makes sense.

u and U are free, so this will be good and we should use this.

I strongly hesitate to use "x" for action, because it has
been "exit" for so many years, and because I don't want
anyone to execute this command by accident....

- Carsten

>
> Here is how the keys are mapped on various modes:
>
> | key | dired  & bookmark-mode & buff-menu | Org           |
> |-----+------------------------------------+---------------|
> | m   | mark                               | month view    |
> | u   | unmark                             |               |
> | d   | mark for deletion                  | day view      |
> | D   | delete marked                      | include diary |
> | x   | perform actions                    | exit agenda   |
> | U   | unmark (only in dired)             | [unset]       |
>
> I propose to use [dmuUx] the same way in Org.  We could move the  
> daily,
> weekly, monthly view to respectively D,W,M.
>
> This would discard the diary inclusion (currently on 'D') and the
> display of the Moon's phases (currently on 'M') -- not sure whether a
> lot of people use this anyway, and these commands can still find key
> bindings.
>
> I like 'U' from dired, it's very convenient to be able to delete all
> marks at once (I which this could be implemented in buff-menu.el and
> bookmark-mode as well...)
>
> Carsten, what do you think?
>
> -- 
> Bastien