db...@attentigroup.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
> Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> db...@attentigroup.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>>
>>> Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> johanna....@th-koeln.de writes:
>>>>
>>>>> maybe I did not search the right way in google alias startpage. But I
>>>>> could not figure out how to write next to the date e.g. 2000-04-01 the
>>>>> weekday, i.e. the specific day of the week. It would come very handy to
>>>>> have the date displayed as 2019-05-14 Tu and 2019-05-15 We and so on. Or
>>>>> even have it spelled out as 2019-05-14 Tuesday.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How do you generate that view?
>>>>
>>>> Doesn't your agenda view already show the day of the week? With the
>>>> recommended keybinding, I get a daily agenda with C-c a a d.
>>>>
>>>> Mine starts like this:
>>>>
>>>> ,----
>>>> | Day-agenda (W20):
>>>> | Tuesday 14 May 2019
>>>> | 8:00...... ----------------
>>>> | appts: 10:00-11:30 Tools Meeting
>>>> | 10:00...... ----------------
>>>> | 12:00...... ----------------
>>>> | 14:00...... ----------------
>>>> | 16:00...... ----------------
>>>> | 18:00...... ----------------
>>>> | 20:00...... ----------------
>>>> | work: Sched.Xx: TODO Review PR
>>>> | work: Sched.2x: TODO Add issue
>>>> | Weather: OpenWeatherMap: light rain, 3-8°C, 1010hpa, 90%, 3m/s
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> so it definitely shows the weekday, but perhaps you are doing something
>>>> different?
>>>
>>>
>>> How do you generate *that* view? How do you have it creating sub-groups?
>>> All
>>> I get is a straight-forward list of days and times, with all items in chrono
>>> order....
>>>
>>
>> Not sure what you mean by "sub-groups". And I'm pretty sure I don't do
>> anything special to get this. The grid is the standard grid - I
>> believe that comes "free" with the default settings of
>> org-agenda-time-grid and org-agenda-use-time-grid.
>>
>> The appts:, work: and Weather: thingies are "categories" - the first
>> two come from the name of the agenda file where the item originated:
>> I have a work.org file for work items and an appts.org file which contains
>> just
>> reminders. It actually contains a bit more: there are top-level headlines
>> for Anniversaries, Weather and Appointments like this:
>>
>> ,----
>> | * Anniversaries
>> | :PROPERTIES:
>> | :CATEGORY: Anniv
>> | :ID: 409062f6-6cb1-467f-b192-2dfcb7b384ca
>> | :END:
>> | %%(org-bbdb-anniversaries)
>> |
>> | * Weather
>> | :PROPERTIES:
>> | :CATEGORY: Weather
>> | :END:
>> | %%(org-weather)
>> |
>> | * Appointments
>> | ** APPT Doctor appt <some date and time>
>> | ....
>> `----
>>
>> Items in the Appoinments section don't have a defined Category
>> so they are labeled with the fill name ("appts"). Anniversaries
>> and Weather items have a CATEGORY property so they are labeled
>> by the explicit category.
>>
>> I don't remember whether I do anything special to sort the items
>> (e.g. why the Weather item is always last). If you are interested
>> in that, I can dig a little more into my configuration.
>>
>> Does that answer your question?
>
>
> That helps immensely, evidently I have some reading to do, so I understand
> more of how to change the agenda view around.
>
> And yes please, could/would you check your config and see if anything special
> is done?
>
> Thanks very much!
>
> Dave in Hudson, FL
Make sure you have files contributing to org-agenda-files otherwise your
agenda view will be empty.
Regards,
Bernt
