[O] OSX: Display cur. task in Menu Bar?

2011-08-12 Thread Nathan Neff
Does anyone know of a script or a "menulet" that will display the currently logged in task in OSX's menu-bar? My main purpose is to show Org mode's currently logged in task on some part of the screen that's always visible. I considered using Growl, but Growl only stays open for X seconds, and tak

[O] Todo with checkboxes is grayed out in agenda

2011-08-24 Thread Nathan Neff
I have a todo like this: * todo something - [ ] first - [ ] next In the agenda, the todo something header is displayed grayed out. I see the reason for this -- org-mode considers this to be a parent headline of child TODOs because of the checkboxes. Is there a way to turn this off? I'd like to

Re: [O] Todo with checkboxes is grayed out in agenda

2011-08-25 Thread Nathan Neff
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > Nathan Neff writes: > >> I have a todo like this: >> >> * todo something >> - [ ] first >> - [ ] next >> >> In the agenda, the todo something header is displayed grayed o

Re: [O] a new way to navigate your org files

2011-08-27 Thread Nathan Neff
I just found this and it's great -- thanks! On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Tom wrote: > Suvayu Ali gmail.com> writes: >> >> This is very useful. I made some enhancements in the attached patches. >> The first one adds a very basic minibuffer history. You can navigate the >> history by the usual

[O] Read-only Cloning Worg Error

2011-09-27 Thread Nathan Neff
I'd like to keep up with Worg's status and went to clone the Git repo, per the instructions here: http://orgmode.org/worg/worg-git.html The instructions say to clone http://repo.or.cz/r/Worg.git (I think it's supposed to be http://repo.or.cz./w/Worg.git) So I ran git clone http://repo.or.cz/w/

[O] Search from Agenda w/lock active

2011-09-28 Thread Nathan Neff
I frequently use org-agenda-set-restriction-lock to concentrate on one of my org-files during work. I have a custom agenda-search command that I would like to use while at work. However, when I try to run the searches, the restriction-lock prevails over the org-agenda-files that are defined in my

[O] Capture from terminal command line?

2011-09-29 Thread Nathan Neff
I'm looking for a way to capture notes from a terminal, without having to jump over to emacs. In the past, I simply append the text from the command line to my ~/refile.org file, but if I have emacs running and have a modified ~/refile.org buffer, then I run into complications. I think that a goo

[O] Prompt for time when clocking in?

2011-10-19 Thread Nathan Neff
Is there a way to pull up a date/time prompt when clocking in to a task? Sometimes, I started a task 15 minutes ago, and have to go through the following steps: 1) clock in on the task, 2) Go to the CLOCK section for that header and press tab to open it 3) Fix the clock-in time If it's not built

Re: [O] Prompt for time when clocking in?

2011-10-20 Thread Nathan Neff
in 15 minutes ago. This solution should work for now. Although, I could see it being a handy way to prompt for clock-in *and* clock-out times. Thanks for the suggestions, --Nate On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Nick Dokos wrote: > John Hendy wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at

Re: [O] Prompt for time when clocking in?

2011-10-20 Thread Nathan Neff
ss 8 keys in order to clock in 15 minutes ago. >> >> This solution should work for now.  Although, I could see it being a >> handy way to >> prompt for clock-in *and* clock-out times. >> >> Thanks for the suggestions, >> >> --Nate >> >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2

[O] babel: tblname not being expanded into function/var

2011-12-06 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I've been tinkering with different operating systems lately, and the past couple of times I've tried to install my org-mode setup, I receive this error: >Symbol's value as variable is void: shortcut-definition list My init.el loads org-mode-config.org using org-babel, like this: (require

Re: [O] babel: tblname not being expanded into function/var

2011-12-08 Thread Nathan Neff
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Thomas S. Dye wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > I believe #+srcname: is changed to #+name: now.  I don't know if this is > contributing to your problem. Yes indeed!!! Thank you very much. I changed #+srcname: to #+name: below, and this fixed the problem. I checked the or

Re: [O] Minimal overhead Org-mode blogging system

2011-12-10 Thread Nathan Neff
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Karl Voit wrote: > Hi! > > I got a nice idea on how a very easy to use Org-mode blog system > should look like. > > Currently, I am using Serendipidy with web-based editor to write > HTML. Org-mode enabled me to write blog entries and export it to > HTML. Then I pa

[O] Refile targets fail with certain filename

2011-12-12 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, This was a very tricky problem to work around. I have two directories ("notesmine" and "personal") that I use to refile stuff to. I refile to my notesmine directory once every few months, so I was baffled last night when I started getting "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil" when I wanted

Re: [O] Refile targets fail with certain filename

2011-12-12 Thread Nathan Neff
Thanks Nick for your advice. I have posted a new e-mail with the subject "Refile fails with blank * TODO" On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Nick Dokos wrote: > Nathan Neff wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> This was a very tricky problem to work around.  I have t

[O] Refile fails with blank TODO

2011-12-12 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, With some help from Nick Dokos, I think I've found a bug: If you have a blank TODO entry in any of your refile targets, you will get the error message below. Here's a sample ~/Documents/notesmine/emacs.org file that will reproduce the error: * Emacs - auto fill mode * TODO * Rectangl

Re: [O] Carstens google talk (was Bastiens talk)

2011-12-17 Thread Nathan Neff
Thanks, Rustom -- this is very valuable! On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 6:55 AM, Rustom Mody wrote: > Timeline for Carstens google talk > > Carsten Start 1:20 > History 1:50 > Working with Text Files 2:15 > Notes (not tasks) based project planning 3:58 > Outline mode - fixing 5:50 > Structure Editing 9:

[O] Org-babel / Clojure

2011-12-19 Thread Nathan Neff
Hi, I'm trying to be able to run clojure from org-mode/babel, and I can't find "swank-clojure" listed in the pacakges in my ELPA, as detailed in these instructions: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-clojure.html Can anyone help me along? Thanks, --Nate

[Orgmode] Add-hook or org-defkey?

2011-02-04 Thread Nathan Neff
I've seen both of these methods used to define/re-define keys in org-agenda mode: --- hook-way - (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook '(lambda () (define-key org-agenda-mode-map "w" 'org-agenda-refile) )) --- another way

[Orgmode] Go to today in Calendar

2011-02-04 Thread Nathan Neff
I just found that you can press "." in the Calendar to jump to today's date. This saves me a gazillion keypresses, especially when you have a one-key mapping to schedule something in agenda mode. I have "s" mapped in agenda mode to schedule, so I just press "s . ". Thanks, --Nate __

[Orgmode] Hints for scheduling using Agenda

2011-02-04 Thread Nathan Neff
I'm starting to use column mode in the Agenda, where the estimated effort for each TODO item is shown. The sums of the estimated effort is totaled for each day. I like this feature, and want to use it to determine when to schedule TODO items. Does anyone else use column mode in the Agenda to fin

[Orgmode] Re-map global key while in the agenda?

2011-02-11 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I have i mapped to 'org-clock-in and I would also like i to clock in while I'm in the agenda. I have i bound using global-set-key like this: (global-set-key (kbd " i") 'org-clock-in) And I tried using "define-key" to redefine F3-i in agenda mode like this: (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-h

Re: [Orgmode] Re-map global key while in the agenda?

2011-02-12 Thread Nathan Neff
On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > Nathan Neff writes: > >> I have i mapped to 'org-clock-in and I would also like i to >> clock in while I'm in the agenda. > > How is that useful outside an org-mode buffer? It's no

[Orgmode] Projects with priority items

2011-02-14 Thread Nathan Neff
I have a custom agenda view that shows items with the tag "project". It shows a TODO list like this: * TODO Project A ** TODO Subtask for project A ** TODO Another task for A * TODO Project B ** TODO B subtask However, if I put a priority on "Subtask for project A", then the subtask jumps out of

Re: [Orgmode] Projects with priority items

2011-02-14 Thread Nathan Neff
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Samuel Wales wrote: > Excellent question.  Do you mean all ancestors? > Yes. That makes sense. If I have this: * Some project :project: ** TODO Task Foo ** [#A] TODO Task Bar I would like an agenda view that would show items tagged with :project: and its TOD

Re: [Orgmode] Projects with priority items

2011-02-14 Thread Nathan Neff
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Nathan Neff wrote: > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Samuel Wales wrote: >> Excellent question.  Do you mean all ancestors? >> > > Yes.  That makes sense. > > If I have this: > > * Some project   :project: > ** TODO Task Foo

Fwd: [Orgmode] Go to today in Calendar

2011-02-22 Thread Nathan Neff
>> I just found that you can press "." in the Calendar to jump to today's >> date. > > Nice one, I didn't know that! > > Thanks for the tip, No prob.  If anyone else has short/simple tips cool things that they find in org-mode please post them -- I enjoy reading the "Cool! I found XXX feature" e-m

[O] Capture - stay clocked in?

2011-02-28 Thread Nathan Neff
Is there an option NOT to clock out of a Todo item that's created using org-capture? I would like to use capture templates to define a new TODO task, and just stay clocked in to the new TODO. Thanks, --Nate ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Re

[O] Cool feature: Link abbreviations

2011-03-02 Thread Nathan Neff
Another one of those "I wish I could do X" moments where I look through org-mode docs and find exactly what I'm looking for. So, I work for a company where I use an Issue tracking tool, and every issue has a URL like this: http://example.com/issues?PRODUCT-XXX Where XXX is the issue number. I w

Re: [O] scheduling items question

2011-03-04 Thread Nathan Neff
On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Stuart, > > stuart writes: > >> ** class Monday >> >> ** class Wednesday >> >> ** class Friday > > I would use a weekly repeater for these tasks. > > , > | * class Monday > |   SCHEDULED: <2011-03-07 lun. +1w> > | > | * class Wednesday > |  

Re: [O] Re: Something like 'org-clock-in-at-time'?

2011-04-10 Thread Nathan Neff
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: > > John Hendy writes: > >> On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 2:48 PM, John Hendy wrote: >>> Could someone fill me in on your process for clocking in things after >>> the fact? I've been trying to get into to clocking, but, especially at >>> home, I don'

[O] Show current task in taskbar

2011-04-18 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I use wmii which is a minimalist tiling window manager. It has a taskbar that can show text/icons, etc. I'd like to see my currently logged in task on the taskbar. The way I see it, I could either 1) poll emacs for the current task or 2) have emacs run a cron job and output the current ta

[O] Agenda clock report - show currently clocked task?

2011-04-26 Thread Nathan Neff
Does the clock report in the agenda exclude time spent in the currently clocked task? Is there a way to turn this on? For example, I have 3 hours clocked in Task1, and I'm clocked into Task2 for 1 hour: My clock report in the agenda only shows the 3 hours in Task1. If I clock-out and refresh th

[O] Don't block TODO for one heading

2011-05-04 Thread Nathan Neff
I'm using org-enforce-todo-checkbox-dependencies and would like to turn that feature off for a specific headline / TODO. Is there a property I can set to allow me to change a heading from TODO to DONE w/o checking any checkboxes? If this isn't simple, I can continue to just use C-c C-x C-b to che

Re: [O] Agenda clock report - show currently clocked task?

2011-05-09 Thread Nathan Neff
Thanks! On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: > Nathan Neff writes: > >> Does the clock report in the agenda exclude time spent in the >> currently clocked task? >> >> Is there a way to turn this on? > > org-clock-report-include-clocking-ta

Re: [O] Show current task in taskbar

2011-05-09 Thread Nathan Neff
-- this is really cool. --Nate On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Nathan Neff writes: > >> Hello, >> >> I use wmii which is a minimalist tiling window manager. >> It has a taskbar that can show text/icons, etc. >> >> I'd like to

[O] Query for tags, and bring results into headline?

2011-05-12 Thread Nathan Neff
I keep a lot of headlines tagged "question" that I want to review before a daily meeting. Currently I keep questions tagged with "question", and can easily do an agenda search for them. No problem. Before a daily meeting, I create a daily meeting headline like this: * Daily Mtg 05/11/2011 Then

[O] Cool - Clone / Shift Time with clockreports

2011-05-12 Thread Nathan Neff
I was really impressed that cloning subtrees that have clockreports in them would shift the time for clock reports, even with faily complex times. This is great, and the gurus know about it, but here's a use-case: I have a daily overview where I do the same stuff, and one of the things is generat

[O] lower-case TODOs

2011-05-17 Thread Nathan Neff
I'm considering using lower-case "TODO" keywords -- I tried them out and they're MUCH LESS INTIMITDATING than their upper-case counterparts :-) Can anyone see foresee any big pitfalls with doing this? I did a dry run on a test.org file, and the agenda contained a bunch of * DONE headings (because

Re: [O] Query for tags, and bring results into headline?

2011-05-18 Thread Nathan Neff
Thanks Matt! If it's not too much trouble for you, may I ask how I would filter out DONE, etc questions? On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Matt Lundin writes: > >> You could then create a dblock by typing C-c C-c on the following >> >> #+begin: insert-links :match questions

[O] Screencast of Search Features in org-mode?

2011-05-18 Thread Nathan Neff
I seem to recall seeing an excellent screencast of using the built-in search features of org-mode. Can anyone point me to it? I've looked on Work, under "screencasts" and am missing it. I found the advanced search tutorial on Worg, but I thought there was a screencast that went along with it, or

[O] MobileOrg Android

2011-06-11 Thread Nathan Neff
I just joined the 21st century and got a smart phone. I downloaded the MobileOrg for Android application, and have some questions, most of them are probably dumb, because I have only played with the phone for a bit. 1) Is there documentation regarding the various setups/syncing modes? I would lik

Re: [O] Screencast of Search Features in org-mode?

2011-06-15 Thread Nathan Neff
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Nathan Neff wrote: > I seem to recall seeing an excellent screencast of using the > built-in search features of org-mode. > > Can anyone point me to it? > > I've looked on Work, under "screencasts" and am missing it. > >

Re: [O] Query for tags, and bring results into headline?

2011-06-15 Thread Nathan Neff
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Nathan Neff writes: > >> Thanks Matt! >> >> If it's not too much trouble for you, may I ask how I would filter >> out DONE, etc questions? >> > > Sure, no problem at all! > > #+begin: inse

[O] capture datetree into headline?

2011-06-16 Thread Nathan Neff
I looked over the docs for org-capture, and it seems that file + datetree is the only option. I'd like the datetree to be stored in a specific headline in a file, such as "Log" Is there a way to have file + headline + datetree ("myfile.org" "Log") Or, use the "id" of a headline, like (id+datetr

[O] Custom Agenda Command - change clock/closed?

2012-06-30 Thread Nathan Neff
I have a custom agenda command that shows what happened today. I'd like to be able to toggle the showing of closed items on the fly. Here's my custom agenda command: (setq org-agenda-custom-commands '(("7" "Timeline" ((agenda "" )) ((org-agenda-ndays 1) (org-agenda-show-log t)

[O] Templates for cloning

2012-08-02 Thread Nathan Neff
Hi all, Is there a way to create a template structure for cloning? The main purpose would be to create a shell or structure that is easy to replicate, such as a workflow, etc. This shell, etc would not need any hard-coded dates, but could simply have offsets for sub-items whose due-dates or star

Re: [O] Templates for cloning

2012-08-05 Thread Nathan Neff
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Sebastian Fischmeister wrote: > As an idea, this is how I use templates: > > %+begin_src > (defun org-p (key) > (let ((val (read-from-minibuffer (concat "Define " key ": " > (plist-put org-store-link-plist >(intern (concat ":" key)) val)) >

[O] Create link using refile interface?

2012-08-23 Thread Nathan Neff
Does org-mode have the ability to use the refile interface or something like it when creating links? For example, if I have a headline like this: -- * Terms ** Xcaligraphicasfoobar Definition of Xcaligraphicasfoobar goes here, but it's hard to link to easily because I

[O] Create links to agenda commands

2012-08-23 Thread Nathan Neff
I just found out how to create links to execute custom agenda commands and wanted to share it with the list for those that didn't know about this feature. Basically, I have a bunch of custom agenda commands that I *want* to run periodically and it would be great to be able to create a link that I

[O] Projects in workflow/agenda setup question

2012-08-24 Thread Nathan Neff
I gather that lots of org-mode users have the concept of a "project" -- I mean, there's examples of a "project" agenda command in the org-mode documentation, so this is obviously a very familiar subject. I'm trying to get my custom agenda commands set up so that I can do the following: 1) See pro

[O] Notifications of appointments in Agenda screen?

2012-08-30 Thread Nathan Neff
Hi all, I seem to recall a feature in org-mode that would show notifications for upcoming appointments, scheduled items, deadlines, etc. in Emacs itself. For example the status bar would have a red notification saying "Dr Appointment in 15 minutes". I'm looking all over, and all I can find are p

Re: [O] Notifications of appointments in Agenda screen?

2012-08-30 Thread Nathan Neff
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Nathan Neff wrote: > Hi all, > > I seem to recall a feature in org-mode that would show > notifications for upcoming appointments, scheduled items, > deadlines, etc. in Emacs itself. For example the status bar > would have a red notif

[O] Appt - How to quit displaying notifications?

2012-09-06 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I'm using org-agenda-to-appt to warn me about upcoming appointments. I'm fine with the default warning time of 12 minutes, but I would like to turn off the subsequent reminders that happen every three minutes. I'd like a reminder to occur 12 minutes before the appointment, then at the tim

[O] Show more text in Follow mode or Tabbing after search?

2012-10-08 Thread Nathan Neff
Currently, I do an Agenda search, then I get a list of result headlines back. I know there's a "Show Context" feature but this is rather noisy. I like the "Follow" mode feature, but is there a way to show more context around the text that's shown in the Follow mode? For example, I have window 1

[O] Keyboard command to force "done"

2012-10-11 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I'd like to create a keyboard shortcut to set a TODO state to "done" and ignore any dependencies/blocking (like todo items in subheadings, or checkboxes). >From the documentation for (org-todo) I see that I need to specify the argument prefix of C-u C-u C-u I have other keyboard shortcuts

[O] Use default value if a variable is not defined

2012-10-11 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I'm trying to create a function that will tell org-capture dynamically where to put the captured item. I have it almost working -- where I'm getting hung up on is with basic Emacs lisp. I want to basically implement this pseudo code: IF I have defined a variable called njn/current-q-file

[O] OSX to PDF: Minimal Install

2012-11-02 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I'd like to convert org-mode documents to PDF using the exporter, on OSX, but it appears that I'd have to download MacTex which is a 2GB download. Is there anything smaller that I could download in order to be able to export org documents to PDF? Thanks, --Nate

Re: [O] OSX to PDF: Minimal Install

2012-11-05 Thread Nathan Neff
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Jambunathan K wrote: > Nathan Neff writes: > >> Hello, >> >> I'd like to convert org-mode documents to PDF using the exporter, >> on OSX, but it appears that I'd have to download MacTex which is a 2GB >> download. I

[O] Had to require org-capture?

2012-11-21 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I'm running org-mode from the non-compiled source code and the latest git pull. I noticed that calling org-capture was not working correctly, so I ran (require 'org-capture), then it worked. Is this something new? I can post version, setup, etc. later, but I just wanted to know if I'm mi

[O] "Contexts"?

2012-12-13 Thread Nathan Neff
Hi, I'd like to know if there's a way to tell Emacs or org-mode to be in a certain context, where a certain directory is "home" depending on what context I'm working in currently. For example, if I'm giving a presentation, I would like org-mode/Emacs/ido-mode to have ~/presentation as a base/star

Re: [O] Create new date-tree entry in current file?

2012-02-28 Thread Nathan Neff
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 5:15 PM, John Hendy wrote: > Is there a way to create a date-tree in my current file, or is the > only way to use a capture template pre-set to use a date-tree for the > headline? For projects I have a setup something like this: > > --- > * Tracking > Stores todos and such >

[O] Refile clear-cache after refiling to new headline?

2012-03-09 Thread Nathan Neff
I have org-refile-use-cache set. I refile a headline to foo.org/foo which doesn't exist yet. I'm prompted to create "foo" headline. I accept. Then, I refile another note to foo.org/foo foo.org/foo appears as the default refile location in the mini-buffer. So far so good. I press Enter. But n

Re: [O] Refile clear-cache after refiling to new headline?

2012-03-23 Thread Nathan Neff
I'd like to bump this thread -- it seems like this is an error/bug with refiling. On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Nathan Neff wrote: > I have org-refile-use-cache set. > > I refile a headline to foo.org/foo which doesn't exist yet. > > I'm prompted to create "

[O] Slideshow using org-tree-to-indirect-buffer

2012-04-03 Thread Nathan Neff
I'm using org-mode to keep my notes about a slideshow. The slideshow is a separate PDF, which is fine with me. I'd like to have a quick 1-button press in emacs that would go to the next headline, and "open" the headline like the super-cool org-tree-to-indirect-buffer so I can see my notes quickly

[O] Export headings from agenda view

2012-05-17 Thread Nathan Neff
Hi all, I have a bunch of .org files with headings that have :faq: tags in them. I would like to do an agenda search for these :faq: tags, and then export/copy all the headings and their contents to new .org file. The purpose of this is so I can organize my notes in whatever fashion I want, but

Re: [O] Slideshow using org-tree-to-indirect-buffer

2012-06-07 Thread Nathan Neff
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Nathan Neff wrote: > I'm using org-mode to keep my notes about a slideshow. > > The slideshow is a separate PDF, which is fine with me. > > I'd like to have a quick 1-button press in emacs that would go > to the next headline, and "

[Orgmode] org-agenda-files not being read on startup

2009-05-27 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I recently started using org-mode using aquamacs with this version: GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (i386-apple-darwin9.6.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0) of 2009-02-17 Aquamacs Distribution 1.7 I can't get org-mode to use the *org files in my ~/Documents/org directory as the org-agenda-files when Aquamacs sta

[Orgmode] Re: org-agenda-files not being read on startup

2009-05-27 Thread Nathan Neff
d something inadvertently. I have my .emacs files on GitHub, if anyone is interested, please let me know. Thanks, --Nate On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Nathan Neff wrote: > Hello, > > I recently started using org-mode using aquamacs with this version: > > GNU Emacs 22.3.1 (i386

[Orgmode] Use environment variable for location of templates?

2009-06-19 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I'm a beginner at lisp/emacs, and realize this is a basic question. I would like to use an environment variable WORKDIR to specify the directory where my remember templates are located. I would like to have a template located in WORKDIR/tasks.org Using the code below, when I invoke remem

[Orgmode] Show tag or property in clock table?

2009-06-23 Thread Nathan Neff
Hi, I've looked throughout the documentation and can't find a way to print a property or tag in a clock table. What I'm looking for is something like this: Ticket # | Description | Time 400 | did something | 1:00| 401 | Total Time | 5:00 | 401 | did

[Orgmode] Ignore sub-items of Scheduled TODOs?

2009-07-02 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I'd like to know the best way for removing TODO items from the agenda if they have a parent item that's been scheduled. Currently, I have items like this: * TODO top level item, scheduled for future SCHEDULED: <2009-07-16 Thu> ** TODO A sub-item I don't want to see until 7/16 ** TODO An

[Orgmode] Use variable filename for remember template?

2009-07-06 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I am able to successfully read the contents of "/Users/nate/personal/booktemp.txt" into a new remember-note. (setq org-remember-templates '(("Book" ?b "\n* %^{Book Title} %t :READING: \n%[/Users/nate/personal/booktemp.txt]\n" "L:journal.org") )) Now, I'd like to b

[Orgmode] Display Properties in Clock Table?

2009-07-07 Thread Nathan Neff
Hi, I noticed in the help file for Clock Tables, there's a :formula parameter that you can specify: http://orgmode.org/manual/Clocking-work-time.html The :formula param takes the TBLFM format which is used in the "spreadsheets". Is there a way to use a heading's Property in the ClockReport? Per

Re: [Orgmode] org-export-generic gives an error

2009-07-17 Thread Nathan Neff
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Bastien wrote: > srinivas writes: > >> I am trying to test org-export-generic. I have an org file which exports >> correctly to html but when I tried the org-export-generic, I get the >> following >> error: >> >> === from *Messages* buffer >> and: Symbol's functio

Re: [Orgmode] Re: org-export-generic gives an error

2009-07-20 Thread Nathan Neff
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 3:19 PM, srinivas wrote: > Nathan, > > Nick Dokos suggested the following fix to .emacs: > > (if (< emacs-major-version 23) >    (defun characterp (obj) >      (and (char-or-string-p obj) (not (stringp obj) > > Inserting this check makes org-export-generic work for me. M

[Orgmode] Toggle 'closed' in org-agenda-log-mode-items

2009-07-30 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, I know that I can set this variable or define a custom agenda view if I only want to see clocked items in the agenda: (setq org-agenda-log-mode-items (quote (clock))) But, I like the way that the 'l' and 'R' keys work in the agenda, where they show/hide the log and the clock report. Is t

[Orgmode] Re: Toggle 'closed' in org-agenda-log-mode-items

2009-07-31 Thread Nathan Neff
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: > Nathan Neff writes: > >> I know that I can set this variable or define a custom agenda view >> if I only want to see clocked items in the agenda: >> >> (setq org-agenda-log-mode-items (quote (clock))) >>

[Orgmode] org-todo-keywords prompt for note

2009-09-01 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello, When marking an item as DONE, I would like to be able to press "n" if I want to leave a note, and press "d" to just mark the item as DONE. I've tried using this trick: (setq org-todo-keywords '( (sequence "TODO(t)" "STARTED(s)" "|" "DONE(n@/@)" "DONE(d!)") I also tried this: (sequence

[O] Viewing all logbook entries between time/date

2019-05-01 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello all, I found this request on reddit [1] and wanted to see if there's any update to org-mode that would fit the request. In short, the request is for an "agenda" view or some other kind of consolidated view of all log messages that have inactive timestamps between and . Currently, the agen

[O] Suggestion for note capture

2019-05-10 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello all, Long time org user and I would like to hear how other people accomplish the capturing of log entries in the context of a currently clocked task. Context: I am clocked into * Task A. I have something about Task A that I want to log. Let's say "Ran into some problem and wasted 30 minu

[O] Agenda: Disable grayed headings having/checkboxes

2019-07-09 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello all, I found that my agenda view will show a scheduled heading as gray if it contains checkboxes in the body. Can I disable this? Thanks, --Nate

Re: [O] Agenda: Disable grayed headings having/checkboxes

2019-07-20 Thread Nathan Neff
those checkboxes are blocking the parent heading. > > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 9:31PM Nathan Neff wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I found that my agenda view will show a scheduled heading as gray if it > > contains > > checkboxes in the body. > > > > Can I disable this? > > > > Thanks, > > --Nate >

[O] Move Currently clocked in task to left on modeline

2019-07-22 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello all, How can I move the currently clocked task to be on the left side of my modeline in emacs? Thanks, --Nate

[O] Helm + org-set-tags

2019-07-26 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello all, I would like to use helm to select tags for my headings, and I'm having a tough time getting something to work. I would like the following behavior: 1) org-set-tags-command would show a list of all tags in my agenda files using the helm interface 2) I could set one tag for each call

Re: [O] Show breadcrumbs of nodes in agenda

2019-07-26 Thread Nathan Neff
Also, on my system, the breadcrumb of the headline under the cursor is shown at the bottom of my Emacs: https://www.evernote.com/shard/s226/sh/d9e40d44-0c12-4015-a536-f78ff1840de6/67695bdf33fa3aa8ef91fdf199207f3d I don't know if I had to do anything special to get this. Thanks, --Nate On Fri, J

Re: [O] Helm + org-set-tags

2019-07-26 Thread Nathan Neff
o work with org-set-tags-command correctly! init.el (setq package-load-list '((helm-core t) (helm t) (async t) (popup t))) (package-initialize) (require 'helm-config) (helm-mode 1) On Fri, Jul 26, 2019 at 4:47 PM Nathan Neff wrote: > Hello all, > > I would like to use h

[O] CUSTOM_ID vs ID

2019-07-27 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello all, I've often been confused why org-mode has both a CUSTOM_ID and a ID property. I mean, why not just use one or the other name? When would I ever have both an ID and a CUSTOM_ID property for a heading? Thanks, --Nate

[O] Links in Org-mode : Clunky

2019-07-27 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello all, I've always found that the links in org-mode are basically very clunky to try to use in a quick fashion. To my understanding (see my other question about CUSTOM_ID versus ID) it's a good practice to store either a CUSTOM_ID or ID - (still can't grok the difference) and then store a hyp

Re: [O] CUSTOM_ID vs ID

2019-07-29 Thread Nathan Neff
On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 3:10 AM Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Hello, > > Nathan Neff writes: > > > I've often been confused why org-mode has both a CUSTOM_ID > > and a ID property. I mean, why not just use one or the other name? > > Custom ID are user-defined,

[O] Agenda: Display projects and 3 todo subtasks

2019-07-30 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello all, I found this cool snippet at Sacha Chua's website: [1]. It creates an agenda view with headings marked with tag "project", and for each of those headings, it displays up to 3 sub headings marked TODO. I like this idea of seeing my projects (plus a few TODO entries under each project)

Re: [O] Agenda: Display projects and 3 todo subtasks

2019-07-30 Thread Nathan Neff
ECT" ((org-agenda-max-entries 3)) On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 9:32 PM Nathan Neff wrote: > Hello all, > > I found this cool snippet at Sacha Chua's website: [1]. > > It creates an agenda view with headings marked with tag "project", > and for each of t

Re: [O] Agenda: Display projects and 3 todo subtasks

2019-08-01 Thread Nathan Neff
and tasks that can be accomplished NEXT. This may obviate the need to show the first X items of any given project. So many options . . . . . . Thanks, --Nate > > > >> On Wed., Jul. 31, 2019, 10:37 Nathan Neff, wrote: >> >>> I forgot to mention that I have PROJECT tag a

Re: [O] CUSTOM_ID vs ID

2019-08-02 Thread Nathan Neff
On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 3:10 AM Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Hello, > > Nathan Neff writes: > > > I've often been confused why org-mode has both a CUSTOM_ID > > and a ID property. I mean, why not just use one or the other name? > > Custom ID are user-defined,

[O] Configure Helm Source from org-tags-view

2019-08-08 Thread Nathan Neff
Hello all, Has anyone created a Helm source from the results of org-agenda? Specifically org-tags-view I think would be a cool Helm source to configure where the headings that have certain tags could be displayed by Helm. I looked @ the code for org-tags-view and it's fairly straight forward - h

Re: [O] Agenda: Display projects and 3 todo subtasks

2019-08-08 Thread Nathan Neff
Wow - thanks Adam! Your stuff is awesome. org-rifle is incredible. (I just wish that it didn't have as many dependencies -- I guess I'm just a bit paranoid). Thanks, --Nate On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 10:48 AM Adam Porter wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > Well, this is an unorthodox solution using org-ql,

Re: [O] Configure Helm Source from org-tags-view

2019-08-08 Thread Nathan Neff
ms like I don't need either of them. My org-agenda-files contains files and I have a headline with the tag "staff" - no quotes, and the function's not returning anything. Thanks, --Nate On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 2:13 PM Jean Louis wrote: > * Nathan Neff [2019-08-08 18:50]: >

Re: [O] Configure Helm Source from org-tags-view

2019-08-08 Thread Nathan Neff
f to "bar" I also removed the (or (and)) conditions :-) Now, I need to see how to make this function search all agenda files - it seems to work only on the headlines in Foo.org Thanks, --Nate On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 3:03 PM Nathan Neff wrote: > Hi Jean, > > Thank you - howe

Re: [O] Configure Helm Source from org-tags-view

2019-08-08 Thread Nathan Neff
probably has something to do with the type of data that's returned by the function, but I'll look into it later. Thanks, --Nate Thanks for your help, --Nate On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 3:30 PM Jean Louis wrote: > * Nathan Neff [2019-08-08 22:24]: > > I removed the staff f

Re: [O] Configure Helm Source from org-tags-view

2019-08-09 Thread Nathan Neff
I know, but rifle has so many dependencies Rifle is truly awesome, I just have to convince myself to trust f.el and d.el or whatever those one-letter libraries are :-) Thanks, --Nate On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 6:10 AM Adam Porter wrote: > Nathan Neff writes: > > > Hello all,

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