Re: BUG - strange characters showing in agenda after times displayed

[Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com>]

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Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:

> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>
>> Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:
>>
>>> Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@skimble.plus.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> With the new release of org-mode to 9.1 I am finding with every build of
>>>> a new agenda that this is displaying for items with a time as part of
>>>> them -
>>>>
>>>>   organiser:   8:30΄ьԔלڤ  Scheduled: TODO email org-mode list
>>>>
>>>> This is new and has only appeared with the new agenda which is generated
>>>> after the release of org-mode 9.1.
>>>>
>>>> How do I stop it and get rid of it please?
>>>
>>> I cannot replicate this. My guess is that it is related to a particular
>>> configuration setting on your machine. For instance, what is the value
>>> of org-agenda-time-grid? The order of items in this variable changed
>>> with the upgrade to 9.1.
>>
>> ;; Enable display of the time grid so we can see the marker for the current time
>> (setq org-agenda-time-grid (quote ((daily today remove-match)
>>                                    #("----------------" 0 16 (org-heading t))
>>                                    (0900 1100 1300 1500 1700))))
>>
>> But time-grid is not enabled in my agenda.
>
> This setting is definitely the problem. I can now reproduce the behavior.
>
> The order of items in org-agenda-time-grid changed recently, which I
> think is the root of the problem. The value for this variable should be
> a list of four (not three) items. Even if time grid is not enabled, the
> 3rd item in the setting is used to generate trailing characters that
> follow the time string in the agenda. This should be a string, not a
> list of numbers.
>
> You can type C-h v org-agenda-time-grid for all the details. Here is the
> default value of org-agenda-time-grid for reference. Note how the order
> differs from your current setting:
>
> ((daily today require-timed)
>  (800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000)
>  "......" "----------------")
>

Thanks Matt. This code snippet gets my agenda back into its normal
good-looks.

Thanks
Sharon.
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