From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: resheduling from agenda buffer Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:45:30 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IbbhN-0008Au-A0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:45:33 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IbbhL-0008A8-Qm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:45:32 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IbbhL-0008A5-Kd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:45:31 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IbbhL-0002RT-9b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:45:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: org-mode , Richard G Riley Sorry for only repeating what was said before - I wrote this in an airplane and was not aware how far this thread had gone. You guys had it all figured out. I agree that the best solution is to provide a proper marker in the agenda when something has moved, but only move it with "r". It will work like this in 5.11. Thanks. - Carsten On Sep 28, 2007, at 16:07, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On Sep 28, 2007, at 3:15, Richard G Riley wrote: > >> >> Two questions: >> >> 1) When following the instruction from the following link and >> rescheduling from the agenda buffer, why do I always get >> >> "Item scheduled for nil" in the message bufffer? > > his is just a bug, fixed now for the next version. > >> 2) What is the reason behind having to manually "refresh" after a >> reschedule in the agenda buffer, why does it not do it automatically? > > Initially the reason was technical. Constructing the agenda can take > a second or more, to automatically reconstructing it after each change > forbids itself. Just moving around a changed line can be difficult. > > However, after giving up on trying to change everything live, I now > happen to think that this is in fact good. What you really do is look > at a list of tasks and appointments, and you do want to push things > around. I really like to be able to modify several lines before > getting a rearranged display. For example: > > - When things move around with each change I make, I constantly > have to follow the changes with my eyes and memory, this is more > tiring. > > - I change a TODO entry to DONE. That means it should not even be > in the agenda anymore, and a live update would just get rid of > the item. If you made a mistake in marking it done, it is hard to > find the entry back and change it back. > > - I want to reschedule an item to next week. Will the display then > move > to next week? So I need to go back to today to continue working? > > Things like this. You *do* get visual feedback that an entry has been > modified, and "r" is not hard to press. > So even if I knew how to change it, I would not want to do it. > >> (ps Carsten, if you are reading this I found the issue with >> org-return-follows-link - it has to be set before loading Org so cant >> be >> used in normal customization block). > > Yes, the docstring of that variable says so. > > - Carsten > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > -- Carsten Dominik Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek" Universiteit van Amsterdam Kruislaan 403 NL-1098SJ Amsterdam phone: +31 20 525 7477