Re: Agenda, log view and inactive timestamps

[Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>]

apologies for misunderstanding your email.  yes, it would be good to
preserve more if possible.

On 4/3/19, Russell Adams <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com> wrote:
> Samuel,
>
> I'm aware I can customize it further. Not every agenda needs inactive stamps
> or
> log view. My comment was that the agent report doesn't preserve the
> settings
> across time periods.
>
> On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 02:09:50PM -0700, Samuel Wales wrote:
>> this is a defvar but very useful and imo could be defcustom.  i used
>> it for many years.
>>
>> ;; (setq org-agenda-include-inactive-timestamps t)
>>
>> you have to coordinate with org-agenda-start-with-log-mode.
>>
>> [ is unusual in that it combines with maniuplate query.
>>
>> using the defvar fixes issues with kw state and maybe a few more
>> things.  but it might not show as you want [but to me it is good].
>>
>> make sure you know what you are doing if you use org-agenda-skip-*.
>>
>> this might be useful.
>>
>> ;; (defadvice org-agenda-log-mode
>> ;;     (around toggle-off-inactive-also activate compile)
>> ;;   (let ((org-agenda-include-inactive-timestamps t)
>> ;;     ad-do-it))
>>
>> there are probably several things taht need preserving.
>>
>> text scale might still not be preserved unless that was fixed.
>> somebody kindly supplied code but idk if it was merged.
>>
>> that is all i can provide atm.
>>
>> On 4/3/19, Russell Adams <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com> wrote:
>> > Minor bugreport.
>> >
>> > I've noticed for a long time that the "view inactive timestamps" option
>> > in
>> > the
>> > agenda view isn't persistent when navigating across time.
>> >
>> > To replicate:
>> >
>> >  - View agenda
>> >  - 'l' to enable logbook mode
>> >  - '[' to enable inactive timestamps
>> >  - 'b' to go back to the prior timeperiod
>> >  - inactive timestamps are gone and must be enabled again with '[',
>> > causing
>> > a
>> >    rebuild of the view
>> >
>> > I often run into this when I'm reviewing my time for billing. All of my
>> > todo
>> > items are logged on state change so the logbook mode shows them. I also
>> > frequently insert inactive timestamps while working on an issue. I have
>> > to
>> > see
>> > the inactive stamps to understand what was being worked on at the
>> > time. Currently I have to toggle the timestamps every time I change
>> > months.
>> >
>> > Perhaps there are other customized agenda settings being lost when
>> > navigating
>> > across time periods?
>> >
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