PT writes:
> 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=en&answer=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?
This is now possible, but it is not the default. You need to set
(setq org-read-date-prefer-future 'time)
Thomas S. Dye writes:
> I'm trying to generate $^{14}$C, or an equivalent, from org-mode
> to represent the isotope of carbon important in archaeological
> dating.
>
> Reading the manual, I tried this:
>
> ** A Brief History of Attempts to Interpret the ^{14}C Dates
> *** The ^{14}C Dates
>
> Which, in my #+LaTeX_CLASS: beamer export, yields
>
> \subsection{A Brief History of Attempts to Interpret the \^{}{14}C Dates}
> ...
> \begin{frame}\frametitle{The \^{}{14}C Dates}
>
> The problem seems to be the space before the ^.
>
> This input:
>
> ** A Brief History of Attempts to Interpret the x^{14}C Dates
> *** The x^{14}C Dates
>
> yields the correct LaTeX:
>
> \subsection{A Brief History of Attempts to Interpret the x$^{\mathrm{14}}$C Dates}
> ...
> \begin{frame}\frametitle{The x$^{\mathrm{14}}$C Dates}
>
> Am I missing something? Or, is the LaTeX export thrown off by
> the space before ^?
Indeed, a space before the caret was not allowed in LaTeX export
Peter Westlake writes:
> One small thing, though - in the agenda TODO view, pressing "t"
> to mark the task as Done messes up the layout:
>
> [[http://orgmode.org][Org-Mode]]: TODO Demonstrate problem with link
> in category
>
> (which appears as:
>
> Org-Mode: TODO Demonstrate problem with link in category)
>
>
> Press T on that line:
>
> [[http://orgmode.org][Org-Mode]]: TODO Demonstrate problemDONE
> Demonstrate problem with link in category
>
> (which appears as:
>
> Org-Mode: TODO Demonstrate problemDONE Demonstrate problem with
> link in category)
Matt Lundin writes:
> I have org-footnote-section set to "Footnotes." If I insert a new
> footnote while...
>
> 1. the "* Footnotes" tree already exists and
>
> 2. the "* Footnotes" tree is folded
>
> ...the footnote definition label is inserted, but the "* Footnotes"
> subtree remains folded and the cursor jumps to the "* Footnotes"
> headline rather than the definition line.
>
> I've tried using org-reveal (C-c C-r) to open the "Footnotes" section,
> but nothing happens. I've tried typing C-c C-c to go back to the
> footnote, but since the cursor is on a headline, the result is a tag
> prompt. When I hit TAB to cycle, the cursor remains on the headline.
The new variable org-mobile-files can now be configured to include
non-agenda files into the staging area for MobileOrg. Furthermore,
files that are located in a subdirectory of `org-directory' will also
end up in a sub-directory in the staging area.
Dan Davison writes:
> If you start a numbered list with
>
> 1.
>
> and hit M-RET then you get
>
> 2.
> ^
> with a space, i.e. '2. '
>
> However, when creating the 10th list item, there is no space after
> '10.'. Same for 99 -> 100. This isn't entirely trivial, because if you
> start typing blindly after hitting M-RET, then the line you have created
> (lacking the space) will not be recognised as a list item and so
> e.g. the next M-RET will create a new heading, not a list item. [Has
> this changed recently? This seems like something obvious that others
> would have noticed.]
>
> Here's my patch.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> diff --git a/lisp/org-list.el b/lisp/org-list.el
> index 2fea57b..8ece3ea 100644
> --- a/lisp/org-list.el
> +++ b/lisp/org-list.el
> @@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ with something like \"1.\" or \"2)\"."
> (buffer-substring (point-at-bol) (match-beginning 3))))
> ;; (term (substring (match-string 3) -1))
> ind1 (n (1- arg))
> - fmt bobp old new)
> + fmt bobp old new delta)
> ;; find where this list begins
> (org-beginning-of-item-list)
> (setq bobp (bobp))
> @@ -835,7 +835,9 @@ with something like \"1.\" or \"2)\"."
> (delete-region (match-beginning 2) (match-end 2))
> (goto-char (match-beginning 2))
> (insert (setq new (format fmt (setq n (1+ n)))))
> - (org-shift-item-indentation (- (length new) (length old))))))
> + (setq delta (- (length new) (length old)))
> + (org-shift-item-indentation delta)
> + (if (= (org-current-line) line) (setq col (+ col delta))))))
> (org-goto-line line)
> (org-move-to-column col)))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Dan
Jeff Kowalczyk writes:
> Is there a way to escape backslashes (\) in code and verbatim that
> will export to LaTeX correctly?
>
> When writing =\\host\share= or =C:\path\to=, pdftolatex output is
> incorrect.
George Pearson writes:
> I have been getting the following message in the minibuffer
> area when marking tasks done in the daily agenda:
>
> Error in post-command-hook: (error Cannot switch buffers in a dedicated
> window)
>
> The item in the underlying org file IS marked DONE, and items with
> repeaters appear to be rescheduled properly. HOWEVER, the log lines,
> like
>
> - State "DONE" from "TODO" [2009-09-07 Mon 10:36]
>
> do NOT appear.
>
> Note I have been using:
>
> org-agenda-window-setup 'other-frame
>
> for some time now, but I notice there has been a recent change
> related to this variable. Could this be the source of the
> problem?
>
> I believe the error message appears on other operations in the
> daily agenda as well, but have not yet studied this in detail.
Many agenda commands split the current window, which is not allowed on
a frame containing a dedicated window.
Therefore, we now just kill the frame by hand when exiting the agenda.
priority
So far the headline had to match the one specified in the template
exactly, except for tags. Now a TODO keyword and a priority can be
added, and the headline will still be found.
Reported by Samuel Wales and Bernt Hansen.
Jeff Kowalczyk writes:
> I frequently use clocktables, and always use scope: subtree. The
> default scope is file.
>
> If it doesn't exist already (I didn't find it with grep), an org
> customization variable for this preference would be very helpful.
Francesco Pizzolante writes:
> I'm using orgmode 6.30c and I still have this problem: if
> the #+TBLNAME: tag is not located in column 0, the remote
> reference does not work.
>
> Here's my little test:
>
> #+TBLNAME: A
> | | T |
> |---+-------|
> | | 2.00 |
> | | 5.00 |
> |---+-------|
> | # | 9.00 |
> | ^ | total |
> #+TBLFM: $2=vsum(@-I..@-II);%.2f
>
> #+TBLNAME: price
> | T | PU | Total |
> |------+-------+-------|
> | 9.00 | 10.25 | 92.25 |
> |------+-------+-------|
> #+TBLFM: @2$1=remote(A,$total);%.2f::@2$3=$1*$2;%.2f
>
>
> Just add a few spaces at the first line and when you recompute
> the second table you get a "Can't find remote table A" message.
>
> Moreover, in a LaTeX environment, using the orgtbl minor mode,
> the highlighting (font locking) does not work on the #+TBLNAME:
> line, even if located in column 0.
Peter Westlake writes:
> Could I request this as a small feature enhancement, please?
> Commands like org-refile have an agenda equivalent so that
> the same keys work in the agenda, and it would be very nice
> to be able to store a link to an item that way as well.
When odd levels are being used, change the interpretation of a
numerical arg to S-TAB.
Michael Brand writes:
> I like the org-indent-mode with the soft-indentation but even more I
> like the hard-indentation with `#+STARTUP: odd hidestars' instead for
> which I have a question.
>
> This is the content of the example file oddeven:
> -*- mode: org -*-
> #+STARTUP: oddeven hidestars content
> * 1 Org Mode
> ** 1.1 Introduction
> *** 1.1.1 Installation
>
> This is the content of the example file odd:
> -*- mode: org -*-
> #+STARTUP: odd hidestars content
> * 1 Org Mode
> *** 1.1 Introduction
> ***** 1.1.1 Installation
>
> The different _Emacs-faces_ (colors) for the heading levels are the same
> when comparing the two files. This Emacs-internal adaptation I
> appreciate a lot.
>
> C-u 2 S-Tab shows _two_ levels with the file oddeven but only _one_ with
> the file odd. Is this how it is intended to work for the file odd?
org.el (org-offer-links-in-entry): Don't use "Select link" as a prompt
in the temporary window.
org-agenda.el (org-agenda-bulk-mark): Use a slightly soberer prefix for
marked entries in the agenda view.
> > New mode to show some entry body text in the agenda
> > ----------------------------------------------------
> > There is now a new agenda sub-mode called
> > `org-agenda-entry-text-mode'. It is toggled with the `E' key.
> > When active, all entries in the agenda will be accompanied by a
> > few lines from the outline entry. The amount of text can be
> > customized with the variable `org-agenda-entry-text-maxlines'.
>
>
> this already avoids displaying drawer lines.
> I also see lines like:
>
> - State "DONE" from "WARTEN" [2009-08-04 Di 16:19]
> - State "DONE" from "WARTEN" [2009-07-02 Do 09:43]
> ...
>
> and in my remeber templates I always create lines like:
>
> created: [2009-08-03 Mo 11:46]
>
> with the creation date of the entry.
> Would it be possible and make sense to set up a variable for a
> regexp to exclude lines like the ones above from showing?
This commit sets up such a variable, and also a hook.
Matt Lundin writes:
> When I call org-remember or org-store-link above the first headline in
> an org buffer, I receive the following error message:
>
> Before first headline at position 1 in buffer index.org
>
> It seems that either org-remember or org-store-link (or both) calls
> org-back-to-heading in order to grab the relevant heading for
> annotation. As a result, if I try to store a link above the first
> heading, emacs spits out the error message above because there is no
> heading to return to.
>
> Is this the intended behavior? Sometimes I prefer to create a link to
> the file as a whole rather than to a particular headline. E.g., I might
> want to create a todo to organize notes.org, which is not an agenda
> file. In this instance, it does not matter whether org-remember creates
> a link to a particular headline. In fact, I would prefer a link to the
> file as a whole and thus expect to be able to store a link while on the
> first empty line of the file or on #+TITLE.
Tassilo Horn writes:
> When I want to set a tag using `C-c C-q TAB' I get a iswitchb completion
> prompt, cause org-completion-use-iswitchb is t. I also use iswitchb's
> virtual files feature (iswitchb-use-virtual-buffers set to t), which
> includes files that aren't opened in a buffer, but are in the recentf
> list. This is a cool thing when switching buffers (I barely use C-x C-f
> anymore and switch to the virtual buffer instead), but totally useless
> and annoying for tab completion in org.
>
> So when completing anything (files/tags/...) in org with iswitchb,
> switchb-use-virtual-buffers should be let-bound to nil before.
PT writes:
> 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.
The category can contain a bracket link. This commit makes sure that
the prefix in the agenda looks OK if there is a link, and that the
link is accessible with `C-c C-o 0'.
Karl Stump writes:
> Table Editing Cycle With Multiple Windows On One Buffer Does Not
> Return to Start State
>
> When I have two windows open on two buffers, one to a table in a
> file that I'm editing, the other to some other file of interest,
> the editing cycle of C-` ... C-c C-c works great, meaning that
> when the cycle is finished, the windows are restored to the start
> state.
>
> But when I have two windows open on the same buffer, one window
> on the table, and the other window somewhere else, the editing
> cycle does not restore to the beginning state.
Peter Westlake writes:
> This is quite obscure, and an odd corner case, but here it is.
>
> If you have an item which is:
>
> - a TODO
> - scheduled
> - ordered
> - blocked by a child TODO
>
> then it leaves an empty line in the agenda.
>
> Here's a test case:
> ,----
> | * Press t r on this line in the agenda
> | SCHEDULED: <2009-09-02 Wed>
> | :PROPERTIES:
> | :ORDERED: t
> | :END:
> | *** TODO Report invisible scheduled items
> `----
>
> C-a a a will show an agenda with "Scheduled: Press t r ...".
> Press "t" on that line to add a TODO.
> Press "r" to redisplay, and see the line go blank.
>
> Peter.
There was an issue that lines starting with a space followed by #
would be protected when importing the file, but not unprotected when
formatting the example. The reason for this issue is that we recently
changed to protect indented #+ lines.
Karl Stump writes:
> When exporting a table with a horizontal line the column count is wrong.
>
> Output from pdflatex run:
>
> ! Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr.
> <template> \endtemplate
>
> l.32 ....\multicolumn{4}{r}{Continued on next page}
> \
> ?
>
> Here's the table in the tex file:
>
> \begin{longtable}{||lll||}
> \caption{This is a long table with lines around and between cells}\\
> Heading1 & Heading2 & Heading3 \\
> \hline
> \endhead
> \hline\multicolumn{4}{r}{Continued on next page}\
> \endfoot
> \endlastfoot
> \hline
> alpha & beta & gamma \\
> & & \\
> \end{longtable}
>
> Here's the org file:
>
> ** table export test
>
> #+CAPTION: This is a long table with lines around and between cells
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
> #+LATEX_HEADER: \geometry{left=0.12in,right=0.12in,top=0.25in,bottom=0.25in}
> #+ATTR_LaTeX: longtable align=||lll||
>
> | / | <30> | <10> | <10> |
> | | Heading1 | Heading2 | Heading3 |
> |---+----------+----------+----------|
> | | alpha | beta | gamma |
> | | | | |
Nick Dokos replies:
> I believe it's because of the dummy "calculation-mark" column,
> which is not exported. However, the variable org-table-last-alignment
> (a list, whose length becomes the value of the \multicolumn argument)
> ends up having the value (nil nil nil nil), i.e. it counts the dummy
> column as well. What the proper place to adjust the value is, I don't
> know, but it should be easy for Carsten to fix it. For the time being,
> you can either get rid of the dummy row and column (e.g. if you don't
> need the widths) or fix it by hand in the LaTeX file.
Indeed, and this commit pops `org-table-last-alignment' if the first
column has been removed by `org-table-clean-before-export'. The same
problem must have caused a one-off error when setting the alignment in
LaTeX tables, bu it seems nobody has noticed this so far. Anyway,
also this is fixed now.
Bernt Hansen writes:
> I ran into this a few weeks ago and it's been bugging me.
>
> I reorganized a project which had a deadline on the main task and moved
> it down to multiple subtasks in the project.
>
> ,----
> | * TODO Project task
> | DEADLINE: <2009-08-28 Fri>
> | ** TODO Step 1
> | ** TODO Step 2
> | ...
> | ** TODO Step n
> `----
>
> I decided the DEADLINE really doesn't belong at the top -- since the
> deadline was for step 2 (and a few other tasks)... so I moved it the
> hard way. Instead of cutting it out and pasting it back in the right
> tree I just used C-c C-d and entered the same date on step 2 (because I
> was moving the date a bit from the original date).
>
> ,----
> | * TODO Project task
> | DEADLINE: <2009-08-28 Fri>
> | ** TODO Step 1
> | ** TODO Step 2
> | DEADLINE: <2009-08-28 Fri>
> | ...
> | ** TODO Step n
> `----
>
> Now to remove the deadline from the Project task I just did C-u C-c C-d
> on the Project task but this removed all the deadlines in the subtree
> and my deadline in Step 2 (and others) is now gone.
>
> AFAICT SCHEDULED: works the same way. This doesn't feel natural to me
> but I know it is documented this way.
>
> Does the way it works now really make sense or would just removing the
> deadline from the task you are working on be better.
>
> C-c C-d sets a deadline just for this task, so it felt natural to me
> that C-u C-c C-d would remove the deadline just for this task -- but
> that's what I get for not reading the manual (or forgetting since I read
> it ;)
Bernt Hansen writes:
> I think I have something that is reproducible.
>
> ,----[ /tmp/x.org ]
> |
> | * Refile Targets
> | ** TODO One
> | ** TODO Two
> | ** TODO Three
> | ** TODO Four
> | ** TODO Five
> | ** TODO Six
> | *** TODO Six.one
> | *** TODO Six.two
> | **** TODO Clock me
> | ** TODO Seven
> | ** TODO Eight
> | ** TODO Nine
> | ** TODO Ten
> | * Refile Tasks
> | ** TODO Refile Me
> `----
>
> ,----[ /tmp/minimal.emacs ]
> | (add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/git/org-mode/lisp"))
> | (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\|txt\\)$" . org-mode))
> | (require 'org-install)
> |
> | (global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
> | (global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)
> | (global-set-key "\C-cb" 'org-iswitchb)
> |
> | (setq org-log-done (quote time))
> | (setq org-log-into-drawer t)
> | (setq org-agenda-files '("/tmp/x.org"))
> | (setq user-init-file "/tmp/custom.el")
> |
> | (setq org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes nil)
> | (setq org-refile-targets (quote ((nil :maxlevel . 2) (org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 2))))
> | (setq org-refile-use-outline-path nil)
> | (setq org-todo-keywords (quote ((sequence "TODO(t!)" "STARTED(s!)" "|" "DONE(d!/!)") (sequence "WAITING(w@/!)" "SOMEDAY(S!)" "OPEN(O@)" "|" "CANCELLED(c@/!)") (sequence "QUOTE(q!)" "QUOTED(Q!)" "|" "APPROVED(A@)" "EXPIRED(E@)" "REJECTED(R@)"))))
> `----
>
> Steps to reproduce:
>
> 1. Save the files /tmp/x.org and /tmp/minimal.emacs
> 2. emacs -q -l /tmp/minimal.emacs /tmp/x.org
> 3. Go to CONTENTS view with S-TAB twice
> 4. Put point on **** TODO Clock Me
> 5. Clock in the task with C-c C-x C-i
>
> This adds a logbook drawer with the clock
>
> 6. Fold to OVERVIEW view with S-TAB
>
> So it looks like this
>
> ,----[ x.org folder ]
> |
> | * Refile Targets...
> | * Refile Tasks...
> `----
>
> 7. M-x org-clock-goto
>
> This reveals the buffer like so:
>
> ,----
> |
> | * Refile Targets...
> | **** TODO Clock me
> | :LOGBOOK:...
> | ...
> | * Refile Tasks...
> `----
>
> I think this is the critical step.
>
> 8. Put point on Refile Tasks
> 9. Show task to refile with TAB
> 10. Put point on ** TODO Refile Me
> 11. Refile to Ten with C-c C-w Ten RET
> 12. Put point on Refile Me
> 13. Reveal with C-c C-r
>
> Shows that we are under TODO Ten. So far so good
>
> ,----
> |
> | * Refile Targets...
> | **** TODO Clock me
> | :LOGBOOK:...
> | ...
> | ** TODO Ten
> | *** TODO Refile Me
> | * Refile Tasks
> `----
>
> 14. Now repeat steps 10-13 but refile to 'Two' instead of 'Ten'
>
> This goes to the wrong place. This files under Nine for me
>
> ,----
> |
> | * Refile Targets...
> | **** TODO Clock me
> | :LOGBOOK:...
> | ...
> | ** TODO Nine
> | *** TODO Refile Me
> | ** TODO Ten
> | * Refile Tasks
> `----
>
> 15. Repeat steps 10-13 with refiling to 'Two' each time
>
> This moves Refile Me up one task at a time until it gets to Two
> ie. it refiles to Eight, then Seven, then Six, then Five, then
> Four then Three, then Two.
>
> If you show contents view with S-TAB and then refile it goes to the
> right place immediately. So this definitely has something to do with
> the folded view of the org file.
>
Carsten Dominik
Bastien Guerry