From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: category in column view? Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:08:44 +0200 Message-ID: <736CA6D9-2634-4CEE-9D7F-8884B822EBB9@uva.nl> References: <48F76A9F.3281.65CF2DD@george.canals.com> <48F86986.20200.A4070C0@george.canals.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KrqMz-0006Um-HU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:44:09 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KrqMx-0006SC-D5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:44:08 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37772 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KrqMw-0006Rm-Hy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:44:07 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.174]:5462) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KrqMw-000310-C7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:44:06 -0400 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id z36so635018uge.17 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:44:05 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <48F86986.20200.A4070C0@george.canals.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: George Pearson Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi George, you can now use a %CATEGORY field in column view. - Carsten On Oct 17, 2008, at 4:31 PM, George Pearson wrote: > On 17 Oct 2008 at 15:47, Carsten Dominik wrote: > >> On Oct 16, 2008, at 10:23 PM, George Pearson wrote: >> >>> Is there a way to display a category column in column view? > >> No, there is not, but in the agenda, the category is always shown. >> Or >> are you talking about column view in a buffer, this time around? > > I'm talking about the column view obtained from the weekly agenda. > (i.e. do C-c a a, and then C-c C-x C-c in the resulting agenda > buffer). > > I like that the category is in the weekly agenda, and would like it to > appear in the column view as well. The reason for this is that I am > using categories as Project titles, to provide context for TODO items. > For example, I could have a category "Trip plan" with a TODO item > "review costs". Without the "Trip plan" category, "review costs" is > meaningless as it could be applicable to almost anything. > > I forgot whose tutorial gave me this category-use idea, but it seemed > to be a good idea at the time. Of course, org-mode is so powerful > there > may be other ways of achieving the same goal. > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode