Feature request: Highlight the agenda line with the cursor on it

Feature request: Highlight the agenda line with the cursor on it

[Robert Miesen]

Hi.

    I've noticed that as I go through tasks listed in my agenda, it's 
very easy to select and operate on the wrong task because it's too easy 
to loose track of what task I am operating on. If the entire task line 
entry were highlighted, it would be much easier to determine which task 
was being operated on.

    Thanks in advance for considering my feature request.

Re: Feature request: Highlight the agenda line with the cursor on it

[Rob Weir]

On 13 Aug 2008, Robert Miesen wrote:
> I've noticed that as I go through tasks listed in my agenda, it's
> very easy to select and operate on the wrong task because it's too
> easy to loose track of what task I am operating on. If the entire task
> line entry were highlighted, it would be much easier to determine
> which task was being operated on.

Not built-in, but:

,----
| (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook '(lambda () (hl-line-mode 1)))
`----

works quite well.

-- 
-rob

Re: Re: Feature request: Highlight the agenda line with the cursor on it

[Russell Adams]

> ,----
> | (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook '(lambda () (hl-line-mode 1)))
> `----

Thats fantastic!

Thanks for the tip.


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Re: Feature request: Highlight the agenda line with the cursor on it

[Dale Smith]

"Rob Weir" <rweir@ertius.org> writes:

> On 13 Aug 2008, Robert Miesen wrote:
>> I've noticed that as I go through tasks listed in my agenda, it's
>> very easy to select and operate on the wrong task because it's too
>> easy to loose track of what task I am operating on. If the entire task
>> line entry were highlighted, it would be much easier to determine
>> which task was being operated on.
>
> Not built-in, but:
>
> ,----
> | (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook '(lambda () (hl-line-mode 1)))
> `----
>
> works quite well.

Yes!  I've been needing this and didn't even know it!

When in an aganda buffer, the cursor is usually way over on the left
side.  To help me focus my eyes on the task/tags/etc, I (without
thinking) lean on my <right> key to move the cursor over.  What this
actually does is move forward by about 10 weeks or so. :(

-Dale

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Re: Re: Feature request: Highlight the agenda line with the cursor on it

[Clemence Magnien]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:57:13AM -0400, Dale Smith wrote:
> "Rob Weir" <rweir@ertius.org> writes:
> 
> > On 13 Aug 2008, Robert Miesen wrote:
> >> I've noticed that as I go through tasks listed in my agenda, it's
> >> very easy to select and operate on the wrong task because it's too
> >> easy to loose track of what task I am operating on. If the entire task
> >> line entry were highlighted, it would be much easier to determine
> >> which task was being operated on.
> >
> > Not built-in, but:
> >
> > ,----
> > | (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook '(lambda () (hl-line-mode 1)))
> > `----
> >
> > works quite well.

This is great! :)

I had to tweak it a little bit in order to make it work under xemacs in tty
mode, however. This is my setup, in case it helps others:

;hl-line seems to be only for emacs
(require 'highline)
(add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook '(lambda () (highline-mode 1)))

;highline-mode does not work straightaway in tty mode.
;I use a black background
(custom-set-faces
  '(highline-face ((((type tty) (class color)) (:background "white" :foreground "black")))))

Clémence

Re: Feature request: Highlight the agenda line with the cursor on it

[Bernt Hansen]

"Rob Weir" <rweir@ertius.org> writes:

> On 13 Aug 2008, Robert Miesen wrote:
>> I've noticed that as I go through tasks listed in my agenda, it's
>> very easy to select and operate on the wrong task because it's too
>> easy to loose track of what task I am operating on. If the entire task
>> line entry were highlighted, it would be much easier to determine
>> which task was being operated on.
>
> Not built-in, but:
>
> ,----
> | (add-hook 'org-agenda-mode-hook '(lambda () (hl-line-mode 1)))
> `----
>
> works quite well.

Thanks for sharing this!  I added it to my .emacs and it'll be useful
everyday for me!

-Bernt