Richard Sent <rich...@freakingpenguin.com> writes: > It would be nice if there was a way to display the time text property > while using org-columns in the agenda by modifying > org-local-columns-format (or similar variables). Something like > > ;; in appropriate hook or similar > (setq org-local-columns-format "%AGENDA_TIME %ITEM ..." > ... > a) it's overly wordy compared to the time text property e.g. [2023-11-18 > Sat 11:30] vs. "11:30 ┄┄┄┄┄ " > b) repeating timestamps are displayed as [2023-11-11 Sat 14:30 +2d], > meaning you can't tell what time a particular entry is scheduled. > > org-columns does add some unique advantages to org-agenda. For example, > I like to add a LOCATION property to my entries and use %LOCATION to > display the location in the agenda. It's a shame that there's a tradeoff > when doing this. > > I have found an implementation that accomplishes this at > https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/59940 and discussion at > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2020-08/msg00090.html, > but this seems to focus on a different problem related to > org-agenda-columns-add-appointments-to-effort-sum. It does not look like > the implementation discussed ever made its way in.
Providing a way to get some column values from agenda buffer does make sense. Patches welcome! -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
