Re: [O] using dates as property?

2015-09-04 Thread John Kitchin
thanks. that also works for me. Samuel Wales writes: > i always put inactive timestamps in headlines, and sort both the > outline and agenda using them. for example: > > * CONVERSATION [2015-08-31 Mon 14:41] john > * CONVERSATION [2015-09-01 Tue 15:02] rms > > or newest first. they are

Re: [O] using dates as property?

2015-08-31 Thread Samuel Wales
i always put inactive timestamps in headlines, and sort both the outline and agenda using them. for example: * CONVERSATION [2015-08-31 Mon 14:41] john * CONVERSATION [2015-09-01 Tue 15:02] rms or newest first. they are visible and binary-searchable. works perfectly for me.

Re: [O] using dates as property?

2015-08-31 Thread Samuel Wales
hi john, documented for myself only: (defun alpha-org-timestamp-score ( sg) "Return unix minutes as a floating point number. ;;;for 0..1 ;;;Beware adding this to a much larger number (around 100); you will ;;;lose resolution. Multiply first by a number with a lot of ;;;zeroes. Then add to a

Re: [O] using dates as property?

2015-08-31 Thread Samuel Wales
and here is my get function, likewise documented only for me and written a long time ago but works well for me: (defun alpha-org-entry-get (property sg inherit) "Return the value of PROPERTY, whether you are in the outline or the agenda, by calling `org-entry-get'. SG \(string given\) is the

[O] using dates as property?

2015-08-31 Thread John Kitchin
Hi, I am making a historical list of seminar speakers in an org-file. I am trying to figure out the best way to store the dates so I can do something later like find speakers from 2010, or to sort the speakers by date etc... Here is an example of my current thoughts. My questions are: 1. are