[Orgmode] What's the use of Column View?

2008-01-15 Thread Leo
Hi there, Any one find the column view feature of any use? 1. It reduced the readability of .org files. I think the syntax of the file should be kept as close as possible to plain text file. 2. It barely has a role in any GTD work flow. All in all, I fail to understand this feature. Best, --

Re: [Orgmode] What's the use of Column View?

2008-01-15 Thread Phil Jackson
Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any one find the column view feature of any use? Yes, I use it all the time. My main application of it being a (gpg'd) passwords file. Column view makes it very easy to scan and edit. I also use it to maintain a small, high level log of my business accounts. 1.

Re: [Orgmode] What's the use of Column View?

2008-01-15 Thread Eddward DeVilla
On Jan 15, 2008 1:11 PM, Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, Any one find the column view feature of any use? I intend to use it when I get to emacs 22. I store reading lists and other wishlist type things in tables right now, but the comment column is huge. I'd like to make it a set of

Re: [Orgmode] What's the use of Column View?

2008-01-15 Thread Bastien
Leo [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any one find the column view feature of any use? Yes! I do love the column view feature. For example, when I want to add milestones to tasks. My project gets a :MILESTONE: property, accepting :MILESTONE_ALL: 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2, etc. Then being able to see the

Re: [Orgmode] What's the use of Column View?

2008-01-15 Thread Russell Adams
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 01:39:38AM +, Bastien wrote: For example, when I want to add milestones to tasks. My project gets a :MILESTONE: property, accepting :MILESTONE_ALL: 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2, etc. Then being able to see the different milestones just by switching to the column view