Bastien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Uwe Jochum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Message from Nov 06 2007 (10:43): >>>> But I cannot figure out how to set an alarm bell in Emacs for >>>> scheduled stuff in orgmode. >>> >>> Did you try `org-agenda-to-appt'? >> >> Bastien, >> >> thanks! I hadn't seen that in the manual... > > One way to find information when browsing the manual in Info-mode is to > press `i' (M-x Info-index) and enter the index key to look for.
Is it just me or are emacs info pages really a bit of a dog to search through? > > Here you can look for "appointment reminders" or "appt.el" and it will > open this page: > > (info "(org)Weekly/Daily agenda") > > If you think this information should appear somewhere else, please > suggestion other location(s). > >> It works, but I have to do it manually evry time I start orgmode or >> every time I set a new appointment. Wouldn't it be good to make this >> more automatic, i.e. somehow configurable by the user, for instance >> like so: make it an option, so I can activate it globally in the >> org-agenda options menu, in such a way that new appointments are >> detected automatically and the bell rings without doing >> org-agenda-to-appt by hand? > > Better let the user decide by himself when he wants `org-agenda-to-appt' > to be called. Two (non-exclusive) methods: > > 1. Add a hook to `before-save-hook' locally in `org-mode-hook' so that > saving an Org buffer will check for new appointments and add them to > the list of appointments: > > (add-hook 'org-mode-hook > (lambda() (add-hook 'before-save-hook > 'org-agenda-to-appt t t))) > > Note that pressing `s' in agenda buffers will save all agenda files > and run `org-agenda-to-appt' for each of them. > > 2. Add a custom key to call 'org-agenda-to-appt from an agenda buffer. > > (org-defkey org-agenda-mode-map "\C-cA" 'org-agenda-to-appt) > > If you use one of these two methods, maybe it's better to silent > `org-agenda-to-appt' since the repeated messages can be annoying. > I'll provide a way to do this. _______________________________________________ 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
