John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > Ah. That might have done it. I was playing around a bit tonight and > noticed that if I changed the scheduled date, I got a little > multi-colored bar looking thing in agenda week view. Is that the > "graph"?
Yes. >> #+begin_src org >> ,* TODO note down month's accomplishments/contributions >> , SCHEDULED: <2011-07-25 Mon .+5d/10d> >> , :LOGBOOK: >> , - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2011-07-20 Wed 12:00] >> , - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2011-07-15 Fri 12:00] >> , :END: >> , :PROPERTIES: >> , :STYLE: habit >> , :LAST_REPEAT: [2011-07-20 Wed 12:00] >> , :END: >> #+end_src > > So... is the "graph" the above? Simply a documented history of habits? > Or is it something else (perhaps the colored thing in agenda view)? The colored graph in your agenda view. A setting of org-habit-following-days 7 org-habit-preceding-days 21 org-habit-show-habits-only-for-today t will show that graph, representing the past 3 weeks and the next week ahead in your *daily* Agenda for today. If you have a task like "Water plants" that should be done .+2d/4d, you will see how well you have been keeping up with it: "*" marks DONE, "!" marks today. The background color reminds you of the "range" you set up: Green is great, yellow is okay, red is ... bad ;). > Lastly, if that graph *is* the colored bar in agenda, I notice that > it's cutting off most of my text. For example, this updated bit: Yes, better to keep the headlines short for habits or the graph will cut it off. > The space between "acc" and the "!" is filled with blue, then green, > then a yellow, and then a red square(s). Can one change this > appearance and how early the graph starts? See above. > If that's the "graph," then I guess I just didn't understand how the > display in agenda worked and was mistaken in expecting future events > to show up as I scrolled through the year's view. I think that's fine. > Just wanted to make sure I wasn't messing something up. >From what I read, I don't think org-habit is the tool you want. I found they work best for fairly regular tasks; I use them for cleaning tasks like "Do vacuum cleaning .+3d/5d". > The manual still gives the impression that the "graph" will show the > history of my habits, whereas this thing in agenda is only showing > whether I'm ahead, on schedule, or late for this *current* habit. If you are ahead, on schedule, late for this *current* habit now (!) and for the past e.g. three weeks (asterisk). Memnon