Re: Can weekly agenda show children nodes?

[Tomasz Piotrowski <tomasz.jan.piotrowski@gmail.com>]

Hi Richard,

Thanks a lot! I think I had a wrong approach to scheduling tasks in
agenda. The solution you proposed works just fine.

Best wishes,

Tomasz


Richard Lawrence writes:

> Hi Tomasz,
>
> Tomasz Piotrowski <tomasz.jan.piotrowski@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I usually plan my activities for a single day without specifying time of
>> day it should be accomplished, e.g.,
>>
>> * <2016-01-04 Mon>
>> ** Item 1
>> ** Item 2
>>
>> In agenda, children nodes of
>>
>> * <2016-01-04 Mon>
>>
>> are not shown, i.e., only * <2016-01-04 Mon> is displayed and is empty.
>>
>> Can I tweak agenda to show
>>
>> ** Item 1
>> ** Item 2
>
> I am not sure whether it is possible to do exactly what you asked; maybe
> someone else will know.  But I wanted to suggest an alternative: rather
> than using the headline hierarchy to represent your schedule, use
> timestamps within the individual activities, like:
>
> ** Item 1
>    <2016-01-04>
> ** Item 2
>    <2016-01-04>
>
> This will cause them to appear in the agenda on that date, as you
> wanted.  It also has the advantage that rescheduling the individual
> activities for a different day is as easy as changing the timestamp --
> you don't have to move the headline around in your file, and can just
> let the agenda take care of assembling your schedule for the day.
>
> You may also find the SCHEDULED and DEADLINE keywords helpful; see the
> "Deadlines and scheduling" section of the manual.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Best,
> Richard

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