From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Showing remaining time in agenda mode Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:14:06 -0400 Message-ID: <87litu3tdt.fsf@norang.ca> References: <4E6DB601.8020306@oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60833) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R34Sw-000201-8f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:14:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R34Su-0002wA-Uw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:14:18 -0400 Received: from mho-04-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.74]:14033 helo=mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R34Su-0002va-T8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:14:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4E6DB601.8020306@oracle.com> (Mats Kindahl's message of "Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:34:25 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Mats Kindahl Cc: emacs-orgmode Mats Kindahl writes: > Hi all, > > I have been using Org-Mode with great success over the last year (or > so). There is a number of items that I need to handle, and I am > reading through the code to try to figure out how to do the various > items. However, recently I switched to using 7.7, which disabled a > feature I use (but it seems to just be a matter of setting it up > again) but also seem to have a lot of additions that I need. > > Beginning of each week, I plan the coming week using the agenda mode > to sort out tasks over the week. To do this efficiently, I have been > looking at Effort for each task and the summary for the day, and when > the default column view for the agenda showed Effort and Clock, this > worked quite well if you manage to complete the tasks during a week. > However, quite often I run across tasks that I cannot easily split > into smaller tasks and which take more than a week to complete (even > though the tasks themselves might be small, I can just spend a few > hours each week on them), which forces me to make the math in the head > to distribute the right amount for each day. > > Now, the default column view changed with 7.7, so I have no idea on > how to set up the agenda column view to show the following: > > * Each "task line" should show Item, Effort, Clock, and Clock - Effort > * Each "day line" should show the summary of (at least) the Effort > and the Clock - Effort > > Does anybody know how to set this up, or do I need to go digging the code? > > Best wishes, > Mats Kindahl Hi Mats, Try customizing org-columns-default-format. Regards, Bernt