Thanks Terry - an early Christmas present, I didn't know there was such a
thing as a c.sortSiblings function so thanks for that!
IH
On Tuesday, 20 December 2016 20:26:35 UTC, Terry Brown wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You could avoid renaming the nodes with something like this, untested,
> just copy/pasting your code:
>
> def datesort(p):
> datestamp='0000000000'
>
> if '<' and '>' in p.b: # check to see if there is at least one likely
> datestamp
> i = p.b.find("<") #get the index of the beginning of datestamp
> j = p.b.find(">") # get the index of the end of the datestamp
> datestamp=p.b[(i+1):j] # use indices to grab the date
>
> return datestamp
>
> c.sortSiblings(key=datesort)
>
> Cheers -Terry
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Israel Hands <alis...@mcgh.ee <javascript:>>
> *To:* leo-editor <leo-e...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>>
> *Cc:* terry_...@yahoo.com <javascript:>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2016 1:39 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Org Mode File - Node sorted by time stamp
>
> I think I'll try option one - I'm a slow and clunky coder - I've written
> this which tests the next node for the telltale <brackets> and grabs the
> datestamp. It then renames the node with the datestamp at the beginning of
> the node name.
> The plan is to rename all the nodes with datestamps in the body of the
> text, then use Leo commands to sort the nodes then un-name them, if you see
> what I mean. I'll need to deal with the deadline datestamp - I'll think on
> that. If you see any obvious improvements do let me know.
>
> p=p.moveToNext() # drop down to next node
> separator='||' # make a separator
> if '<' and '>' in p.b: # check to see if there is at least one likely
> datestamp
> i = p.b.find("<") #get the index of the beginning of datestamp
> j = p.b.find(">") # get the index of the end of the datestamp
> datestamp=p.b[(i+1):j] # use indices to grab the date
> newhead=datestamp+separator+p.h #make a new header including the
> datestam and separator
> c.setHeadString(p,newhead) #write the new header.
>
> Thanks for the encouragement - If I get a working solution I'll let you
> know!
>
> IH
>
> On Tuesday, 20 December 2016 16:21:48 UTC, Terry Brown wrote:
>
> Ok, I haven't used org mode import.
>
> Seems like you wouldn't want the timestamps in the header, all you'd see
> in the tree view would be the timestamps.
>
> Two possible approaches:
>
> - write a small piece of code to sort the nodes based on the timestamps
> in the body content.
> - import the org file taking advantage of Leo's todo plugin, which has
> date due fields and ui options to sort by them
>
> Cheers -Terry
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Israel Hands <alis...@mcgh.ee>
> *To:* leo-editor <leo-e...@googlegroups.com>
> *Cc:* terry_...@yahoo.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2016 10:01 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Org Mode File - Node sorted by time stamp
>
>
> Thanks Terry and Rob!
>
> I realise I wasn't clear enough in my original post. Org mode allows todo
> items to be entered into a file in any order but they can include a
> timestamp of their 'scheduled' time (and indeed a separate deadline
> timestamp). In the orgmode Agenda view the items are then inserted in to a
> linear calendar, turning the unordered org file into a powerful
> calendar/todo list.
>
> So one of my org mode items is - Breakfast with James - it has a
> scheduled time and I have chosen to set a deadline. When I choose Agenda
> view in orgmode I see the item has a deadline in today's date and the item
> itself appears in the calendar for tomorrow.
> Imported into leo I get a nice node with the headline - Breakfast with
> James - and the body text is the two time stamps - the deadline is Tuesday
> the 20th (to remind me it is tomorrow) and then the scheduled time of the
> event Wednesday the 21st at 10am. The node body looks like this =
>
> DEADLINE: <2016-12-20 Tue 09:00>
> <2016-12-21 Wed 10:00>
>
> However the nodes are listed according to their place in the orgmode file
> (in creation order) rather than schedule order.
> I guess it would require digging out these scheduled times and maybe
> writing them into the header which would then make it easy to sort the
> nodes.
>
> Anyway thanks for your attention.
> IH
>
>
> On Tuesday, 20 December 2016 15:07:39 UTC, Terry Brown wrote:
>
> Depends what you mean by timestamps. If you mean a piece of text in the
> header, one of the Outline -> Sort commands should work.
>
> If you mean sort by the internal "gnx" ID attribute of the nodes, which
> contains timestamp information, I don't think there's a command to actually
> re-order nodes on that basis. But there is a command
> find-quick-timeline which displays all the nodes in the outline in the Nav
> pane, ordered most recently created to oldest. Maybe that helps?
> find-quick-timeline
> uses the gnx info.
>
> Cheers -Terry
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Israel Hands <alis...@mcgh.ee>
> *To:* leo-editor <leo-e...@googlegroups.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 20, 2016 7:23 AM
> *Subject:* Org Mode File - Node sorted by time stamp
>
> I use OrgMode's Agenda view as my basic calendar and it's great to be able
> to import the org files into leo, is there a way of sorting the imported
> nodes by time stamp, other than writing a bit of code to accomplish the
> task?
>
> ta
>
> Al
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