From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Mead Subject: Re: Customizing main Agenda view?? Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:53:17 +0100 Message-ID: References: <877hxa9y2m.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb9aX-0001YL-JB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:53:41 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb9aT-0001Ww-R1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:53:41 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58709 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb9aT-0001Wp-M2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:53:37 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:41686 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mb9aT-00043k-6i for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:53:37 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Mb9aN-0000xT-H8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:53:31 +0000 Received: from external.atkinsglobal.com ([193.117.23.129]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:53:31 +0000 Received: from paul.d.mead by external.atkinsglobal.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:53:31 +0000 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Matt Lundin writes: > > I'm a bit confused. Am I correct in understanding that you'd like to > customize the agenda view but you don't want a custom agenda view? I'm > not sure how that would work. ;) No, I want to customize the daily agenda view so that it shows my everything it does already, plus my STARTED todos. Or, make a custom agenda which does that. I don't have a problem with using custom agenda views, but the only ones I've been able to create are just lists of todos, with no diary grid, etc. > > Or is it rather that the keybinding C-c a a is "hardwired" -- i.e., > you'd like a custom agenda view mapped to that keybinding? > > Here are two solutions: > > 1. Map C-c a a to a custom agenda view: > > (setq org-agenda-custom-commands > '(("a" "Agenda" > ((agenda "") > (todo "STARTED"))))) > > 2. For minimal customization, you could set the variable > org-agenda-include-all-todo to t. > > In this second scenario, all your active todos will be added to a > section *above* the daily agenda view. Then you can browse your > "STARTED" todos. E.g., if you want to stick with basic emacs tools > (rather than custom agenda commands), you could use "occur" to see all > filter out your STARTED todos. I'll try this to see if it suits, but I can see straight away that the clutter might be too much. That's the whole problem with custom agenda views, that I end up with too many items when all I want to see in the normal course of the day is the diary grid and the dated and started tasks. > > A more complex option: If you want to be able to filter for your STARTED > todos you could set org-todo-state-tag-triggers to tag each of your > items with a custom tag, e.g., STARTED, whenever you switch to the > STARTED todo state. Then typing / "STARTED" in the agenda view would > show you only your started todos. I'm guessing that the triggers are only there for tags, not dates otherwise this would be ideal. Maybe I'll have to manually schedule anything I mark as STARTED. It's the extra step which is going to get forgotten unfortunately. > > Best, > Matt > Thanks for your suggestions! Paul