Thanks, Tom. I see that indeed the functionality is there. But I still find the speed keys much less awkward than giving a numeric argument. For instance, my gtd file as around 100 level 2 headings that I wish to navigate and they are grouped across 5 level 1 headings. I can jump from the middle of one group to another with "1hh2n". With numeric arguments this would be: "C-1 S-TAB C-p C-p C-2 S-TAB C-n". With speed bindings, I'm not even moving my fingers - I just have the left hand on "123" and the right hand on "hn". Anyway, to each his own:) regards, Oleh On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 12:35 AM, Tom Davey wrote: > Olen writes: > > > Level 2 is very useful - and cannot, unlike Level 1, be reached by S-TAB. > > Actually, it can. S-TAB takes a numeric prefix key. The doc string says: > > "When ARG is a numeric prefix, show contents of this level." > > So, you can directly open or close the outline to _any_ desired level "N" > with C-N S-TAB. I find that feature to be incredibly handy. It encourages > me to nest my outlines as deeply as I wish. > > Here's a little navigation utility I wrote to take advantage of S-TAB's > ability. Sometimes I'll want to collapse the outline to the level at point > in order, say, to clean things up by closing all lower levels. However, > it's not always obvious to me what level I'm on. And without knowing what > level I'm on, I can't hit the right numeric prefix for S-TAB. The following > utility does it all automagically by passing the result of > org-outline-level() to S-TAB. C-S-TAB is a logical binding for this > function. > > (defun open-org-outline-to-current-level () > "Opens or closes the Orgmode outline to the level at point." > (interactive) > (org-shifttab (org-outline-level)) > (message "The current outline level is %s." (org-outline-level))) > > Regards, > Tom Davey > > > > On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 9:02 AM, Oleh wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Carsten Dominik >> wrote: >> > >> > On 23.7.2013, at 15:48, Oleh wrote: >> > >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I've recently started using `org-use-speed-commands', and I like it a >> lot, >> >> except I had to make one tweak: >> >> >> >> (setq org-use-speed-commands t) >> >> (setq org-speed-commands-user >> >> '(("1" . (org-shifttab 1)) >> >> ("2" . (org-shifttab 2)) >> >> ("3" . (org-shifttab 3)))) >> >> >> >> The corresponding values of `org-speed-commands-default' aren't that >> useful >> >> for GTD: >> >> >> >> ("1" org-priority 65) >> >> ("2" org-priority 66) >> >> ("3" org-priority 67) >> > >> > That depends on wether you work with priorities. I find S-TAB easy >> enough, so I do not >> > really see the need for speed commands here. >> >> Maybe I should elaborate my point of view on the usability. >> Priorities don't normally need "buttons" to jump between states, >> a "knob" is enough: only increase/decrease priority, not jump to priority >> 1, >> jump to priority 2 etc. >> >> Outlines, on the other hand, can benefit from the ability to jump between >> the levels of expansion. >> >> Level 1 is very useful - it minimizes everything, showing the >> structure of the file. S-TAB is useful and simple, but you have to >> repeat several times, >> checking each time if it has brought you to the level that you wanted to >> be on. >> >> Level 2 is very useful - and cannot, unlike Level 1, be reached by S-TAB. >> For my gtd.org, it shows the tasks and appointments, without expanding >> them, as well as the project names, but not what they contain. >> This gives a nice overview of my projects. >> >> Level 3 is very useful - and cannot be reached by S-TAB. >> It shows me the separate TODOs for my projects, without revealing my >> notes on them, just the headings. >> I even bound the rest of the digits to levels and it is useful sometimes. >> >> In my opinion, these shortcuts make org-mode a better outlining tool, >> and should be given priority before the priority shortcuts. >> >> Slightly off-topic, these type of shortcuts is why I use Ubuntu Unity (I >> think >> I managed to turn off the spying). It's got a feature that Super+1-9 >> switches between applications in the sidebar slots 1-9. Sure, it's >> possible to do with Alt-TAB, and that's what most other desktops do, >> but Super+1-9 is superior, since you don't have to wait for feedback, >> you instantly get what you want. >> >> regards, >> Oleh >> >> > > > -- > -- > Tom Davey > tom@tomdavey.com > New York NY USA >