Well, I was thinking about using it more for tag matches -- like NEXT. But I
am beginning to see how such a feature might make agenda commands grow in
their output and defeat their purpose. For now, I think I can be more
verbose. That little inconvenience is worth all the immense advantages of
org-mode.

d.


On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Manish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>  On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Daniel Goldin wrote:
>  > Dear Manish,
>  >
>  > Not quite. Although these are very useful enhancements while I'm at the
>  > computer, I was looking for something that I could publish -- so I
> could
>  > carry around a hard copy showing contextual levels.
>  >
>  > For example
>  >
>  > * Let Jimmy know about annual picnic
>  > ** NEXT Write letter to Jimmy                               @COMPUTER
>  > ** NEXT Send it
>  @ERRAND
>  >
>  > If when I look for all todo items matching NEXT, I'll see:
>  >
>  > ** Write letter
>  > ** Send it
>  >
>  > Which when I publish doesn't tell me enough. Of course I could become
> more
>  > verbose in my sub-level captions, but it would be better to see
> relevant
>  > headlines and relevant sub-headlines.
>
>   I see what you are saying.  That has been a minor annoyance for me
> as well.  I have been trying to deal with this by being, like you
> suggested, more verbose.  But I wonder if agenda should show items
> that are not scheduled/meant for the day.  To test the idea I decided
> to write up a small test plan and see what we would want the final
> agenda to look like.
>
>  ,----
>  | * Plan a weekend outing for [2008-04-26 Sat]
>  | *** Plan fun stuff
>  | ***** Hang gliding
>  | ******* Ask the place to reserve a slot
>            :@CALL:
>  |         DEADLINE: <2008-04-23 Wed>
>  | *** Gear to take
>  | ***** Camera
>  | ******* Ask Po to return it
>                   :@CALL:
>  |         SCHEDULED: <2008-04-23 Wed>
>  | *** Guest List
>  | ***** Invite Jo
>                          :@CALL:
>  |       DEADLINE: <2008-04-24 Thu>
>  | ***** Invite Mo
>                         :@CALL:
>  |       DEADLINE: <2008-04-25 Fri>
>  | ***** Invite Bo
>                         :@CALL:
>  |       DEADLINE: <2008-04-23 Wed>
>  `----
>
> How would you like the agenda to show up on, say, the 24th?
>
> -- Manish
>



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Daniel Goldin
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