From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Customizing how inactive timestamps are displayed Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:56:56 +0100 Message-ID: <46FD3BFC-3E5E-420C-B97F-66937F15783A@gmail.com> References: <51b0095d0912101434w1e71d321je743002199885752@mail.gmail.com> <5DBD7705-2BE8-4690-B1B5-55229C2F2E62@gmail.com> <51b0095d0912151357g3ac67f0cxa2c0d3b9ecc6bd43@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NKokt-0001kv-3t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:57:07 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NKoko-0001fH-9J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:57:06 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55212 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NKoko-0001fE-4W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:57:02 -0500 Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.145]:5528) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NKokm-0000p8-TD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:57:01 -0500 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so192379eyg.34 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:56:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <51b0095d0912151357g3ac67f0cxa2c0d3b9ecc6bd43@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Nicolas Girard Cc: emacs-orgmode On Dec 15, 2009, at 10:57 PM, Nicolas Girard wrote: > 2009/12/14 Carsten Dominik : >> >> On Dec 10, 2009, at 11:34 PM, Nicolas Girard wrote: >> >>> Hi again, >>> in the agenda view, inactive timestamps are displayed like: >>> >>> category: 12:50...... [ Some stuff >>> >>> Is the '[ ' intentional, or is caused by a bug in my configuration ? >>> I find it a little bit disturbing, as my eyes keep looking for an >>> hypothetic closing ']'... >> >> This is intentional, as an indication that this is indeed an >> inactive time stamp. While I can see that you might be >> looking for the closing bracket, I also think that this is a >> quite natural way to mark inactive time stamps. Sure, I *could* make >> this marker string a variable - what would you propose as better >> options? >> > > Hi Carsten, > > my personal taste would be some kind of horizontal sign, because it > would look closer to what I'd have drawn myself using pen & paper, > answering my own question "hey, what did I do today ?" (French people > tend to use dashes when writing lists). > > That said, I'm using the free Inconsolata [*] font as my main font in > emacs, which offers a rich collection of various geometric shapes & > symbols. So, at no extra cost, I can enhance the aspect of my Org > buffers. > > Attached is a little example to demonstrate what can be done. To get > this result: > 1. I had to redefine org-agenda-format-date-aligned so that I can > replace the hardcoded lines surrounding dates with better looking ones > 2. I used the "Watch" unicode character to represent scheduled events: > (setq org-agenda-scheduled-leaders '("=E2=8C=9A " "=E2=8C=9A ")) > 3. I replaced the hardcoded '[' character denoting inactive timestamps > with a white triangle > > See ? Who said Org couldn't be sexier ? > > [*] http://www.levien.com/type/myfonts/inconsolata.html That *does* look nice! Please pull and use `org-agenda-inactive-leader' - Carsten > > --=20 > Nicolas > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten