emacs-config/conf.org

• ui
  • remove garbage
    • startup screen
    • useless mouse widgets
    • line wrap
    • autosave/backup files
    • popup windows
  • pretty stuff
    • enable line/column numbering
    • tab width
    • smooth scrolling
    • pretty symbols
    • highlight current line
  • yes-no prompt enhancement
  • theme color selection
• modeline
  • dashboard
• keybindings
  • overrides
  • modeless bindings
• printing
• packages
  • delight
  • beacon
  • whichkey
  • ido
  • smex
  • rainbow-delimiters
  • ace-window
  • avy
  • sudo edit
  • typit
  • calfw
  • evil
    • packages
    • keybindings
  • undo tree
• custom functions
  • follow window splitting
  • config edit and reload
    • edit
    • reload
  • custom keybindings
    • delete whole line
    • delete word forward
    • delete word backward
    • duplicate line
• ess
• languages
  • python
• org-mode
  • basic
  • ui
    • bullets
    • font height
  • evil modes
  • source snippets
    • emacs-lisp
  • keyboard shortcuts
    • navigation
    • custom
  • todo states
    • sequences
    • colors
  • tags
  • properties
  • capture templates
  • refile
    • targets
    • completion
    • node creation
    • use current window
    • exclude done states
  • agenda
    • basic config
    • task helper functions
      • timestamps
      • task level testing
      • property testing
      • relational testing
      • project level testing
    • skip functions
    • interactive view functions
    • custom commands
    • keymap
    • views
      • calendar display
      • right align tags
    • auto exclusion
  • column_view
  • interactive functions
  • caldav
  • calfw
• shell
• ediff

work in progress

ui

remove garbage

startup screen

(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)

useless mouse widgets

(tool-bar-mode -1)
(menu-bar-mode -1)
(scroll-bar-mode -1)

line wrap

(set-default 'truncate-lines t)

autosave/backup files

  (setq make-backup-files nil)
  (setq auto-save-default nil)

popup windows

(setq pop-up-windows nil) ; no popups (eg ediff)

pretty stuff

enable line/column numbering

;; (global-linum-mode t)
(line-number-mode 1)
(column-number-mode 1)

tab width

(setq-default tab-width 4)

smooth scrolling

(setq scroll-conservatively 100)

pretty symbols

(when window-system (global-prettify-symbols-mode t))

highlight current line

(when window-system (global-hl-line-mode t))

yes-no prompt enhancement

(defalias 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) ; eliminate yes or no prompt on killing procs

theme color selection

need this to:

1. apply the gui theme if gui is loaded as client and
2. ensure that the reloaded theme is only applied to the current frame

NOTE: this only works if we start term after gui, and term has light bg. not big deal for now since I hardly ever use term as client

  (defvar my:theme 'spacemacs-dark)
  (defvar my:theme-window-loaded nil)
  (defvar my:theme-terminal-loaded nil)
  (if (daemonp)
      (add-hook 'after-make-frame-functions(lambda (frame)
                                             (select-frame frame)
                                             (if (window-system frame)
                                                 (unless my:theme-window-loaded
                                                   (if my:theme-terminal-loaded
                                                       (enable-theme my:theme)
                                                     (load-theme my:theme t))
                                                   (setq my:theme-window-loaded t))
                                               (unless my:theme-terminal-loaded
                                                 (if my:theme-window-loaded
                                                     (enable-theme my:theme)
                                                   (load-theme my:theme t))
                                                 (setq my:theme-terminal-loaded t)))))
    (progn
      (load-theme my:theme t)
      (if (display-graphic-p)
          (setq my:theme-window-loaded t)
        (setq my:theme-terminal-loaded t))))

modeline

  (use-package spaceline
    :ensure t
    :config
      (require 'spaceline-config)
      (setq powerline-default-separator (quote arrow))
      (spaceline-spacemacs-theme)
      (setq spaceline-buffer-size-p nil))

dashboard

  (use-package dashboard
    :ensure t
    :config
    (dashboard-setup-startup-hook)
    (setq dashboard-items '((recents . 10))))

keybindings

overrides

  (global-set-key (kbd "C-h a") 'apropos)

modeless bindings

These are commands that should work in any mode. Make the assumption that function keys are pretty much free in any major/minor mode

  (global-set-key (kbd "<f1>") 'org-agenda)
  (global-set-key (kbd "<f2>") 'org-capture)
  (global-set-key (kbd "<f3>") 'org-iswitchb)

printing

packages

delight

  (use-package delight
    :ensure t)

beacon

  (use-package beacon
    :ensure t
    :delight
    :init
    (beacon-mode 1))

whichkey

  (use-package which-key
    :ensure t
    :delight
    :init
    (which-key-mode))

ido

  (use-package ido
    :ensure t
    :bind
    ("C-x C-b" . 'ido-switch-buffer)
    ("C-x b" . 'ibuffer)
    :config
    (ido-mode 1)
    (setq ido-everywhere t)
    (setq ido-enable-flex-matching t)
    (setq ido-max-directory-size 100000)
    (setq ido-default-file-method 'selected-window)
    (setq ido-default-buffer-method 'selected-window)
    (use-package ido-vertical-mode
      :ensure t
      :init
      (ido-vertical-mode 1)
      (setq ido-vertical-define-keys 'C-n-and-C-p-only)))


    ;; (setq ido-file-extensions-order '(".org" ".txt" ".py" ".emacs" ".xml" ".el" ".ini" ".cfg" ".cnf"))

smex

  (use-package smex
    :ensure t
    :init
    (smex-initialize)
    :bind
    ("M-x" . 'smex)
    ("M-X" . 'smex-major-mode-commands))

rainbow-delimiters

  (use-package rainbow-delimiters
    :ensure t
    :delight
    :init
      (add-hook 'prog-mode-hook #'rainbow-delimiters-mode))

ace-window

  (use-package ace-window
    :ensure t
    :bind ("M-o" . ace-window)
    :config (setq aw-background nil))

avy

  (use-package avy
    :ensure t
    :bind ("M-s" . avy-goto-char)
    :config (setq avy-background t))

sudo edit

  (use-package sudo-edit
    :ensure t
    :bind ("C-c s" . sudo-edit))

typit

  (use-package typit
    :init
    :ensure t)

calfw

  (use-package calfw
    :init
    :ensure t)

evil

packages

  (use-package evil
    :ensure t
    :config
    (evil-mode 1)
    (use-package evil-org
      :ensure t
      :after org
      :delight
      :config
      (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'evil-org-mode)
      (add-hook 'evil-org-mode-hook
                (lambda ()
                  (evil-org-set-key-theme)))
      (require 'evil-org-agenda)
      (evil-org-agenda-set-keys)))

keybindings

vim is all about escape, not…ctrl+g??? +BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (define-key evil-normal-state-map [escape] 'keyboard-quit) (define-key evil-visual-state-map [escape] 'keyboard-quit)

;; since ctrl+g and evil make no sense (defun nd/minibuffer-keyboard-quit () "Abort recursive edit. In Delete Selection mode, if the mark is active, just deactivate it; then it takes a second \\[keyboard-quit] to abort the minibuffer." (interactive) (if (and delete-selection-mode transient-mark-mode mark-active) (setq deactivate-mark t) (when (get-buffer "Completions") (delete-windows-on "Completions")) (abort-recursive-edit)))

(define-key minibuffer-local-ns-map [escape] 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit) (define-key minibuffer-local-completion-map [escape] 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit) (define-key minibuffer-local-must-match-map [escape] 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit) (define-key minibuffer-local-isearch-map [escape] 'minibuffer-keyboard-quit)

#+END_SRC

undo tree

  (use-package undo-tree
    :ensure t
    :delight
    :config
    (global-undo-tree-mode)
    (setq undo-tree-visualizer-diff t))

custom functions

follow window splitting

(defun split-and-follow-horizontally ()
    (interactive)
    (split-window-below)
    (balance-windows)
    (other-window 1))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x 2") 'split-and-follow-horizontally)

(defun split-and-follow-vertically ()
    (interactive)
    (split-window-right)
    (balance-windows)
    (other-window 1))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x 3") 'split-and-follow-vertically)

config edit and reload

edit

(defun config-visit ()
(interactive)
(find-file "~/.emacs.d/conf.org"))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c e") 'config-visit)

reload

(defun config-reload ()
"Reloads ~/.emacs.d/conf.org at runtime"
(interactive)
(org-babel-load-file (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/conf.org")))
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c r") 'config-reload)

custom keybindings

delete whole line

(global-set-key (kbd "C-S-w") 'fc/delete-whole-line)
(defun fc/delete-whole-line ()
"Delete the whole line without flooding the kill ring"
(interactive)
(delete-region (progn (forward-line 0) (point))
                (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))

delete word forward

(global-set-key (kbd "M-d") 'fc/delete-word-forward)
(defun fc/delete-word-forward (arg)
"Delete word forward without flooding the kill ring"
(interactive "p")
(delete-region (point) (progn (forward-word arg) (point))))

delete word backward

(global-set-key (kbd "<M-backspace>") 'fc/delete-word-backward)
(defun fc/delete-word-backward (arg)
"Delete word backward without flooding the kill ring"
(interactive "p")
(delete-region (point) (progn (backward-word arg) (point))))

duplicate line

(global-set-key (kbd "C-c C-d") 'fc/duplicate-current-line-or-region)
(defun fc/duplicate-current-line-or-region (arg)
    "Duplicates the current line or region ARG times."
    (interactive "p")
    (let (beg end (origin (point)))
    (if (and mark-active (> (point) (mark)))
        (exchange-point-and-mark))
    (setq beg (line-beginning-position))
    (if mark-active
        (exchange-point-and-mark))
    (setq end (line-end-position))
    (let ((region (buffer-substring-no-properties beg end)))
        (dotimes (i arg)
        (goto-char end)
        (newline)
        (insert region)
        (setq end (point))))))

(goto-char (+ origin (* (length region) arg) arg)))))

ess

(setq inferior-R-args "--quiet --no-save")
(load "ess-site")
(setq ess-history-file "session.Rhistory")
(setq ess-history-directory
	  (substitute-in-file-name "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}/r/"))

languages

python

(elpy-enable)

;; make python tabs 4 chars
(add-hook 'python-mode-hook
      (lambda ()
        (setq indent-tabs-mode t)
        (setq tab-width 4)
        (setq python-indent 4)))

org-mode

basic

  (setq org-log-done t)
  (setq org-src-window-setup 'current-window)
  (setq org-startup-indented t)
  (delight 'org-indent-mode)
  (setq org-directory "~/Org")

ui

bullets

(use-package org-bullets
  :ensure t
  :config
    (add-hook 'org-mode-hook (lambda () (org-bullets-mode))))

font height

the fonts in org headings bug me, make them smaller and less invasive

  (defun nd/org-ui-heading-same-font-height ()
    (let ((heading-height 1.15))
      (set-face-attribute 'org-level-1 nil :weight 'bold :height heading-height)
      (set-face-attribute 'org-level-2 nil :weight 'semi-bold :height heading-height)
      (set-face-attribute 'org-level-3 nil :weight 'normal :height heading-height)
      (set-face-attribute 'org-level-4 nil :weight 'normal :height heading-height)
      (set-face-attribute 'org-level-5 nil :weight 'normal :height heading-height)))

  (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'nd/org-ui-heading-same-font-height)

evil modes

  ;;(add-hook 'org-capture-mode-hook 'evil-append)

source snippets

emacs-lisp

  (add-to-list 'org-structure-template-alist
               '("el" "#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp\n?\n#+END_SRC"))

keyboard shortcuts

navigation

  (setq org-special-ctrl-a/e t)
  (setq org-special-ctrl-k t)
  (setq org-yank-adjusted-subtrees t)

custom

  (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
            (lambda ()
              (local-set-key (kbd "C-c C-x x") 'nd/mark-subtree-done)
              (local-set-key (kbd "C-c C-x c") 'nd/org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift-reset)))

todo states

sequences

  (setq org-todo-keywords
        '((sequence "TODO(t)" "NEXT(n)" "|" "DONE(d)")
          (sequence "WAIT(w@/!)" "HOLD(h@/!)" "|" "CANC(c@/!)")))

colors

(setq org-todo-keyword-faces
      (quote (("TODO" :foreground "light coral" :weight bold)
              ("NEXT" :foreground "khaki" :weight bold)
              ("DONE" :foreground "light green" :weight bold)
              ("WAIT" :foreground "orange" :weight bold)
              ("HOLD" :foreground "violet" :weight bold)
              ("CANC" :foreground "deep sky blue" :weight bold))))

tags

I use tags for agenda filtering. Very fast and simple. Each tag here starts with a symbol to define its group. Some groups are mutually exclusive, and each group has a different color. Any tag that is not part of these groups (eg some filetags in the few cases I use those) is easy to distinguish as it has the default tag color and is all caps.

There are several types of tags I use:

• location: a GTD contexts; these start with "@"
• tools: also a GTD contexts; these start with "#"
• attribute: useful flags for filtering; these start with "%"
• life areas: key areas of life which define priorities and goals; these start with "_"

  (setq  org-tag-alist '((:startgroup)
                         ("@errand" . ?e)
                         ("@work" . ?w)
                         ("@home" . ?h)
                         ("@travel" . ?t)
                         (:endgroup)

                         ("#laptop" . ?L)
                         ("#tcult" . ?T)

                         ("%note" . ?n)
                         ("%subdiv" . ?s)

                         (:startgroup)
                         ("_env" . ?E)
                         ("_fin" . ?F)
                         ("_int" . ?I)
                         ("_met" . ?M)
                         ("_phy" . ?H)
                         ("_pro" . ?P)
                         ("_rec" . ?R)
                         ("_soc" . ?S)
                         (:endgroup)))

  ;; not the most elegant but this will work
  (setq org-tag-faces '())

  (defun nd/add-tag-face (fg-name start end)
    "Adds list of cons cells to org-tag-faces with foreground set to fg-name.
  Start and end specify the positions in org-tag-alist which define the tags
  to which the faces are applied"
    (dolist (tag (mapcar #'car (subseq org-tag-alist start end)))
      (push `(,tag . (:foreground ,fg-name)) org-tag-faces)))

  (nd/add-tag-face "PaleGreen" 1 5)
  (nd/add-tag-face "SkyBlue" 6 8)
  (nd/add-tag-face "PaleGoldenrod" 8 10)
  (nd/add-tag-face "violet" 11 19)

properties

  (add-to-list 'org-default-properties "PARENT_TYPE")
  (add-to-list 'org-default-properties "OWNER")
  (setq org-global-properties
        '(("PARENT_TYPE_ALL" . "periodical iterator")
          ("Effort_ALL" . "00 10 30 60 90")))

  ;; TODO this may not be needed
  (setq org-use-property-inheritance '("PARENT_TYPE"))

capture templates

  (setq org-capture-templates
        '(("t" "todo" entry (file "~/Org/capture.org") "* TODO %?\ndeliverable: \n%U\n")
          ("n" "note" entry (file "~/Org/capture.org") "* %? :\\%note:\n%U\n" )
          ("a" "appointment" entry (file "~/Org/capture.org") "* TODO %?\n%U\n%^t\n" )
          ("m" "multi-day" entry (file "~/Org/capture.org") "* TODO %?\n%U\n%^t--%^t\n" )
          ("d" "deadline" entry (file "~/Org/capture.org") "* TODO %?\nDEADLINE: %^t\ndeliverable:\n%U\n" )
          
          ("j" "journal" entry (file+datetree "~/Org/diary.org") "* %?\n%U\n")
          ("p" "org-protocol" entry (file+headline ,(concat org-directory "~/Org/capture.org") "Inbox")
           "* %^{Title}\nSource: %u, %c\n #+BEGIN_QUOTE\n%i\n#+END_QUOTE\n\n\n%?")
          ("L" "org-protocol" entry (file+headline ,(concat org-directory "~/Org/capture.org") "Inbox")
           "* %? [[%:link][%:description]] \nCaptured On: %U")            
          ("h" "habit" entry (file "~/Org/capture.org")
           "* NEXT %?\n%U\n%a\nSCHEDULED: %(format-time-string \"%<<%Y-%m-%d %a .+1d/3d>>\")\n:PROPERTIES:\n:STYLE: habit\n:REPEAT_TO_STATE: NEXT\n:END:\n")))

refile

targets

  (setq org-refile-targets (quote ((nil :maxlevel . 9)
                                   ("~/Org/reference/idea.org" :maxlevel . 9)
                                   (org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 9))))

completion

  (setq org-refile-use-outline-path t)
  (setq org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil)
  (setq org-completion-use-ido t)

node creation

  (setq org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes 'confirm)

use current window

  (setq org-indirect-buffer-display 'current-window)

exclude done states

  (defun nd/verify-refile-target ()
    "Exclude todo keywords with a done state from refile targets"
    (not (member (nth 2 (org-heading-components)) org-done-keywords)))
  (setq org-refile-target-verify-function 'nd/verify-refile-target)

agenda

basic config

  (setq org-agenda-files '("~/Org"
                        "~/Org/projects"
                        "~/Org/reference"))
  ;; (setq org-agenda-files '("~/Org/reference/agendatest.org"))
  (setq org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks nil)
  (setq org-agenda-compact-blocks t)

task helper functions

These are the building blocks for skip functions.

timestamps

Each of these returns the timestamp if found.

  (defun nd/get-date-property (date-property)
    "Helper function to get the date property and convert to a number.
  If it does not have a date, it will return nil."
    (let ((timestamp (org-entry-get nil date-property)))
      (if timestamp (float-time (date-to-time timestamp)))))

  (defun nd/is-timestamped-heading-p ()
    (nd/get-date-property "TIMESTAMP"))

  (defun nd/is-scheduled-heading-p ()
    (nd/get-date-property "SCHEDULED"))

  (defun nd/is-deadlined-heading-p ()
    (nd/get-date-property "DEADLINE"))

  (defun nd/is-closed-heading-p ()
    (nd/get-date-property "CLOSED"))

  (defun nd/is-stale-heading-p ()
    (let ((timestamp (nd/is-timestamped-heading-p)))
      (if (and timestamp (> (- (float-time) timestamp) 0))
          timestamp)))

  (defvar nd/archive-delay-days 30
    "the number of days to wait before tasks show up in the archive view")

  (defun nd/is-archivable-heading-p ()
    (let ((timestamp (nd/is-closed-heading-p)))
      (if (and timestamp (> (- (float-time) timestamp) (* 60 60 24 nd/archive-delay-days)))
          timestamp)))

task level testing

Each of these returns the keyword if true Doubles as a way to further test the todostate in downstream functions

  (defun nd/is-todoitem-p ()
    (let ((keyword (nth 2 (org-heading-components))))
      (if (member keyword org-todo-keywords-1)
          keyword)))

  (defun nd/is-project-p ()
    (and (nd/heading-has-children) (nd/is-todoitem-p)))

  (defun nd/is-task-p ()
    (and (not (nd/heading-has-children)) (nd/is-todoitem-p)))

  (defun nd/is-atomic-task-p ()
    (and (not (nd/heading-has-parent)) (nd/is-task-p)))

property testing

Returns t is heading matches a certian set of properties

  (defun nd/is-periodical-heading-p ()
    (equal "periodical" (org-entry-get nil "PARENT_TYPE" t)))

  (defun nd/is-iterator-heading-p ()
    (equal "iterator" (org-entry-get nil "PARENT_TYPE" t)))

relational testing

Returns t if heading has certain relationship to other headings

  (defun nd/heading-has-children ()
    "returns t if heading has todoitems in its immediate subtree"
    ;; TODO make this more efficient (and accurate) by only testing
    ;; the level immediately below (if it exists)
    (let ((has-children)
          (subtree-end (save-excursion (org-end-of-subtree t))))
      (save-excursion
        (outline-next-heading)
        (while (and (not has-children)
                    (< (point) subtree-end))
          (when (nd/is-todoitem-p)
            (setq has-children t))
  ;;        (org-forward-heading-same-level 1 t)))
          (outline-next-heading)))
      has-children))

  (defun nd/heading-has-parent ()
    "returns parent keyword if heading is in the immediate subtree of a todoitem"
    (save-excursion (and (org-up-heading-safe) (nd/is-todoitem-p))))

  (defun nd/has-discontinuous-parent ()
    "returns t if heading has a parent which is not a
  todoitem which in turn has a parent which is a todoitem"
    (let ((has-todoitem-parent)
          (has-non-todoitem-parent))
      (save-excursion
        (while (and (org-up-heading-safe)
                    (not has-todoitem-parent))
          (if (nd/is-todoitem-p)
              (setq has-todoitem-parent t)
            (setq has-non-todoitem-parent t))))
      (and has-todoitem-parent has-non-todoitem-parent)))

project level testing

  (defconst nd/project-invalid-todostates
    '("WAIT" "NEXT")
    "projects cannot have these todostates") 

  (defconst nd/project-statuscodes
    '(:archivable
      :complete
      :stuck
      :held
      :waiting
      :active
      :done-incomplete
      :undone-complete
      :invalid-todostate
      :scheduled-project)
    "list of statuscodes to be used in assessing projects
  Note they are listed in order of priority (eg items further
  down the list override higher items")

  (defmacro nd/compare-statuscodes (operator statuscode-1 statuscode-2)
    "syntactic suger to compare statuscodes by position"
    `(,operator (position ,statuscode-1 nd/project-statuscodes)
       (position ,statuscode-2 nd/project-statuscodes)))
    
  (defun nd/status< (statuscode-1 statuscode-2)
    "returns t is statuscode-1 is lesser priority than statuscode-2"
    (nd/compare-statuscodes < statuscode-1 statuscode-2))

  (defun nd/status> (statuscode-1 statuscode-2)
    "returns t is statuscode-1 is greater priority than statuscode-2"
    (nd/compare-statuscodes > statuscode-1 statuscode-2))

  (defun nd/status= (statuscode-1 statuscode-2)
    "returns t is statuscode-1 is equal priority than statuscode-2"
    (nd/compare-statuscodes = statuscode-1 statuscode-2))

  (defun nd/descend-into-project ()
    "returns statuscode of project and recursively descends into subprojects"
    (let ((project-state :archivable)
          (previous-point))
      (save-excursion
        (setq previous-point (point))
        (outline-next-heading)
        ;; loop breaks if active or higher priority
        ;; note that all invalid statuscodes are higher
        ;; thus this function will only return the first
        ;; encountered error
        (while (and (nd/status< project-state :active)
                    (> (point) previous-point))
          (let ((keyword (nd/is-todoitem-p)))
            (if keyword
                (let ((cur-state
                       (if (nd/heading-has-children)
                           (cond ((member keyword nd/project-invalid-todostates) :invalid-todostate)
                                 ((nd/is-scheduled-heading-p) :scheduled-project)
                                 ((equal keyword "CANC") (if (nd/is-archivable-heading-p)
                                                                  :archivable
                                                                :complete))
                                 ((equal keyword "HOLD") :held)
                                 (t (let ((child-statuscode (nd/descend-into-project)))
                                      (cond ((equal keyword "TODO")
                                             (if (nd/status> child-statuscode :complete)
                                                 child-statuscode
                                               :undone-complete))
                                            (t (case child-statuscode
                                                 (:complete :complete)
                                                 (:archivable (if (nd/is-archivable-heading-p)
                                                                  :archivable
                                                                :complete))
                                                 (t (if (nd/status= child-statuscode :complete)
                                                        :complete
                                                      :done-incomplete))))))))
                         (cond ((equal keyword "HOLD") :held)
                               ((equal keyword "WAIT") :waiting)
                               ((equal keyword "NEXT") :active)
                               ((and (equal keyword "TODO") (nd/is-scheduled-heading-p)) :active)
                               ((equal keyword "TODO") :stuck)
                               ((nd/is-archivable-heading-p) :archivable)
                               (t :complete)))))
                  (if (nd/status> cur-state project-state)
                      (setq project-state cur-state)))))
          (setq previous-point (point))
          (org-forward-heading-same-level 1 t)))
      project-state))

  (defmacro nd/is-project-keyword-status-p (test-keyword operator statuscode)
    "tests if a project has toplevel heading of top-keyword and
  child status equal to status code and returns keyword if
  both are true"
    `(and
      (equal ,keyword ,test-keyword)
      (nd/compare-statuscodes ,operator (nd/descend-into-project) ,statuscode)))

  (defun nd/is-project-status-p (statuscode)
    "Returns t if project matches statuscode given. 
  Note that this assumes the headline being tested is a valid project"
    (case statuscode
      ;; projects closed more than 30 days ago
      ;; note CANC overrides all subtasks/projects
      (:archivable
       (if (nd/is-archivable-heading-p)
           (or (equal keyword "CANC") 
               (nd/is-project-keyword-status-p "DONE" = :archivable))))
      
      ;; projects closed less than 30 days ago
      ;; note CANC overrides all subtasks/projects
      (:complete
       (if (not (nd/is-archivable-heading-p))
           (or (equal keyword "CANC")
               (nd/is-project-keyword-status-p "DONE" = :complete))))
      
      ;; projects with no waiting, held, or active components
      (:stuck
       (nd/is-project-keyword-status-p "TODO" = :stuck))
      
      ;; held projects
      ;; note toplevel HOLD overrides all subtasks/projects
      (:held
       (or (equal keyword "HOLD")
           (nd/is-project-keyword-status-p "TODO" = :held)))
      
      ;; projects with at least one waiting component
      (:waiting
       (nd/is-project-keyword-status-p "TODO" = :waiting))
      
      ;; projects with at least one active component
      (:active
       (nd/is-project-keyword-status-p "TODO" = :active))
      
      ;; projects marked DONE but still have undone subtasks
      (:done-incomplete
       (nd/is-project-keyword-status-p "DONE" > :complete))
      
      ;; projects marked TODO but all subtasks are done
      (:undone-complete
       (nd/is-project-keyword-status-p "TODO" < :stuck))
      
      ;; projects with invalid todo keywords
      (:invalid-todostate
       (member keyword nd/project-invalid-todostates))
      
      ;; projects with scheduled heading (only subtasks should be scheduled)
      (:scheduled-project
       (nd/is-scheduled-heading-p))

      ;; error if not known
      (t (if (not (member statuscode nd/project-statuscodes))
             (error "unknown statuscode")))))

skip functions

These are the primary means we use to sort through tasks. Note that we could do this with tags in the custom commands section but I find this easier to maintain and possibly faster.

  ;; helper functions
  (defun nd/skip-heading ()
    (save-excursion (or (outline-next-heading) (point-max))))

  (defun nd/skip-subtree ()
    (save-excursion (or (org-end-of-subtree t) (point-max))))

  (defconst nd/project-skip-todostates
    '("HOLD" "CANC")
    "These keywords override all contents within their subtrees.
  Currently used to tell skip functions when they can hop over
  entire subtrees to save time and ignore tasks")

  (defmacro nd/skip-heading-with (heading-fun test-fun)
    "Skips headings accoring to certain characteristics. heading-fun
  is a function that tests the heading and returns the todoitem keyword
  on success. Test-fun is a function that further tests the identity of
  the heading and may or may not use the keyword output supplied by
  the heading-fun. This function will not skip if heading-fun and 
  test-fun return true"
    `(save-restriction
       (widen)
       (let ((keyword (,heading-fun)))
         (message keyword)
         (if (not (and keyword ,test-fun))
             (nd/skip-heading)))))

  ;; stale headings 
  ;; For archiving headings with old timestamps
  ;; Note that these are not always todo items
  ;; I only care about those that are not part
  ;; of projects (projects will get taken care
  ;; of when the entire project is finished)
  ;; and those that are not DONE/CANC (as
  ;; those appear in the regular archive
  ;; section)
  (defun nd/skip-non-stale-headings ()
    (save-restriction
      (widen)
      (let ((keyword (nd/is-todoitem-p)))
        (if (not
             (and (nd/is-stale-heading-p)
                  (not (member keyword org-done-keywords))
                  (not (nd/heading-has-children))
                  (not (nd/heading-has-parent))))
            (nd/skip-heading)))))
    
  ;; atomic tasks
  ;; by definition these have no parents, so
  ;; we don't need to worry about skipping over projects
  ;; any todo state is valid and we only sort by done/canc
  (defun nd/skip-non-unclosed-atomic-tasks ()
    (nd/skip-heading-with
     nd/is-atomic-task-p
     (and (not (nd/is-timestamped-heading-p))
          (not (nd/is-scheduled-heading-p))
          (not (nd/is-deadlined-heading-p))
          (not (member keyword org-done-keywords)))))

  (defun nd/skip-non-closed-atomic-tasks ()
    (nd/skip-heading-with
     nd/is-atomic-task-p
     (and (member keyword org-done-keywords)
          (not (nd/is-archivable-heading-p)))))

  (defun nd/skip-non-archivable-atomic-tasks ()
    (nd/skip-heading-with
     nd/is-atomic-task-p
     (and (member keyword org-done-keywords)
          (nd/is-archivable-heading-p))))

  ;; project tasks
  ;; since these are part of projects I need to assess
  ;; if the parent project is skippable, in which case
  ;; I jump to the next subtree
  ;; Note that I only care about the keyword in these
  ;; cases because I don't archive these, I archive
  ;; their parent projects. The keywords I care about
  ;; are NEXT, WAIT, and HOLD because these are
  ;; definitive project tasks that require/inhibit
  ;; futher action
  (defun nd/skip-non-keyword-project-tasks (skip-keyword)
    (save-restriction
      (widen)
      (let ((keyword (nd/is-todoitem-p)))
        (if keyword
            (if (nd/heading-has-children)
                (if (member keyword nd/project-skip-todostates)
                    (nd/skip-subtree)
                  (nd/skip-heading))
              (if (not (and (nd/heading-has-parent)
                            (not (nd/is-timestamped-heading-p))
                            (not (nd/is-scheduled-heading-p))
                            (not (nd/is-deadlined-heading-p))
                            (equal keyword skip-keyword)))
                  (nd/skip-heading)))
          (nd/skip-heading)))))
    
  ;; header-level errors
  (defun nd/skip-non-discontinuous-project-tasks ()
    (nd/skip-heading-with
     nd/is-todoitem-p
     (nd/has-discontinuous-parent)))

  (defun nd/skip-non-done-unclosed-todoitems ()
    (nd/skip-heading-with
     nd/is-todoitem-p
     (and (member keyword org-done-keywords)
          (not (nd/is-closed-heading-p)))))

  (defun nd/skip-non-undone-closed-todoitems ()
    (nd/skip-heading-with
     nd/is-todoitem-p
     (and (not (member keyword org-done-keywords))
          (nd/is-closed-heading-p))))

  (defun nd/skip-non-untimestamped-periodical-headers ()
    (save-restriction
      (widen)
      (if (not (and (nd/is-periodical-p)
                    (not (nd/is-timestamped-heading-p))))
          (nd/skip-heading))))

  (defun nd/skip-non-iterator-atomic-tasks ()
    (nd/skip-heading-with
     nd/is-atomic-task-p
     (nd/is-iterator-heading-p)))

  ;; projects
  (defun nd/skip-projects-without-statuscode (statuscode)
    (save-restriction
      (widen)
      (let ((keyword (nd/is-project-p)))
        (if keyword
            (if (and nd/agenda-limit-project-toplevel
                     (nd/heading-has-parent))
                (nd/skip-subtree)
              (if (not (nd/is-project-status-p statuscode))
                  (nd/skip-heading)))
          (nd/skip-heading)))))

interactive view functions

  (defvar nd/agenda-limit-project-toplevel t
    "used to filter projects by all levels or top-level only")

  (defun nd/toggle-project-toplevel-display ()
    (interactive)
    (setq nd/agenda-limit-project-toplevel (not nd/agenda-limit-project-toplevel))
    (when (equal major-mode 'org-agenda-mode)
      (org-agenda-redo))
    (message "Showing %s project view in agenda"
             (if nd/agenda-limit-project-toplevel "toplevel" "complete")))

custom commands

  (setq org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options t)

  (setq org-agenda-prefix-format
        '((agenda . " %-12:c%-5:e%?-12t% s")
          (timeline . " % s")
          (todo . " %-12:c")
          (tags . " %-12:c%-5:e")
          (search . " %-12:c")))

  (defun nd/agenda-base-task-command (match keyword skip-fun)
    "shorter syntax to define task agenda commands"
    `(tags
      ,match
      ((org-agenda-overriding-header (concat ,keyword " Tasks"))
       (org-agenda-skip-function ,skip-fun)
       (org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(category-keep)))))

  (defun nd/agenda-base-project-command (match keyword statuscode)
    "shorter syntax to define project agenda commands"
    `(tags
      ,match
      ((org-agenda-overriding-header
        (concat (and nd/agenda-limit-project-toplevel "Toplevel ") ,keyword " Projects"))
       (org-agenda-skip-function '(nd/skip-projects-without-statuscode ,statuscode))
       (org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(category-keep)))))

  (let ((task-view-match "-NA-REFILE")
        (project-view-match "-NA-REFILE-PARENT_TYPE=\"iterator\"/")
        (series-view-match "-NA-REFILE+PARENT_TYPE=\"iterator\"/"))
    (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
          `(("t"
             "Task View"
             ((agenda "" nil)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-task-command task-view-match "Next Project" ''(nd/skip-non-keyword-project-tasks "NEXT"))
              ,(nd/agenda-base-task-command task-view-match "Waiting Project" ''(nd/skip-non-keyword-project-tasks "WAIT"))
              ,(nd/agenda-base-task-command task-view-match "Atomic" ''nd/skip-non-unclosed-atomic-tasks)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-task-command task-view-match "Held Project" ''(nd/skip-non-keyword-project-tasks "HOLD"))))
            ("p"
             "Project View"
             (,(nd/agenda-base-project-command project-view-match "Stuck" :stuck)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command project-view-match "Waiting" :waiting)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command project-view-match "Active" :active)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command project-view-match "Held" :held)))
            ("s"
             "Series View"
             (,(nd/agenda-base-project-command series-view-match "Stuck Series" :stuck)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command series-view-match "Empty Series" :undone-complete)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command series-view-match "Active Series" :active)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command series-view-match "Waiting Series" :waiting)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command series-view-match "Held Series" :held)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-task-command series-view-match "Uninitialized Series" ''nd/skip-non-iterator-atomic-tasks)))
            ("r"
             "Refile and Critical Errors"
             ((tags "REFILE"
                    ((org-agenda-overriding-header "Tasks to Refile"))
                    (org-tags-match-list-sublevels nil))
              ,(nd/agenda-base-task-command task-view-match "Discontinous Project" ''nd/skip-non-discontinuous-project-tasks)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command project-view-match "Invalid Todostate" :invalid-todostate)))
            ("e"
             "Non-critical Errors"
             (,(nd/agenda-base-task-command task-view-match "Undone Closed" ''nd/skip-non-undone-closed-todoitems)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-task-command task-view-match "Done Unclosed" ''nd/skip-non-done-unclosed-todoitems)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command project-view-match "Undone Completed" :undone-complete)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command project-view-match "Done Incompleted" :done-incomplete)))
            ("A"
             "Archivable Tasks and Projects"
             (,(nd/agenda-base-task-command task-view-match "Archivable Atomic" ''nd/skip-non-archivable-atomic-tasks)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-task-command task-view-match "Stale" ''nd/skip-non-stale-headings)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command series-view-match "Archivable Series" :archivable)
              ,(nd/agenda-base-project-command project-view-match "Archivable" :archivable))))))

keymap

  (evil-define-key 'motion org-agenda-mode-map "T" 'nd/toggle-project-toplevel-display)

views

calendar display

  (setq org-agenda-span 'day)
  (setq org-agenda-time-grid (quote ((daily today remove-match)
                                     #("----------------" 0 16 (org-heading t))
                                     (0900 1100 1300 1500 1700))))

right align tags

the agenda does not do this by default…it's annoying

  (add-hook 'org-finalize-agenda-hook 'place-agenda-tags)
  (defun place-agenda-tags ()
    "Put the agenda tags by the right border of the agenda window."
    (setq org-agenda-tags-column (- 4 (window-width)))
    (org-agenda-align-tags))

auto exclusion

  (defun nd/org-auto-exclude-function (tag)
    "Automatic task exclusion in the agenda with / RET"
    (and (cond
          ((string= tag "hold")
           t))
         (concat "-" tag)))

  (setq org-agenda-auto-exclude-function 'nd/org-auto-exclude-function)

column_view

  (setq org-columns-default-format
        "%25ITEM %4TODO %TAGS %3Effort{+} %OWNER(OWN)")

  (set-face-attribute 'org-column nil :background "#1e2023")
  ;; org-columns-summary-types

interactive functions

  (defun nd/mark-subtree-keyword (new-keyword &optional exclude)
    "marks all tasks in a subtree with keyword unless original keyword
  is in the optional argument exclude"
    (let ((subtree-end (save-excursion (org-end-of-subtree t))))
      (if (not (listp exclude))
          (error "exlude must be a list if provided"))
      (save-excursion
        (while (< (point) subtree-end)
          (let ((keyword (nd/is-todoitem-p)))
            (if (and keyword (not (member keyword exclude)))
                (org-todo new-keyword)))
          (outline-next-heading)))))

  (defun nd/mark-subtree-done ()
    "marks all tasks in subtree as DONE unless they are already canc"
    (interactive)
    (nd/mark-subtree-keyword "DONE" '("CANC")))

  (defun nd/org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift-reset (n &optional shift)
    "Like `org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift' except it resets checkboxes
  and reverts all todo keywords to TODO"
    (interactive "nNumber of clones to produce: ")
    (let ((shift (read-from-minibuffer
                  "Date shift per clone (e.g. +1w, empty to copy unchanged): ")))
      (condition-case err
          (progn
            (org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift n shift)
            (save-excursion
              (dotimes (i n)
               (org-forward-heading-same-level 1 t)
               (org-reset-checkbox-state-subtree)
               (nd/mark-subtree-keyword "TODO")
               (org-cycle))))
        (error (message "%s" (error-message-string err))))))

caldav

+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp (use-package org-caldav :ensure t :config (org-caldav-url "https://portnoy4prez.yavin4.ch/nextcloud/remote.php/dav/calendars/petrucci4prez/concerts/" org-cladav-calendar-id "testorg" org-caldav-inbox "~/Org/reference/testcal.org"))

#+END_SRC

calfw

  (use-package calfw-org
    :init
    :ensure t
    :config (setq cfw:fchar-junction ?╋
                  cfw:fchar-vertical-line ?┃
                  cfw:fchar-horizontal-line ?━
                  cfw:fchar-left-junction ?┣
                  cfw:fchar-right-junction ?┫
                  cfw:fchar-top-junction ?┯
                  cfw:fchar-top-left-corner ?┏
                  cfw:fchar-top-right-corner ?┓))

shell

(defvar nd-term-shell "/bin/bash")
(defadvice ansi-term (before force-bash)
  (interactive (list nd-term-shell)))
(ad-activate 'ansi-term)

ediff

(setq ediff-window-setup-function 'ediff-setup-windows-plain)