It is already in the git master branch. Carsten
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 1:46 PM Andrew Francis Swann <sw...@math.au.dk> wrote: > Dear Carsten, > > > > This sounds like a very good solution. I look forward to it being > implemented. > > > > Andrew > > > > -- > > Andrew Swann | Associate Professor | Tel +45 871 55767 | sw...@math.au.dk | > http://home.math.au.dk/swann/ | Department of Mathematics, Aarhus > University, Ny Munkegade 118, Bldg 1530, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark | Dept > +45 871 50000 | Fax +45 8613 1769 > > > > > > *From: *Emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode-bounces+swann=math.au...@gnu.org> on > behalf of Carsten Dominik <domi...@uva.nl> > *Date: *Friday, 16 August 2019 at 10:19 > *To: *"Fraga, Eric" <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> > *Cc: *Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com>, Org mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> > *Subject: *Re: [O] Bug: Description of org agenda columns format in > manual not correct/misleading > > > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 9:50 AM Fraga, Eric <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: > > On Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019 at 15:57, Nick Dokos wrote: > > "Fraga, Eric" <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> writes: > > > >> I have this setting in my Emacs initialization: > >> > >> (setq org-agenda-overriding-columns-format "%5TODO %TIMESTAMP %40ITEM > %LOCATION %TAGS") > >> > >> HTH, > >> eric > > > > Shouldn't you be using org-columns-default-format instead? > > No because it's about setting the columns format for the agenda view > alone, not the format for normal org buffers. My error was in using a > deprecated variable; the actual variable is > org-overriding-columns-format. > > The OP's post was actually about the documentation (which I > misunderstood). > > > > I have discussed this problem with Allen Li, who fixed a bug in the agenda > column setting a while ago. > > > > I think what is missing to make this more transparent is a variable > `org-default-columns-format-for-agenda' which is a proper user option. > This option can be set in your init.el or through customize, and it will > provide a default format for the agenda. `org-overriding-columns-format > should ONLY EVER be used in the local setting section of a custom agenda > view. > > > > This new variable is not available in master. > > > > - Carsten >
