From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: feature request: show context in agenda Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:00:55 +0530 Message-ID: References: <20524da70911111636v19bb6d46u8aad74b77218abdb@mail.gmail.com> <2FAF2E40-5886-43EA-8A58-3BEBCBB76702@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N98Q4-0001Iz-Sx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:31:20 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N98Q0-0001HI-B3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:31:20 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41065 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N98Q0-0001HE-8y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:31:16 -0500 Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.223.174]:47512) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N98Pz-0001KV-U1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:31:16 -0500 Received: by iwn4 with SMTP id 4so2929313iwn.14 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:31:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <2FAF2E40-5886-43EA-8A58-3BEBCBB76702@gmail.com> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On Nov 12, 2009, at 1:36 AM, Samuel Wales wrote: > >> In the agenda, it is difficult to find where you are in >> the hierarchy. I find that I have to switch to the outline, >> then scroll up, if I want to know what the parent headline >> is, or any ancestor. >> >> Others have proposed showing the parent headline, but that >> could clutter the agenda and will not show other ancestors. >> >> Here is a simple proposal: put the olpath of the current >> header in header-line-format. > > Hi Samuel, > > I am not so comfortable with using the header-line-format, because > that is also used by column view, also in the agenda. > > How about using the echo area? > > I have implemented that, please take a look to see if this works as well. Thank you! Although it does force one to keep sweeping the gaze from top to bottom of the screen but it's way better than having to resort to other methods. Regards -- Manish