Re: Re: align tags

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

henry atting <nspm_01@literaturlatenight.de> wrote:

> Zitat - John Rakestraw * Fr Okt 03 2008 um 12:58 -
> 
> > On Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:22:48 +0200
> > henry atting <nspm_01@literaturlatenight.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a function which aligns tags in an org document?
> >
> > Does C-u C-c C-c do what you want?
> 
> As far as I see it does what I want, but it an inconsistent way. I don't
> understand it. 
> Expample:
> 
> ** <2008-10-18 Sa>This is what I do at that date			  :holiday:
> ** TODO And here what I have to do on an other 			       :schreiben:
> 
> The variable org-tags-column is set to -90. And when I set the cursor
> behind any tag I get as resulting column 90. 
> 

Maybe I'm missing the point but I don't see an inconsistency here.

Are the two tags aligned flush right in your org file? They are not in the mail
message, but I suspect that's a tab handling problem in the almost infinite chain
from your org file to my inbox, and not an org-mode problem.

If they *are* flush right, then I think everything is as it should be, no? The
documentation for the variable you mention says:

    The column to which tags should be indented in a headline.
    If this number is positive, it specifies the column.  If it is negative,
    it means that the tags should be flushright to that column.  For example,
    -80 works well for a normal 80 character screen.

That's exactly what I get: when I set it to -90, they are flush right ending
at column 90; when I set it to 90, they are flush left starting at column 90.