A few new user questions, Custom agenda views, calendar in frame, and Hyperlinks on win32

A few new user questions, Custom agenda views, calendar in frame, and Hyperlinks on win32

[Jonathan Arkell]

Hi Everybody

I have some fairly simple new user questions, and I am hoping you guys can help me out.

I have a few custom agenda views that I would like to create, but I am having some issues.  My files are laid out in 1 file per project, and each file starts with a level 1 outline element tagged :project:.  (I do have other file types that are appropriately tagged).    I thought that if I wanted to list all TODOs in all my (appropriately tagged) project files, it would be as easy as setting up a custom agenda command.  The one I set up had a tags-todo type, with search “project” or “+project”, but I get … well… no results.  Ideally I’d like to have a couple of different lists, all project tagged files with TODO items and all project tagged files with WAITING items.  Can someone give me a hand?  (I’m not adverse to using setq in my .emacs, in fact, that might make things a little easier for me anyways)

Secondly, I am having an issue where my Calendar is popping up in a new frame all the time, either when scheduling an item or through remember.  I’d rather it pop up in a new window instead.  Is this possible?

Finally, I am having a problem with some external links, whenever I try to visit a file like \\AWindowsServer\path\to\file  I get the error message “eval: ShellExecute failed: The system cannot find the file specified. ^M”  Is it easy to fix this?  What is going on?

I am using org 6.10c, on Emacs W32 (Emacs v 22).

Thanks!

Jonathan Arkell
Sr. Web Developer
Inspired by Drum + Bass, Scheme, Kawaii
402 – 11 Avenue SE
Calgary, AB T2G 0Y4
t: 403.206.4377
www.criticalmass.com


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Re: A few new user questions, Custom agenda views, calendar in frame, and Hyperlinks on win32

[Eddward DeVilla]

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I'm afraid I'm not going to be too helpful with the calendar problem.  My
calendar is in a different window in the same frame and the frame returns to
normal after I select my date.  I don't remember doing anything special for
that.  Likewise, I does use windows native emacs.  Just cygwin.  I skip the
whole share mapping thing by doing cygwin mounts.

About your first question, my first guess is org-agenda-files.  Did you set
it?  You can check it out from an org buffer menu.  Just look in "Org ->
File List For Agenda".  You can modify the list in that menu.  It also has
the current files in that menu.  Agenda only deals with files in that list.

Edd

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Jonathan Arkell <jonathana@criticalmass.com
> wrote:

> Hi Everybody
>
> I have some fairly simple new user questions, and I am hoping you guys can
> help me out.
>
> I have a few custom agenda views that I would like to create, but I am
> having some issues.  My files are laid out in 1 file per project, and each
> file starts with a level 1 outline element tagged :project:.  (I do have
> other file types that are appropriately tagged).    I thought that if I
> wanted to list all TODOs in all my (appropriately tagged) project files, it
> would be as easy as setting up a custom agenda command.  The one I set up
> had a tags-todo type, with search "project" or "+project", but I get … well…
> no results.  Ideally I'd like to have a couple of different lists, all
> project tagged files with TODO items and all project tagged files with
> WAITING items.  Can someone give me a hand?  (I'm not adverse to using setq
> in my .emacs, in fact, that might make things a little easier for me
> anyways)
>
> Secondly, I am having an issue where my Calendar is popping up in a new
> frame all the time, either when scheduling an item or through remember.  I'd
> rather it pop up in a new window instead.  Is this possible?
>
> Finally, I am having a problem with some external links, whenever I try to
> visit a file like \\AWindowsServer\path\to\file  I get the error message
> "eval: ShellExecute failed: The system cannot find the file specified. ^M"
>  Is it easy to fix this?  What is going on?
>
> I am using org 6.10c, on Emacs W32 (Emacs v 22).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jonathan Arkell
> Sr. Web Developer
> Inspired by Drum + Bass, Scheme, Kawaii
> 402 – 11 Avenue SE
> Calgary, AB T2G 0Y4
> t: 403.206.4377
> www.criticalmass.com
>
>
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Re: A few new user questions, Custom agenda views, calendar in frame, and Hyperlinks on win32

[Matthew Lundin]

Hi Jonathan,

"Jonathan Arkell" <jonathana@criticalmass.com> writes:

> Hi Everybody
>
> I have some fairly simple new user questions, and I am hoping you
> guys can help me out.
>
> I have a few custom agenda views that I would like to create, but I
> am having some issues. My files are laid out in 1 file per project,
> and each file starts with a level 1 outline element tagged
> :project:. (I do have other file types that are appropriately
> tagged). I thought that if I wanted to list all TODOs in all my
> (appropriately tagged) project files, it would be as easy as setting
> up a custom agenda command.

A couple of things you might want to double-check here: 1) do you have
tag inheritance turned on and 2) are the relevant TODO subheadings
nested beneath the level 1 heading tagged "project"?

That said, it's probably easier to tag the whole file by placing a
filetags declaration at the top of the file:

#+FILETAGS: project

> The one I set up had a tags-todo type, with search “project” or
> “+project”, but I get … well… no results. Ideally I’d like to have a
> couple of different lists, all project tagged files with TODO items
> and all project tagged files with WAITING items. Can someone give me
> a hand? (I’m not adverse to using setq in my .emacs, in fact, that
> might make things a little easier for me anyways)

I find the easiest way to filter todos by tags is to use "/" within
the agenda view. That is, hit C-c a t to get a list of all todos, then
type "/" and the tag to filter the todo list.

> Secondly, I am having an issue where my Calendar is popping up in a
> new frame all the time, either when scheduling an item or through
> remember. I’d rather it pop up in a new window instead. Is this
> possible?
>
> Finally, I am having a problem with some external links, whenever I
> try to visit a file like \\AWindowsServer\path\to\file I get the
> error message “eval: ShellExecute failed: The system cannot find the
> file specified. ^M” Is it easy to fix this? What is going on?
>

Sorry I can't help you here. Windows machines are a foreign country to
me.

Matt

Re: A few new user questions, Custom agenda views, calendar in frame, and Hyperlinks on win32

[Nick Dokos]

Jonathan Arkell <jonathana@criticalmass.com> wrote:

> Secondly, I am having an issue where my Calendar is popping up in a
> new frame all the time, either when scheduling an item or through
> remember.  I’d rather it pop up in a new window instead.  Is this
> possible?
> 

Check the variable calendar-setup. Setting it to nil should do what you want:

    calendar-setup is a variable defined in `calendar.el'.
    Its value is nil

    Documentation:
    The frame setup of the calendar.
    The choices are: `one-frame' (calendar and diary together in one separate,
    dedicated frame); `two-frames' (calendar and diary in separate, dedicated
    frames); `calendar-only' (calendar in a separate, dedicated frame); with
    any other value the current frame is used.  Using any of the first
    three options overrides the value of `calendar-view-diary-initially-flag'.

Nick

Re: A few new user questions, Custom agenda views, calendar in frame, and Hyperlinks on win32

[Manish]

  On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Jonathan Arkell wrote:
  > Hi Everybody
  >
  > I have some fairly simple new user questions, and I am hoping you
guys can help me out.
  >

  > I have a few custom agenda views that I would like to create, but I
  > am having some issues. My files are laid out in 1 file per project,
  > and each file starts with a level 1 outline element tagged
  > :project:. (I do have other file types that are appropriately
  > tagged).  I thought that if I wanted to list all TODOs in all my
  > (appropriately tagged) project files, it would be as easy as setting
  > up a custom agenda command. The one I set up had a tags-todo type,
  > with search "project" or "+project", but I get … well… no
  > results. Ideally I'd like to have a couple of different lists, all
  > project tagged files with TODO items and all project tagged files
  > with WAITING items. Can someone give me a hand? (I'm not adverse
  > to using setq in my .emacs, in fact, that might make things a little
  > easier for me anyways)

Like Matt said earlier, defining FILETAGS at the top of a project file
is easier approach.  Fast tag filtering is the most amazing way to
zero in on items.

  >
  > Secondly, I am having an issue where my Calendar is popping up in a
  > new frame all the time, either when scheduling an item or through
  > remember. I'd rather it pop up in a new window instead. Is this
  > possible?

Can you please try:
(setq pop-up-frames nil)


  >
  > Finally, I am having a problem with some external links, whenever I
  > try to visit a file like \\AWindowsServer\path\to\file I get the
  > error message "eval: ShellExecute failed: The system cannot find the
  > file specified. ^M" Is it easy to fix this? What is going on?

This seems to work for me:

;; for invoking external viewers from within dired
(require 'extview)

(push '("\\.html$" . ask) extview-application-associations)
(push '("\\.doc$" . "C:/PROGRA~1/OFFICE11/WINWORD.EXE %s")
extview-application-associations)
(push '("\\.xls$" . "C:/PROGRA~1/OFFICE11/EXCEL.EXE %s")
extview-application-associations)
(push '("\\.pdf$" . "C:/PROFRA~1/Adobe/Reader\\
8\\.0/Reader/AcroRd32.exe %s") extview-application-associations)


-- 
Manish

Re: A few new user questions, Custom agenda views, calendar in frame, and Hyperlinks on win32

[Mike Newman]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:06:51 -0500
"Jonathan Arkell" <jonathana@criticalmass.com> wrote:

> Finally, I am having a problem with some external links, whenever I
> try to visit a file like \\AWindowsServer\path\to\file  I get the
> error message “eval: ShellExecute failed: The system cannot find the
> file specified. ^M”  Is it easy to fix this?  What is going on?

Does using // rather than \\ work better?

-- 
Mike