From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Buck Brody Subject: Re: due today notification Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:14:22 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87tyr1g4pd.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87wrvs7m9q.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87eihzwdso.fsf@fastmail.fm> Reply-To: buckbrody@gmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2085772752==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O7DeM-0001QY-Q1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:14:27 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40567 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O7DeL-0001OP-2c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:14:26 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7DeI-0007cd-Qf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:14:24 -0400 Received: from mail-vw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.212.41]:43472) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7DeI-0007cS-JJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:14:22 -0400 Received: by vws12 with SMTP id 12so1039903vws.0 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:14:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87eihzwdso.fsf@fastmail.fm> 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: Matthew Lundin Cc: emacs-orgmode --===============2085772752== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e68f9ebdde4141048551a7b3 --0016e68f9ebdde4141048551a7b3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Matt, Thanks for your suggestions. The problem with the sparse tree is that a sparse tree will only show the headlines above the item with a deadline, it will not show the sibling headlines. For example, if I used a sparse tree on: * Fruit ** Apple *** Macintosh *** Crab DEADLINE: <2010-04-28 Wed> *** Golden delicious ** Vegetable *** lettuce *** squash *** cucumber It would look like * Fruit *** Crab DEADLINE: <2010-04-28 Wed> Buck On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Matthew Lundin wrote: > Buck Brody writes: > > > > Might I ask why the sparse tree search above or a simple agenda > > > view of deadlines is inadequate? The daily agenda provides a nice > > > view of all deadlines, making clear which are due today and which > > > are past due. And with a custom agenda command you can see only > > > those items that are due today: > > > > Assume I have 10 things that must be done for a specific project and > > two of them must be done today. I want to be able to know which two > > are due today, but I still want to see them in the same list as the > > other 8 items because it gives useful context. > > > > But isn't this precisely what a sparse tree does? I.e., it highlights > the relevant deadlines but preserves the context... > > I dug around in the source code and found a command (normally invoked by > org-sparse-tree) that shows all deadlines in a file within n days > (determined by a prefix argument). > > If you type... > > C-u 1 M-x org-check-deadlines > > ...org-mode will highlight all the deadlines in the buffer due today or > past due. You could bind this to a key. > > Best, > Matt > --0016e68f9ebdde4141048551a7b3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Matt,

Thanks for your suggestions.

<= div>The problem with the sparse tree is that a sparse tree will only show t= he headlines above the item with a deadline, it will not show the sibling h= eadlines. =A0For example, if I used a sparse tree on:

* Fruit
** Apple
*** Macintosh=
*** Crab
=A0=A0 =A0DEADLINE: <2010-04-28 Wed>
*** Golden delicious
** Vegetable
*** lettuce
*** squash
*** cucumber


<= div>It would look like

* Fruit
*** Crab
=A0=A0 =A0DEADLI= NE: <2010-04-28 Wed>



Buck




O= n Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
Buck Brody <buc= kbrody@gmail.com> writes:

> > =A0 =A0 Might I ask why the sparse tree s= earch above or a simple agenda
> > =A0 =A0 view of deadlines is inadequate? The daily agenda provide= s a nice
> > =A0 =A0 view of all deadlines, making clear which are due today a= nd which
> > =A0 =A0 are past due. And with a custom agenda command you can se= e only
> > =A0 =A0 those items that are due today:
>
> Assume I have 10 things that must be done for = a specific project and
> two of them must be done today. =A0I want to be able to know which two=
> are due today, but I still want to see them in the same list as the > other 8 items because it gives useful context. =A0
>

But isn't this precisely what a sparse tree does? I.e., it highli= ghts
the relevant deadlines but preserves the context...

I dug around in the source code and found a command (normally invoked by org-sparse-tree) that shows all deadlines in a file within n days
(determined by a prefix argument).

If you type...

C-u 1 M-x org-check-deadlines

...org-mode will highlight all the deadlines in the buffer due today or
past due. You could bind this to a key.

Best,
Matt

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