[O] After Gmane shutdown: how can I read/write to the org-mode mailing list online
Hi, since gmane was shut down, I'm missing the possibility to post, read and reply to the org-mode mailing list online without having to use my mail account. Is there another way to achieve that? I only found the Gnu archives, but they seem to be read only - no way to post questions or reply: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=frame&submit=Search&idxname=emacs-orgmode Kind regards Martin
[O] Org 8.3.4 - Problems with bulk reschedule in agenda
I'm using Emacs 24.5.1 on Windows 7 with org-mode 8.3.4. Unfortunately, bulk actions in the agenda do not work as expected: If I mark several lines in the agenda, then Shift-B and then d for changing the deadline of the tasks. I then can enter the date, but it only affects the first of the selected agenda lines, the others stay unchangend. Is this a general bug in org-mode 8.3.4 ? I have some configuration code which is loaded during startup of emacs which I took from various internet sites, so I am not sure if something in there might cause this behaviour, but I also do not know what keyword I'd have to search for in the configuration files to find the code which causes it.. Kind regards Martin
[O] Problems with Hyperlinks containing backslashes
I'm working with Emacs 24.4.1 and org-mode 8.2.10 on Windows 7.
I have to use hyperlinks to our network servers like \\servername\dir1\dir2 and unfortunately I can not use them in hyperlinks in Emacs org-mode, I then get the error:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "ShellExecute failed: Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.")
w32-shell-execute("open" "servername\\dir1\\dir2")
eval((w32-shell-execute "open" file))
It seems that Emacs automatically replaces each backslash with a double backslash.
How can I change that so that it is working?
Kind regards
Martin
Re: [O] How to create agenda which ignores headings with deadline/scheduled dates older than 3 months
Hi Nick,
thanks a lot for your help! That looks great, however I don't get it to work:
lightweight example agenda (shows also scheduled items which are >500 days old!):
("y1" "test" agenda "" ((org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled -30)))
What am I doing wrong?
I'm still on org-mode 8.2.7c, is this the problem?
Kind regards
Martin
Gesendet: Montag, 30. März 2015 um 17:02 Uhr
Von: "Nick Dokos"
An: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Betreff: Re: [O] How to create agenda which ignores headings with deadline/scheduled dates older than 3 months
[Not sure why, but quoting the OP's message did not work - I had to do
it by hand - I wonder if the problem is with the message or my setup:
if someone could verify, I'd appreciate it.]
"Martin Beck" writes:
> how can I set up an agenda view in org-mode which does NOT show old
> entries which contain scheduled or deadline dates older than 3 months?
C-h v org-agenda-todo-ignore-timestamp RET
C-h v org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled RET
C-h v org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines RET
This variable can also have an integer as a value. If positive (N),
todos with a timestamp N or more days in the future will be ignored. If
negative (-N), todos with a timestamp N or more days in the past will be
ignored. If 0, todos with a timestamp either today or in the future will
be ignored. For example, a value of -1 will exclude todos with a
timestamp in the past (yesterday or earlier), while a value of 7 will
exclude todos with a timestamp a week or more in the future.
Nick
[O] How to load .el file during startup and execute its commands (Win7/org8)
I'm trying to use a custom setup for `org-mode 8.2` on `Windows 7`, but it does not work as expected.
My ´Emacs`version: GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601) of 2012-08-29 on MARVIN
What I tried:
## ~/.emacs
in the file `~/.emacs` I have (among others) those lines:
(if (boundp 'org-mode-user-lisp-path)
(add-to-list 'load-path org-mode-user-lisp-path)
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/org-mode/org_current/lisp")))
(setq default-directory "C:/Users/mypath/" )
(if (boundp 'org-mode-user-contrib-lisp-path)
(add-to-list 'load-path org-mode-user-contrib-lisp-path)
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/org-mode/org_current/contrib/lisp/"))
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/org-mode/morelisp/")))
(require 'icicles)
(require 'dired+)
(require 'org)
(require 'bookmark+)
(load "org")
and later
(load "C:/Users/mypath/org-config/myname_orgmodeconfig.el")
## C:/Users/mypath/org-config/myname_orgmodeconfig.el
contains
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\|txt\\)$" . org-mode))
;; Standard key bindings
(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
(global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
(if (boundp 'org-user-agenda-files)
(setq org-agenda-files org-user-agenda-files)
(setq org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org"
So I try to use all org-files in the path `~/org` as agenda files.
When I launch `emacs`, I get the following result in the `*Messages` buffer:
Turning OFF Icicle mode...done
Turning ON Icicle mode...done
Turning OFF Icicle mode...done
Turning ON Icicle mode...done
Turning ON Icicle mode...done
Turning OFF Icicle mode...done
Loading c:/Users/mypath/org-mode/org_current/lisp/org.el (source)...done
Loading c:/Users/mypath/org-config/myname_orgmodeconfig.el (source)...done
Loading paren...done
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
# The Problem
So I assume, as the file `myname_orgmodeconfig.el` has been loaded, all the elisp code inside should have been executed and it should have also set my agenda files.
**However, the list of agenda files is empty after startup.
When I then _manually_ ofen the file `myname_orgmodeconfig.el` and execute the command `eval-buffer`, everything is fine.**
How can I fix that?
Kind regards
Martin
[O] Problems with Block Agenda Setup
Hi,
I tried to setup my own block agenda and I'm facing some problems:
Here's the custom settings in org-agenda-custom-commands:
("h" "Agenda for today (MYWN)" ((agenda "" ((org-agenda-overriding-header "Calendar") (org-agenda-span (quote day)) (org-agenda-entry-types (quote (:timestamp))) (org-agenda-time-grid (quote ("t") (agenda "" ((org-agenda-overriding-header "Critical Now") (org-agenda-entry-types (quote (:deadline))) (org-agenda-sorting-strategy (quote (deadline-down priority-down))) (org-agenda-time-grid nil) (org-deadline-warning-days 0))) (agenda "" ((org-agenda-overriding-header "Opportunity Now max. 100") (org-agenda-entry-types (quote (:scheduled))) (org-agenda-sorting-strategy (quote (scheduled-down priority-down))) (org-agenda-time-grid nil) (org-agenda-max-entries 100 nil nil) ("n" "Agenda and all TODO's" ((agenda "" nil) (alltodo "" nil)) nil
What I want to achieve is a daily Agenda view of 3 things:
1 Timegrid with appointments for "day X"
2 All tasks having a deadline on "day X" or before (sorted by priority)
3 All tasks scheduled on "day X" or before (sorted by priority) - limited to 100 entries :-(
My problems:
1) "day X" - if I have the cursor in one of the 3 blocks of the agenda and type e. g. "F" to change the date to tomorrow, only this block will change its date, not the other ones. If one of the other blocks already had a date different from today, it will be reset to today when rebuilding the agenda.
How can I define them, so that all blocks have the same date, which can be chosen with the calendar like in "normal" agendas?
2) My custom headers (defined with org-agenda-overriding-header) are not shown. Instead, above each block there is only written the date like "Thursday 29 August 2013"
3) I would like to restrict block 3 (scheduled tasks) to priorities A-C (I'm also having D and E). How could I do that?
4) for block 3, I would like to split it into 2 parts:
a) all tasks scheduled on "day X" sorted priority-down
b) all tasks scheduled in the past, sorted priority-down and then scheduled-down
Unfortunately, I do not know how to set the criteria for "day X" / "before day X"
Thanks in advance for your help!
Kind regards
Martin
Re: [O] org-priority-faces has no effect - how to define line colors in org-mode?
Thanks a lot for your help!I originally defined the variable in the customize interface, but it seems that I entered the wrong characters...If I copy your code in the scratch buffer and evaluate it, it works and the agenda is formatted as defined. :-)Why Do I need to type '?A' for priority 'A' ?A little remark: the bold face has to be entered without double quotes:':weight "bold"' has no effect, but ':weight bold' works well.(setq org-priority-faces '((?A . (:foreground "red" :weight bold))(?B . (:foreground "yellow"))(?C . (:foreground "green"This syntax is quite confusing for me - is there a tutorial anywhere which explains how to do such customizations - and what wildcards can/have to be used- and what "car" and "cdr" and "cons" mean?Kind regardsMartinGesendet: Donnerstag, 27. September 2012 um 08:00 UhrVon: "Nick Dokos" An: M Cc: "emacs orgmode-mailinglist" Betreff: Re: [O] org-priority-faces has no effect - how to define line colors in org-mode?M wrote:> (...)> I'm using org-mode 7.8.11 with Emacs 24.1.1 and I want to change the colors> used to display agenda lines, so that e. g. all lines with priority "A" are> shown in red bold font.> > I tried to change the variable org-priority-faces but it has no effect:> > org-priority-faces is a variable defined in `org-faces.el'.> Its value is (("A" :foreground "#E01B4C" :weight bold)> ("B" :foreground "#1739BF")> ("#C" :foreground "#575757"))> > What am I doing wrong? Could other configurations overwrite this new> setting?> > I tried a lot of things, but I must be doing something wrong with the> org-priority-faces values.> You should probably use customize to set the value. Setting it by handis possible (but not advisable) in this case, but you have to payattention to some details. The docstring of the variable says,| This is a list of cons cells, with priority character in the car| and faces in the cdr. The face can be a symbol, a color as| as a string, or a property list of attributes, like| (:foreground "blue" :weight bold :underline t).`so you need to set it with something like this:--8<---cut here---start->8---(setq org-priority-faces '((?A . (:foreground "red" :weight "bold")) (?B . (:foreground "yellow")) (?C . (:foreground "green"--8<---cut here---end--->8---Nick> Martin> > >
