[Orgmode] On demand face for headers
In this thread there was a solution for highlighting the whole header line, so it stands out more from the buffer text: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/15721/ This solution was a bit too heavy, because it affected all header lines, and I didn't want all headers to be so conspicuous everywhere, so I set a background color only for top-level headers in my setup. Here's an other solution which can be used to highlight headers selectively if you want only particular headers to stand out (bigger font, background color, etc.) without affecting other headers on the same level. To highlight a header with a custom color, simply put a space to the end of the header line. (Headers with tags are not handled, because I did not need it.) (defface my-org-level-2 '((t :background darkseagreen1)) ) (defface my-org-level-3 '((t :background moccasin)) ) (setq my-org-level-emphasis-faces '((org-level-2 . my-org-level-2) (org-level-3 . my-org-level-3) )) (defadvice org-get-level-face (after my-org-get-level-face activate) (if (and (eq (ad-get-arg 0) 3) (equal (aref (match-string 0) (- (length (match-string 0)) (if org-fontify-whole-heading-line 2 1))) ? )) (let ((new-face (assoc-default ad-return-value my-org-level-emphasis-faces))) (if new-face (setq ad-return-value new-face) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: access scattered notes centralized
Kestutis Matonis matonisk at gmail.com writes: I would like to clear up one thing. Lets say i have notes in /home/documents/work/note.org, /home/documents/computers/note.org, and i would like that they would stay there, but also i would like to access all scattered notes from one place (that is, i wanna know what notes i have). Can i do this in emacs org-mode? How? Keep a master org file with links to all the other org files: http://orgmode.org/manual/Hyperlinks.html#Hyperlinks That's what I do. I visit the master file and from there I can access any of the scattered note files. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] org-read-date-prefer-future 'time doesn't always prefer future
This is a very useful setting, because it allows the user to quickly schedule a task into the future by simply entering the time, but it doesn't always do the right thing. Suppose I scheduled a task to 1pm, but I didn't have time to deal with it during the day. It's 5pm now. If I want to reschedule the task to tomorrow 10am then I can write simply 10am to the time prompt and it puts the task correctly to tomorrow 10am. However, if I want to reschedule it to tomorrow 2pm then I can't write simply 2pm, because then it schedules the task at 2pm today (which is past already, since it's 5 pm). The problem is the feature uses the task's own scheduled time to determine if a time is in the past, instead of the current time. It's Org-mode version 6.33 ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Org needs your vote
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[Orgmode] URLs are not always linked properly
For example, for this URL the bracketed part is not handled as part of the URL, though it should be: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_(TV_series) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Using shift and arrow keys to select lines in Aquamacs (in org-mode)
J. David Boyd david at adboyd.com writes: But that breaks S-up modifying the priority on a task, as well as other built-in org functionality... No, it doesn't break it, because there are other builtin keys for setting task priority (C-c ,). For me text selection is a much more frequent task than changing priorities, so it makes more sense to assign the more convenient binding to selection and use the less convenient one for the less frequent operation. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Using shift and arrow keys to select lines in Aquamacs (in org-mode)
Saptarshi Guha saptarshi.guha at gmail.com writes: Hello, I know shift and arrow keys are used by org-mode. But is there a way to remap them to selecting the line(as in Aquamacs text mode) (e.g shift+down highlights the current line, shift+up highlights the previous line etc). I rebound the keys in my org-mode hook: (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'my-org-mode-stuff) (defun my-org-mode-stuff () ... (local-set-key (kbd C-S-right) 'forward-word-mark) (local-set-key (kbd C-S-left) 'backward-word-mark) (local-set-key (kbd S-right) 'forward-char-mark) (local-set-key (kbd S-left) 'backward-char-mark) (local-set-key (kbd S-up) 'previous-line-mark) (local-set-key (kbd S-down) 'next-line-mark) ... ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Hide tasks from the agenda until they are due
In a previous thread (http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/17818) there was a discussion about using the agenda to schedule trivial time-specific tasks during the day which can be done at or after a certain time. These tasks should be hidden from the agenda until their time is due, because you cannot work on them before then, so they are just polluting the agenda view. Matt Lundin kindly provided a quick untested solution in that thread which was almost complete, it needed only a bit of tweaking. Here is the working solution (not yes extensively tested) for those interested: (defun my-org-agenda-skip-if-later () Skip entries that are later than the current time. (let ((time (and (org-entry-get nil TIME-TODO) (or (org-entry-get nil TIMESTAMP) (org-entry-get nil SCHEDULED) (when time (unless (time-less-p (org-time-string-to-time time) (current-time)) (or (outline-next-heading) (point-max)) (setq org-agenda-skip-function 'my-org-agenda-skip-if-later) The tasks to be hidden need to have a special property set (TIME-TODO) in order to distinguish them from regular timestamps which are not hidden. I added this property to my remember template, so it's automatically set when I create such a task. I set the skip function globally, because I use a single agenda view. You may want to set it only for certain agenda views. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Fast traversing directories
andrea Crotti andrea.crotti.0 at gmail.com writes: (dolist ((d org-directories)) The loop is not run, because there are too many parens. Try this instead: (dolist (d org-directories) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: How to Strip TODO headword and refile as a note
Alan E. Davis lngndvs at gmail.com writes: I stumbled momentarily, realizing I not only want to archive this, get it out of my agenda and todo file, I also want to file a note about the issues, and what I learned about them. The todo file expression suggests organizational problems. When I began to use org-mode I also kept a todo file, but it's a misunderstading of Org. You don't need to keep your todos in a separate file. You should keep everything in files thematically and toggle the TODO keyword on the header right there in the natural context of the task. Org will take care of scanning of your files and pick up your TODO entries. This way if you are done with an item you don't have to move it out of your agenda and todo file, because it's already there where it belongs, you can add notes to it there and it will disappear from the agenda if you toggle the item to DONE state. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Option to prefer future for times too
Currently, I'm using Google Calendar and it's quick add syntax is very convenient: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=enanswer=36604#text Of course, Org has similar capabilites, but I found one thing which google calendar does better: if it's 4pm and I add an event for 8am then GCal schedules it for 8am tomorrow. Org, on the the other hand, schedules it for 8am today even if that time is already passed. I never add past events and I think it's quite atypical. Shouldn't be an option similar to org-read-date-prefer-future for times too, so that timestamps also prefer the future when no date given? ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Error when invoking remember before the first header of org file
I have remember set up, so that new notes always go to a certain org file under a certain header: (setq org-default-notes-file (concat org-directory /todo.org)) (setq org-remember-default-headline capture) (setq org-remember-templates '((Todo ?t * TODO %?))) It works well, but if I'm at the beginning of an org file, before the first header then M-x org-remember bails out with an error. Is it a bug? Why does it care where I'm standing in the file? Org-mode version 6.30: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error Before first headline at position 1 in buffer work.org) signal(error (Before first headline at position 1 in buffer work.org)) error(Before first headline at position %d in buffer %s 1 #buffer work.org) byte-code( `p# [error Before first headline at position %d in buffer %s] 4) org-back-to-heading(t) org-heading-components() org-store-link(nil) org-remember-annotation() run-hook-with-args-until-success(org-remember-annotation) remember(nil) org-do-remember() org-remember(nil) call-interactively(org-remember t nil) execute-extended-command(nil) call-interactively(execute-extended-command nil nil) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Filtering the global todo list in a custom agenda
I'm trying to filter the global todo list, so that items with certain tags don't appear in it, but this solution doesn't seem to work: (setq org-agenda-custom-commands '((h Agenda and todo ((agenda ) (alltodo -test) Items with test tag are shown nevertheless. How could I filter them? ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Filtering the global todo list in a custom agenda
Carsten Dominik carsten.dominik at gmail.com writes: The todo agenda is not very good in matching. Better to use the tags- todo view, but specify no tags, onlt a todo match after the slash: (setq org-agenda-custom-commands '((h Agenda and todo ((agenda ) (tags-todo /-test) The problem with tags-todo it also shows the TODO items with active timestamps, but I don't want them there (they show up in the agenda block), that's why I have org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date set to t. And that's why I tried to filter alltodo, because tags-todo ignores this setting. :( ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Filtering the global todo list in a custom agenda
Carsten Dominik carsten.dominik at gmail.com writes: No reason not to smile (setq org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options t) Cool! :) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Link not followed in first line of file
Carsten Dominik carsten.dominik at gmail.com writes: That is a feature. How else would you insert an empty line before the link. C-q C-j, of course. It may not be too newbie friendly, I admit. :) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Is it possible to show an agenda item only if it's due?
I have several items on my agenda which have a time specification (e.g. 4pm), but it only means I should work on it sometime after 4pm. It can even be 8pm when I actually deal with the item. So there is no need for me to see the item constantly on the daily agenda, I'd like this item to appear only if I display the agenda after 4pm. I don't want to see it before the given time, because I can't work on it then, so it only clutters the view. Is it possible to do this with org? ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Is it possible to show an agenda item only if it's due?
Matt Lundin mdl at imapmail.org writes: One recommendation: Create an :EVENING: tag and filter it out in the agenda. Or, optionally, create custom agenda commands for day and evening agendas that pull up different results based on tags. This wouldn't work, because I have lots of different such times during the day which cannot be grouped into 2-3 main categories. 4pm was only an example. It can be any other time during the day and I only want those items to appear when their time is due. It would be nice if org handled a category or something which I could add to the task and it would affect its display on the agenda. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Is it possible to show an agenda item only if it's due?
Matt Lundin mdl at imapmail.org writes: Ah I see. Another idea: write an agenda skip function that converts the timestamp to universal time and ignores the entry if it is greater than (current-time). Such as, Wow, I didn't you can write your own agenda skip function. The depths of Org are infinite. :) Thanks. I'll try your solution. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Eliminate DONE state?
Is is possible to eliminate the DONE state completely? I'd like a single state TODO and want to switch between TODO and nothing states, but (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence TODO))) doesn't seem to work, because it always considers the last state as a DONE state. Is it possible to have only a single actionable task state and nothing else, so when I switch then the sequence is nothing-TODO-nothing-TODO-...? ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Eliminate DONE state?
Matt Lundin mdl at imapmail.org writes: Not that I am aware of. Lots of functionality in org depends on inactive TODOs. For instance, if you don't have a DONE state, then scheduled items will remain on your agenda forever, even if they aren't marked as a TODO. Okay, it's not a big deal. I always delete DONE items anyway, so they don't clutter the todo list. It's only inconvenient when I switch an item to TODO state accidentally and I have to switch to DONE first and then nothing to undo it. Which reminds me: I could use undo to undo it. Hmmm. :D Why not just switch back and forth between TODO and nothing by S-Right and S-Left? I use PC selection mode so these keys are already taken and the replacement keys org provides are not as convenient. But I can live with it, it's a minor inconvenience. And one day I may even discover the point of keeping DONE items in the tree and then it will be a non-issue. :) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: schedule tasks
William Xu william.xwl at gmail.com writes: Hi folks, I'm trying to do this: 1. schedule a TODO on THIS_DAY 2. before THIS_DAY, don't show it in global todo list. So I have: (setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled t) 3. on(and after when not done) THIS_DAY, show it in global todo list I use a similar setup. As I understand if you want items to appear on the date they are due you have to use the daily agenda. So I use a custom agenda which shows the agenda items and the todo list together: (setq org-agenda-custom-commands '((h My Agenda TODO ((agenda ) (alltodo home) The agenda part is empty if there are no due items today and the regular todo items are under it. Invoke the agenda with M-1 prefix to show items only for today. It can be assigned to a keyboard macro, of course. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Stuck in a folded section when subtree is folded
PT spamfilteraccount at gmail.com writes: If a header has some text content under it and the cursor is in the text then pressing TAB folds the content, but it doesn't change the cursor position, so the cursor is stuck in the folded part and, for example, beginning-of-line doesn't work, you can only get out from the folded part if you press cursor up/down For the time being I fixed it for myself with an advice. Here it is if someone's interested: (defadvice org-cycle (after my-org-cycle activate) (if (outline-invisible-p) (outline-previous-visible-heading 1))) ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: RSI
Daniel Martins danielemc at gmail.com writes: Sticky keys takes some getting used to. It makes every modifier key work a little like caps lock. Sounds horrible, doesn't it? Well, it's not really. Basically, if you press control once, it locks control down for the next keystroke only, after which point the keyboard returns to normal. Press control twice, and it locks down until you release it with a third press. C-x C-f Used to be: press and hold control. Press and release x. press and release f. Release control. Now it's Press and release control twice. Press and release x. press and release f. Press and release control. I don't know which implementation you use, but with Windows' built-in sticky key setup there is no change compared to the usual order of keys: press/release ctrl, press/release x, press/release ctrl, press/release f No need to press and release control twice at the beginning, so it's the same number of keypresses as the usual method, you only need to pay attention you release the previous key before pressing the next one. This turns out to be easier on my hands because I don't find myself contorting my hands across the keyboard while I try to hold down more than one key at a time. Very true. Two keys should never be pressed with the same hand at the same time. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Stuck in a folded section when subtree is folded
Carsten Dominik carsten.dominik at gmail.com writes: Have you customized the variable org-cycle-emulate-tab? No, it's nil. It's org 6.30, btw. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Stuck in a folded section when subtree is folded
Carsten Dominik carsten.dominik at gmail.com writes: Wrong answer: The correct answer would have been: Yes, it is nil! Because the default value is t!. The default value means that TAB will not at all fold an entry when the cursor is not in the headline. Maybe this is really the setting you want? You are correct, I set it to nil, but this was not the issue. I thought you ask it because of some strange interaction. I'm happy with the current setting. I want TAB to fold everywhere. The problem is if I'm standing in a place like this * header some text cursor is here some other text and press TAB then the subtree is folded properly, but the cursor is stuck in the folded section: * header cursor appears here, it is in the folded section... and I think it should be put to the beginning of line to avoid leaving it in the folded section after a fold: cursor* header... Maybe I was not clear enough in the first post. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Stuck in a folded section when subtree is folded
If a header has some text content under it and the cursor is in the text then pressing TAB folds the content, but it doesn't change the cursor position, so the cursor is stuck in the folded part and, for example, beginning-of-line doesn't work, you can only get out from the folded part if you press cursor up/down Isn't it a bug? If I stand on a header which has only subheaders under it and I press TAB then the subtree is folded and the cursor is put back to the beginning of the header line apparently to avoid leaving the cursor in the folded part which is a nice gesture. Shouldn't the same happen when textual content is folded? ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] FILETAGS documentation clarification
I tried FILETAGS for the first time and it failed to work and it took a while until I found out why. I assumed orgfiles are scanned dynamically for filetags, so I don't have to do anything just write it into the file. Turned out I had to reload the file as well, because org cached filetag info. I suggest adding a sidenote about it to this page for new users, so they know filetags don't work automatically as soon as they are inserted into the file: http://orgmode.org/manual/Tag-inheritance.html ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: FILETAGS documentation clarification
Matt Lundin mdl at imapmail.org writes: Any time you change one of the in-buffer settings line (e.g., #+FILETAGS), you need to refresh the buffer by hitting C-c C-c on the new or updated line. You don't have to reload the file. Here's the information in the manual: http://orgmode.org/manual/In_002dbuffer-settings.html Thanks, I haven't seen this page yet. Maybe every mention of an in-buffer keyword should be a link to the summary page you linked, so new users can quickly find this info by clicking on the keyword. Just a thought. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Making an org file more readable
Carsten Dominik carsten.dominik at gmail.com writes: I have just pushed a modification so that you can, after pulling from git, set org-cycle-separator-lines to a negative number. If you set it to -N, N empty lines will be required in order to get a separation. But, if there are enough empty lines, all will be shown. You might want to set this to -1., I like my old value of +2 best. I tried this new setting with 6.30 and it works well, thanks for this. The only strange case is when a header line doesn't have any content, only empty lines. So if there are 2 empty lines between headers * header1 * header2 Then the first empty line after header1 is folded regardless of the -1 setting. If I understand the feature correctly no folding should occur in this case either. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Usability idea: color coding items with priorities in agenda
The agenda list would be easier to parse with the eye if each priority level (A, B, C) had its own face. This way the user could optionally set a background color for these priorities, so priority items would stand out from the todo list. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: RSI
Samuel Wales samologist at gmail.com writes: One thing that you can do is to ensure that you have a keyboard that has modifier keys on both sides. You should pound a new habit into your cerebellum: use two hands. ... Many (maybe even most) will find this idea strange. But I urge all of you to try it for a few months. I agree it's a good idea. For those who think this approach is too radical I recommend trying out sticky keys as an alternative which also alleviates a bit the effects of the finger killing C-x/C-c and similar combinations: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/StickyModifiers ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Usability idea: color coding items with priorities in agenda
Nick Dokos nicholas.dokos at hp.com writes: You missed the *other* variable C-h v org-agenda-fontify-priorities RET Damn! Org is again a step ahead of me. :D Thanks. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Making an org file more readable
Nick Dokos nicholas.dokos at hp.com writes: You *can* get an empty line between two headers by having two empty lines at the end of the first section: the first empty line is considered part of the section and is folded with it, but the second one remains. E.g. One more thing for those who don't know this: I took a look at the relevant part of outline.el and turns out one empty line is enough if outline-blank-line is set to t. It's almost perfect. It would be perfect if outline would leave alone all empty lines after the content, so if I have e.g. two empty lines there then it would fold non-empty lines only leaving both empty lines visible, so that I could use as many empty lines for separation as I want. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Preventing (or mitigating) accidental deletion in org-mode
Nick Bell mail at nickbell.org writes: Dear List, Org-mode is great and I'd like to commit to it. However, I'm held back by the apparent fragility of data stored in org-files. For example, it's easy to delete entire folded trees of data with just a couple of keystrokes or a mouse click. This shouldn't be a big problem, because you have automatic backup of your org and other files, right? Combining this with the builtin undo and setting up Emacs' own backup properly (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ForceBackups) makes any recent or older version of your org files easily retrievable, so no information can be lost. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Making an org file more readable
My main gripe with org is that the appearance is too crowded. Even if the header lines have different colors the individual projects and sections I keep in the file have no visual separation between them. For example, sometimes I'd like to add empty lines after a header, so there is some visual space before the next header begins. The problem is the empty lines at the end of the content are folded too when the content is folded. I know it's more of an outline issue than an org issue, but I ask here nevertheless: did anyone find a good way to separate the headers from each other in a big org file visually, so it is more readable? ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Making an org file more readable
Nick Dokos nicholas.dokos at hp.com writes: You *can* get an empty line between two headers by having two empty lines at the end of the first section: the first empty line is considered part of the section and is folded with it, but the second one remains. E.g. For some reason, I didn't try that. :) Thanks. One annoyance less. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Feature idea: Automatic clocking
I just started using clocking and it seems really useful. It occured me it could also be done automatically for certain tasks which are performed in the org buffer. For example, I work on some text which I keep in an org subtree, the branches of the subtree hold the chapters, etc. If the main subtree which is the root of the document has a CLOCK property (put there by a previous manual clocking) and also an AUTOCLOCK or similar property then it could monitor if I modify the text within the subtree and start the clock automatically. If I stop modifying the subtree then after a while (say, 30 seconds, configurable) it would stop the clock automatically. So for subtrees explicitly marked for automatic clocking the user wouldn't have to start/stop the clock manually at all, org could do it itself. What do you think? ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Org suggestion: option which allows moving subtrees freely
Often I want to move an item or a subtree to an other location with M-up/down and I get the message Cannot move past superior level. I think there could be an option allowing this behavior. In practice I found sometimes it would be quicker and easier to move stuff under a different heading in the same file by simply using Meta+cursor keys than using the refill interface. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Org suggestion: option which allows moving subtrees freely
Carsten Dominik carsten.dominik at gmail.com writes: I do M-left M-up M-right to get past a parent. When moving down, M-left M-down M-right will get you to the end of that subtree, but otherwise it works just fine. It seems like something which org could also do if the user sets the option. If I move the tree up with M-up and it sees I'm at the parent heading then it could set the header level to the same as the parent's, move the item above the parent and leave it there, letting me do the rest of the positioning manually. So it would spare at least an M-left for the user which doesn't seem much, but small things add up in the long run. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
[Orgmode] Re: Org suggestion: option which allows moving subtrees freely
PT spamfilteraccount at gmail.com writes: So it would spare at least an M-left for the user which doesn't seem much, but small things add up in the long run. Maybe the M-right part wouldn't be too hard either. If above the moved up header (which is now at the same level as its previous parent header after an automatic M-left) there is an other header on the same level then it could be put under it with an automatic M-right. It could spare 2 keypresses which would be a real improvement. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
