Re: Agenda clocktable & archive issue

[Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com>]

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Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:

> Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com> writes:
>
>>> AFAIK, clocktable scope in agenda is controlled by the agenda's scope.
>>> If you have `org-agenda-archives-mode' enabled, archives will contribute
>>> to the agenda report as well.
>>
>> Thank you, I indeed didn't know that, and it did help. After some
>> digging around, it seems like the way to set this as a default is to set
>> (setq org-agenda-archives-mode t), which is a bit sketchy, since
>> normally you wouldn't set modes with setq, but by calling the mode. I
>> think this could be improved on, so I can send a patch for this if you
>> agree.
>
> The normal way is in org-agenda-hook - org-agenda-archives-mode it is a minor mode.
>
> Still, I do not mind adding customization to enable it during startup,
> similar to the existing customizations:
> `org-agenda-start-with-log-mode',
> `org-agenda-start-with-entry-text-mode',
> `org-agenda-start-with-follow-mode', etc.

Thank you, that makes sense.  I've attached the patch.


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From 4eee33856af687564a522ab40ebed4ba5d848cf4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Hyatt <ahyatt@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2024 21:33:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add org-agenda-start-with-archives-mode

---
 lisp/org-agenda.el | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lisp/org-agenda.el b/lisp/org-agenda.el
index 20da364b5..92657aa86 100644
--- a/lisp/org-agenda.el
+++ b/lisp/org-agenda.el
@@ -1102,6 +1102,11 @@ removed from entry text before it is shown in the agenda."
   :group 'org-agenda
   :type 'string)
 
+(defcustom org-agenda-start-with-archives-mode nil
+  "Initial value of archive-mode in a newly created agenda window."
+  :group 'org-agenda-startup
+  :type 'boolean)
+
 (defvar org-agenda-entry-text-cleanup-hook nil
   "Hook that is run after basic cleanup of entry text to be shown in agenda.
 This cleanup is done in a temporary buffer, so the function may inspect and
@@ -2372,7 +2377,8 @@ The following commands are available:
     (setq org-agenda-follow-mode org-agenda-start-with-follow-mode
 	  org-agenda-entry-text-mode org-agenda-start-with-entry-text-mode
 	  org-agenda-show-log org-agenda-start-with-log-mode
-	  org-agenda-clockreport-mode org-agenda-start-with-clockreport-mode))
+	  org-agenda-clockreport-mode org-agenda-start-with-clockreport-mode
+          org-agenda-archives-mode org-agenda-start-with-archives-mode))
   (add-to-invisibility-spec '(org-filtered))
   (org-fold-core-initialize `(,org-link--description-folding-spec
                               ,org-link--link-folding-spec))
-- 
2.39.3 (Apple Git-145)