I have set org-agenda-prefix-format to: (org-agenda-prefix-format " %-8:c ") making the agenda look like so:
home: [ ] brainstorm redesign home evening school: [ ] chose DE spec. evening school: [ ] ask Lea re: spec topics evening school: [ ] brainstorm Learners Group eraldo: [ ] brainstorm 4 perspectives If I change it to " %8:c " I get that: home: [ ] brainstorm redesign home evening school: [ ] chose DE spec. evening school: [ ] ask Lea re: spec topics evening school: [ ] brainstorm Learners Group eraldo: [ ] brainstorm 4 perspectives but what I want is this: ;; limiting prefix to 7 characters home: [ ] brainstorm redesign home evening: [ ] chose DE spec. evening: [ ] ask Lea re: spec topics evening: [ ] brainstorm Learners Group eraldo: [ ] brainstorm 4 perspectives In other words: having a fixed prefix length resulting in showing only the set amount of characters. Why? Because it lines up the check boxes "[ ]" which is handy and looks nice for printing. I have some long category names / file names ... making the prefix verrry long no matter what setting I use at the moment. :( Any ideas how to fix that? Would be awesome if someone could help me get there. =] Greetings from Austria, Eraldo _______________________________________________ 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