[O] No priority cookies in html export despite setting pri:t option

[Gez]

This happens even with a fresh "portable-style" installation of emacs
and org-mode and no customisations

When I export to plain text I can see the prioity cookies,  When I
export to html there are none, even though I have created a local for
that file and changed pri:nil to pri:t

The html source file doesn't show the cookies - it's not just the html
rendering or css.

Any idea why?

Gez
Org-mode version 8.2.10
Emacs version GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-w64-mingw32)

Re: [O] Publish project alist in org-mode 8 - confusing documentation

[Gez]

Richard Lawrence richard.lawre...@berkeley.edu writes:

 Gez sule...@gmail.com writes:

  but I don't know where to begin adapting it to the new export framework.
 
  For example, I'd be very grateful if someone could translate the
  following (or something more simple) into org-mode 8 version, so I can
  start evaluating and playing with it.
 
  (require 'org-publish)
  (setq org-publish-project-alist
'(
  (org-notes
   :base-directory ~/org/
   :base-extension org
   :publishing-directory ~/public_html/
   :recursive t
   :publishing-function org-publish-org-to-html

 It's been a while since I converted my publishing setup to the new
 exporter, but I *think* the only change you need to make here is to the
 :publishing-function option.

 The function you want here is now called org-html-publish-to-html.
 There are other similar functions in the other export backends -- e.g.,
 the function to publish to PDF is org-latex-publish-to-pdf.

 Thus, if you need to find an appropriate publishing function, start by
 looking for a function named like: org-BACKEND-publish-to-FORMAT.  I
 don't remember how I figured this out, but hopefully it is documented in
 the manual...

Thanks - in fact, the first issue was the first line:

(require 'org-publish)

which gave the error message

eval: Cannot open load file: org-publish

But I guessed I needed to replace it with:

(require 'ox-publish)

And that fixed it.  As for the function you mentioned, I checked
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html#sec-5-2 and replaced
org-publish-org-to-html with org-html-publish-to-html.  And I got
something to publish.  Now that it's basically working I can play
around with the options etc. Many thanks.

By the way, sorry if this isn't threaded correctly; I didn't receive
these emails (mine and the reply) from the list so I couldn't reply.
I have checked my mailman settings and I'm supposed to receive my own
posts.  :-(

Gez

[O] Publish project alist in org-mode 8 - confusing documentation

[Gez]

Can someone give me some hints for how to set up a publishing project in
org-mode 8?  Am I right in thinking that I can't use easy customization to
set up a publish project alist?

I've been reading various links such as

http://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/ox-overview.html
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html

and even

http://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/ox-docstrings.html and
http://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/org-element-docstrings.html

but since I'm not at all a power user I find myself rather lost.  I
generally rely on the customization browsers to do most of my
configuration.  I do sometimes edit .emacs manually but normally closely
following an example. I'd really like to set up a project based on the worg
tutorial at

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-publish-html-tutorial.html

but I don't know where to begin adapting it to the new export framework.

For example, I'd be very grateful if someone could translate the
following (or something more simple) into org-mode 8 version, so I can
start evaluating and playing with it.

(require 'org-publish)
(setq org-publish-project-alist
  '(
(org-notes
 :base-directory ~/org/
 :base-extension org
 :publishing-directory ~/public_html/
 :recursive t
 :publishing-function org-publish-org-to-html
 :headline-levels 7
 :auto-preamble t
 )
(org-static
 :base-directory ~/org/
 :base-extension css\\|js\\|png\\|jpg\\|gif\\|pdf\\|mp3\\|ogg\\|swf
 :publishing-directory ~/public_html/
 :recursive t
 :publishing-function org-publish-attachment
 )
(org :components (org-notes org-static))
  ))

Many thanks!
Gez
Org-mode version 8.2.5h (8.2.5h-30-gdd810b-elpa
GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.2.9200)

Re: [O] Quicker refile? Capture progress cookies. Using capture to count/tally

[Gez]

Bernt, I think your system (and your writing about it) is fantastic
and it has inspired me to develop mine.

On 17 November 2011 23:10, Bernt Hansen be...@norang.ca wrote:
 Gez sule...@gmail.com writes:

 I almost exclusively use capture to quickly file away things I don't
 want to forget.  This goes to my refile.org as a level 1 heading and
 isn't attached to anything yet.

I was resisting doing that because I have different todo's for
different files, but - it just occured to me - what's to stop me
listing all of the possible todo's at the top of a refile org file?  I
might just do that.

 All of my tasks that need to be refiled show up on my block agenda view
 in the second section - immediately under today's agenda view.snip
 I'm using this block agenda view regularly during the day and the tasks
 to be refiled are constantly 'in my face' until I do something with
 them.

Yes, it would work if I added them to my block agenda.

 I refile these items mostly from the agenda - I tend to get 2 or 3 of
 them that are going to the same target so I'll mark them with 'm' and
 refile with 'B r'.  My refile setup uses IDO completion for refile
 targets and I find this works very well.  If I'm refiling to file x.org
 under '* Tasks' I'll do something like C-c C-w x.org C-SPC tasks RET The
 order of entering x.org/tasks doesn't matter - IDO is limiting the
 targets to the entered data so I can match part of what is left in the
 list.

It's because of reading your set-up that I use IDO now.  I't's
amazing.  Perhaps I need more practise in using it - cleverly
selecting what I enter - since I end up having to type the whole file
name including .org quite often.  As good practise, I should probably
consistently start with the headline, since my filenames are not
unique enough (they match the equivalent archive file and also other
headlines).

 I've also set up refiling to remove DONE tasks from the list of
 available completion targets.  This helps prevent mistakes where you
 refile to an already done tree (or if you have repeating separate tasks
 with the same  name only the open ones show up as refile targets.)

I've had your page open for a while in firefox, gradually re-reading,
working through and modifying my setup.  I was going to tackle some
clock-related stuff next, but now I think removing DONE tasks from the
list of targets might be the next thing I add.

Refiling the thing to the right place isn't
 important right now so I put that off.  Constantly having to move things
 to the right place as you capture them will be too slow IMHO.

I do know what you mean.  I think I've erroneously feared that if I
insert a reminder out of context, I need to be more verbose than I
would otherwise, or I will forget later what it means, but I can
imagine that if I frequently check the items to refile, I probably
won't forget.

 Hope that helps,

Very much indeed.
Thank you.
Geraldine

[O] Quicker refile? Capture progress cookies. Using capture to count/tally

[Gez]

I have a list of niggles which are not on an active todo list
because they only occur to me from time to time, but I wanted to be
able to quickly note each time one of them bothers me, so that the
most annoying ones, the ones I would want to add to my todo list
first, might start to rise to the surface.

So I created a capture template which inserts a todo under the
already listed niggle (which has a progess cookie).  It's simple and
reasonably fast.  Does anyone have any other ways of counting/tallying
in org-mode?

There are two issues with how I'm doing it.  One (pretty minor) is
that the inserted todo doesn't trigger off the progress cookie.  It's
not a big deal; when I want to know which niggle has the largest
count, I just need to do C-u C-c # in the file.  But I thought I'd
point it out in case it could be fixed.

The second issue is one I have with capture all the time; I want the
refile to be faster.  I have a few capture templates for logging that
send to a particular headline, but most times I use capture the target
can be anywhere in my main outlines.  As it is, I'm almost always
finishing up with C-c C-w, and in effect starting from scratch each
time, narrowing down to the target from all my agenda files.  I'd
really like a template where once I've called it and entered text or
tags or whatever, I use a single key press and the refile selection
would begin with a file or headline pre-selected for quick further
narrowing down. I don't know if that's do-able with IDO but I do
imagine it could work with file+headline, file+olp etc. They would
become file+headline+prompt etc and just as now, the template would
determine which target was first suggested, but then it would still be
open for quick further filtering before RET.    To summarise - my 2
ideas are: 1. to add something like +prompt to refile selection in
general, and 2. to allow capture templates with a +prompt target to
use a single key to start the refile process.  I hope all this makes
sense!

Geraldine

Re: [O] Blocked tasks also dimmed in export?

[Gez]

Just bumping this in case anyone can help me fix it - I'd really like
the tasks to be greyed out in an export.

Thanks,
Gez

On 13 October 2011 12:57, Gez sule...@gmail.com wrote:
 I use org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks to keep track of tasks that have
 no current todo's, but in my exported html agenda view (C-c a e)
 which I share via dropbox, there is unfortunately no dimming.  Is
 there a way to preserve the grey face in html export?

 Gez

Re: [O] Idea: insert current sort order property

[Gez]

On 12 October 2011 20:51, Christian Moe m...@christianmoe.com wrote:


 Then we need a way to keep track of what property keys are used to store
 outlines in, so we can offer those and only those for completion. (We don't
 want to offer all the property keys used in the buffer -- that's an
 invitation to overwrite data.)

That makes sense

 So in my second pass (below), when you use a :foo: property to store the
 outline index, `foo' gets added to a list of keys in the :Stored_outlines:
 property of the parent. When you store an outline, the prompt for a property
 key offers completion on all the keys stored in :Stored_outlines:. See how
 this works for you.


Thanks.  I got it to work from a scratch buffer but not from .emacs
(previous version worked fine from my .emacs).  Restarting emacs
showed an error.
---
Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading
`q:/Q_Synced/Portable/emacs-23.3/home/.emacs':

Invalid read syntax: #

To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the
cause of the error in your initialization file.  Start Emacs with
the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace.
-

I couldn't copy the whole backtrace here (an encoding issue?)  Here's
the start and end of it in case it's any help:
___
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (invalid-read-syntax #)
  eval-buffer(#buffer  *load* nil
q:/Q_Synced/Portable/emacs-23.3/home/.emacs nil t)  ; Reading at
buffer position 13136
  load-with-code-conversion(q:/Q_Synced/Portable/emacs-23.3/home/.emacs
q:/Q_Synced/Portable/emacs-23.3/home/.emacs t t)
  load(~/.emacs t t)
  #[nil
un-pastable stuff snipped
[init-file-user system-type user-init-file-1 user-init-file otherfile
source ms-dos ~ /_emacs windows-nt directory-files nil
^\\.emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$ ~/.emacs ^_emacs\\(\\.elc?\\)?$
~/_emacs /.emacs t load expand-file-name init
file-name-as-directory /.emacs.d file-name-extension elc
file-name-sans-extension .el file-exists-p file-newer-than-file-p
message Warning: %s is newer than %s sit-for 1 default alt
inhibit-default-init inhibit-startup-screen] 7]()
  command-line()
  normal-top-level()
_

Gez

[O] Blocked tasks also dimmed in export?

[Gez]

I use org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks to keep track of tasks that have
no current todo's, but in my exported html agenda view (C-c a e)
which I share via dropbox, there is unfortunately no dimming.  Is
there a way to preserve the grey face in html export?

Gez

[O] No date/day title in agenda column view

[Gez]

A short while ago I stopped being able to see the names/dates of the
days when viewing the agenda in column view. I can see the overall
title (Week-agenda (W41-W42):) and then the next row displays totalled
effort for the first day in a blue face at the top of the effort
column.  The next rows are the entries for that day, followed by the
totalled effort for the following day, and so on.  The names/dates of
the days are not displayed.  I can't remember if they used to take up
an extra row each or if they were on the same row as the totalled
effort, but either way I can't see them now - perhaps since using my
current version - GNU Emacs 23.3.1 and org-mode version 7.7

My org-columns-default-format is %1BLOCKED %4TODO %CATEGORY
%5Effort{:} %50ITEM %20TAGS %21ALLTAGS

Could this be a bug, or have I made this happen with a setting that I
can't remember?

Gez

[O] C-c a e closes agenda buffer

[Gez]

I'm mostly working in a custom agenda view, refreshing with q or r,
but I like to frequently update my exported html agenda view (shared
in dropbox).  Each time I export with C-c a e the agenda buffer closes
and I have to call my custom agenda view again.  Would it be possible
to make it so that C-c a e aborts the refresh of the agenda buffer (as
if C-g were used after C-c a)?  Alternatively could a particular
custom agenda view be designated as a default to return to after C-c a
e?

Gez

[O] How to show done items in specific agenda views

[Gez]

I'd like to include done items only in certain views, including the
one below, but I can't work out how to do it.  At the moment I have
org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done set as nil but that affects all my
views (and messes up undone totalled effort estimates).

Ideally I'd like to export log mode, but I couldn't work out a way to
do that.  My current set up means that items done today but scheduled
for a previous day don't show up on this view unless they are
rescheduled for today.  Is there a way round this?

---
(quote ((7e For export ((agenda  ((org-agenda-overriding-header
Scheduled todo's) (org-agenda-span (quote week))
(org-agenda-skip-function (quote (org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote
regexp) habit))) (org-agenda-sorting-strategy (quote
(todo-state-up))) (org-agenda-prefix-format %-7e)
(org-agenda-todo-keyword-format %-10s))) (tags-todo thisweek
((org-agenda-overriding-header Unscheduled todo's; also tasks (from
which todo's were generated)) (org-agenda-skip-function (quote
(org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote scheduled
(org-agenda-prefix-format %-7e) (org-agenda-todo-keyword-format
%-10s) (org-agenda-sorting-strategy (quote (todo-state-up))
((org-agenda-remove-tags t)) (Q:\\Q_Synced\\My
Dropbox\\OrgModeExports\\agenda.html))
---

Gez

Re: [O] Idea: insert current sort order property

[Gez]

That was my duh - I accidentally left a # in when copying to my
.emacs.  It works fine now.  Thank you.

Gez

On 13 October 2011 13:39, Christian Moe m...@christianmoe.com wrote:
 Hi,

 Not sure I can help; I don't quite see how this error could be caused by
 anything in the code I sent you. Is this happening on the same system as you
 used before? What version of Emacs are you on when this happens?

 Yours,
 Christian

 On 10/13/11 1:40 PM, Gez wrote:

 Thanks.  I got it to work from a scratch buffer but not from .emacs
 (previous version worked fine from my .emacs).  Restarting emacs
 showed an error.

 ---
 Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading
 `q:/Q_Synced/Portable/emacs-23.3/home/.emacs':

 Invalid read syntax: #

 To ensure normal operation, you should investigate and remove the
 cause of the error in your initialization file.  Start Emacs with
 the `--debug-init' option to view a complete error backtrace.
 -

Re: [O] Idea: insert current sort order property

[Gez]

Thanks, Christian.  Please forgive my ignorance but what should I do with
the code?  I've not done anything more advanced than org-customize before.

Gez

On 11 October 2011 20:46, Christian Moe m...@christianmoe.com wrote:

 Hi, Gez,


 On 10/7/11 5:02 PM, Gez wrote:

 What I'm imagining is a command executed on a headline to insert a
 property into each of its children fixing the current order;
 something like :sorted:01, :sorted:02  etc.


 I think this is a neat idea, and can see some uses for it for my own stuff.
 I've made a first pass below. Please test it and let me know how it works
 for you (and please *don't* test it on anything valuable without backing up
 first!).

 snip


 Code follows.

Yours,
 Christian

 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
  (defun cm/org-store-outline-order (arg prop)
Store the outline of the subtree of the entry at point by
  setting the property PROP of each direct child entry to its
  current position in the tree. With prefix ARG, store the position
  of the whole subtree. The tree can be restored to the stored
  outline by sorting on the property with `C-c ^ r'. Note that this
  will only work properly on the order of each subtree; if headings
  are demoted, promoted, or moved into different subtrees, the
  result may or may not be nonsense, but it will be impossible to
  restore the original order by sorting.
(interactive P\nsProperty key (default OutlineIndex): )
(if (string= prop ) (setq prop OutlineIndex))
(if (or (not (org-map-entries t (concat prop ={.}) 'tree))
(y-or-n-p Property exists; overwrite? ))
(let* ((match (format LEVEL%s%s
  (if arg = =)
  (1+ (org-current-level
   (counter 1)
   (width (1+ (floor (log10 (length (org-map-entries t match
 'tree))
   (fstr (concat %0 (number-to-string width) d)))
  (org-map-entries
   '(progn
  (org-set-property prop
(format fstr counter))
  (setq counter (1+ counter)))
   match 'tree)
  (message 
 #+end_src

Re: [O] Idea: insert current sort order property

[Gez]

On 12 October 2011 13:16, Christian Moe m...@christianmoe.com wrote:
 If you like it and want it available the next time you start Emacs,
 just copy it into your .emacs file (only the bit *between* the #+BEGIN_SRC
 and #+END_SRC lines).

It's in my .emacs now - I have just tested it and it seems to work
perfectly.  Thank you so much for it.  And thanks for explaining what
to do with code snippets.

I do use revisioning, but Is there a protocol I should use for testing
code snippets before using them on my original data or can they be
considered safe after being run once?

One thing that might be useful to add to the code please ...   If when
prompting for the property key, TAB brought up the list of
auto-complete keys (like when using C-c C-x p) that would make for
easier maintenance and consistency; e.g. when I deliberately want to
overwrite a previous outline index it would avoid a second set of
properties being written accidentally if I made a typo.

Gez


 On 10/12/11 1:35 PM, Gez wrote:

 Thanks, Christian.  Please forgive my ignorance but what should I do
 with the code?  I've not done anything more advanced than
 org-customize before.

 Gez

[O] Idea: insert current sort order property

[Gez]

What I'm imagining is a command executed on a headline to insert a property
into each of its children fixing the current order; something like
:sorted:01, :sorted:02  etc.  Ideally there would be a prompt for the
property key (or part of it) so that there could be more than one such
property for a particular headline, but with the option to simplify the
usage and consistency by having just one property key as a default and no
prompt.

One of my uses of org-mode is to list songs (Lieder) that I am currently
working on, and I mark them up with special todo states and tags relating to
my workflow - e.g. findscore, translate, memorise etc.  I've also been known
to add properties such as 1st line text (if different from title), poet, and
pagenumber.  While I'm dealing with a list of repertoire (there's a lot of
bitty admin involved!)  I've found it useful to sort alphabetically, by TODO
state and by these properties, but I'd like to be able to retain the order
in which the songs will be performed.  I know I could manually add such a
property to each headline myself but I'd really love to be able to quickly
fix the order of my sorted headings by automating a :sorted: property.
Another use I can imagine for this is when juggling an outline, one could
fix an order that reads well, and then play around with it to see how it
might flow better, knowing that it would be easy to return to the last
preferred sort-order - like a rollback.  During the last few weeks I would
have made use of this not only when working on songs, but also when
designing song programmes and writing my resumé.

If a sorted headline got moved to a new parent its sort-order might be a
duplicate one of its siblings, but I don't really see that as a problem -
the user knows it's only text after all.  I don't know whether it might be
desired to similarly fix the sort-order of 1st level headlines; perhaps the
command could act per current file, with a  to narrow down to the current
tree.  I'm also not sure how to deal with larger numbers - 01-99 seems like
a good default but could one have an option for 001-999?  I also wonder
about adding the property to more than one level at a time, but might that
be a bit much in terms of affecting performance?

Does anyone else see this as potentially useful?

Gez
GNU Emacs 23.3.1 and org-version 7.7

[Orgmode] Bug? Capture not in customize until called by key (was Request - capture included in customize browser)

[Gez]

I wrote another post but it didn't thread properly - sorry.  Anyway, I've 
tested further and it seems that the customize capture appears and 
disappears.


Here's how to replicate, I hope.

With .emacs having no reference to capture (no key defined, no templates), 
customize capture is inaccessible (not found via M-x customize-apropos nor 
listed in the customize browser)


With .emacs having capture key defined, on each restart of emacs, customize 
capture is likewise inaccessible, until the key combination is called (in my 
case, C-c c), upon which capture appears both in the customize browser and 
via M-x-customize-apropos - until the next restart.


So you can't use customize for capture until you've both defined a key for 
it in .emacs and also called that key combination in the current session.  I 
hope that's all clear enough.


- Original Message - 
From: Bernt Hansen be...@norang.ca


C-h v org-capture-templates
and click on the _customize_ link.



Thank you, Bernt, but I can't see a _customize_ link there, either when 
capture is in customize or when it's not.


Gez
(Windows XP, GNU Emacs 23.2.1, Org-mode version 7.01trans)



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Re: [Orgmode] Re: Bug? Capture not in customize until called by key

[Gez]

- Original Message - 
From: Bernt Hansen be...@norang.ca




Gez regis...@geekanddiva.com writes:



... it seems that the customize capture appears
and disappears.

Here's how to replicate, I hope.

With .emacs having no reference to capture (no key defined, no
templates), customize capture is inaccessible (not found via M-x
customize-apropos nor listed in the customize browser)

With .emacs having capture key defined, on each restart of emacs,
customize capture is likewise inaccessible, until the key combination
is called (in my case, C-c c), upon which capture appears both in the
customize browser and via M-x-customize-apropos - until the next
restart.

So you can't use customize for capture until you've both defined a key
for it in .emacs and also called that key combination in the current
session.  I hope that's all clear enough.



Hi Gez,

I think the capture definitions are autoloaded the first time you
capture something.  If you add

(require 'org-capture)

in your .emacs then I think they will always be available.


Thank you, Bernt - that did it.  Much appreciated.

Just in case it's relevant, Org Capture appears just after Org 
Completion in the list in the customize browser window now, whereas before 
it was listed at the end, after Org Protocol.  I suppose that's because of 
the order of loading.


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[Orgmode] Updating using snapshot org-install missing

[Gez]

I just updated my org mode for the first time, using a snapshot, and I had 
an issue with org-install.  Although I think it's resolved I'm documenting 
it here in case 

a) I've done something incorrect which needs pointing out to me
b) it helps others with the same problem
c) it is useful for documentation etc


Here's what I did:

I read this thread http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/32427/ to find 
out how to get a snapshot
(I had previously downloaded what I thought was the latest version from 
http://orgmode.org/org-latest.zip but it's out of date at the moment)
I downloaded the tar.gz from http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git/snapshot and 
unpacked it
I renamed my org-mode directory to org-mode-backup and copied the downloaded 
org-mode directory into its place
I started emacs and saw an error message about org-install (I'm not relaying 
the message here since I think it's resolved now)
I opened an org file and saw that at least some of my customisations were not 
active (faces), then I closed emacs
I looked in the org-mode directory for org-install.el and saw that it was 
missing
I searched the email list archives and read this thread 
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/11416
I copied over the org-install.el file from my org-mode-backup directory into 
the new org-mode directory and restarted emacs
Result: org mode updated, no errors

Hope this helps!

Gez
(Windows XP, GNU Emacs 23.2.1, Org-mode version 7.01trans) 
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[Orgmode] Request - capture included in customize browser

[Gez]

I've had my main system in org mode for a couple of weeks now and I'm getting 
on really well - it's an amazing tool.  I'm very grateful for it. And for the 
support here too.

I want to set up org-capture but cannot find it using M-x customize-apropos.  
I'm guessing that the customize browser is a kind of interface that has to be 
written and hasn't yet been written for org-capture.  I'll get on with making 
my settings by hand, as it were, in the meantime, but this is a request please, 
for a customize interface for org-capture.  

I've been doing all my configuring with the customize browser recently (after 
some early false starts copying, pasting and editing settings directly into my 
.emacs file).  I'm avoiding errors and I also find it better documented than 
the manual and really useful to see the context (the customize group).  

Gez
(Windows XP, GNU Emacs 23.2.1, Org-mode version 7.01trans) 
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[Orgmode] VISIBILITY property and C-u C-u TAB

[Gez]

I've just discovered the VISIBILITY property, although I had some trouble 
working out how to apply it .I discovered C-u C-u TAB from reading 
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/6623.  C-u C-u TAB is documented 
in the reference card but not in the manual or on worg as far as I can see - 
Shouldn't it be added?  Also shouldn't VISIBILITY be listed with the other 
special properties in the manual etc?


I'm using it to mark sub-projects (level 2,3 etc) with :VISIBILITY: folded 
(or :VISIBILITY: content when they also contain a sub-sub-project). When 
sub-projects are folded into their projects (level 1) I miss out on an 
overview of all projects.  Using C-u C-u TAB I can see all non-level-1 
headlines that I've marked because they are parents of tasks, and then I can 
visit them locally with TAB.  It's very useful in conjunction with the 
counter cookie, and in column view.


I have a query about the C-u C-u TAB command.  When I've just edited or used 
S-TAB (no matter which part of the global cycle it's on) C-u C-u TAB works 
as I would expect.  But if I've just used TAB, C-u C-u TAB cycles 
hrough  - CONTENTS - SHOW ALL etc, even while the mini buffer displays 
startup visibility plus VISIBILITY properties at each stage of the cycle. 
C-u C-u TAB also cycles when it's repeated.  I find it hard to keep track of 
whether it will cycle or not while I'm using it to view areas of the 
outline, so in effect, the only way I feel sure I can quickly return to my 
desired startup visibility is with S-TAB C-u C-u TAB, which is a lot of 
keystrokes! So my questions are - is this expected behaviour?  Can it be 
changed?


Gez
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Re: [Orgmode] FIXED - Cannot insert column - wrong type argument

[Gez]

Thanks, Giovanni, but I fixed it before using your sample file.  I went 
through my file with a fine-tooth comb and found a tag on a line beginning 
PROPERTIES.  (At least I think it was that line -  it could have been the 
line below with the property value in it.  Whichever it was, it wasn't on a 
headline.)


When I removed the tag and reloaded the file, the column commands all worked 
fine.


I'm assuming that was the cause, but I was surprised though since there had 
been no error message.


Gez

- Original Message - 
From: Giovanni Ridolfi giovanni.rido...@yahoo.it

To: Gez regis...@geekanddiva.com
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Cannot insert column - wrong type argument



Gez regis...@geekanddiva.com writes:

Hi, Gez,


I'm having problems configuring


what do you intend with configuring?


the column view in
a particular file  - I can't insert/add a column.

`S-M-right'
Insert a new column, to the left of the current column.

I cannot reproduce:
Org version 7.01trans , commit 9ec705cb57b77595dd9aeb17f9168fb1db9ac908.


Sample file:
---
-*- mode: org; -*-
* [2010-09-29 mer] column view
:PROPERTIES:
:COLUMNS: %25ITEM(Number)
:END:
** one
:PROPERTIES:
:Value: 100
:Age: 11
:END:
** two
:PROPERTIES:
:Value: 200
:Age: 22
:END:
-

1.  C-c C-x C-c  shows the column view with the Number column
2.  M-S-right  asks for the property of the new column
2.1write Age (without  )
3.  You'll have a two columns column view

Giovanni

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[Orgmode] Cannot insert column - wrong type argument

[Gez]

I'm having problems configuring the column view in a particular file  - I can't 
insert/add a column.  

I can navigate around it, and S-M-left works fine, but S-M-right brings up 
the message Wrong type argument: integer-or-marker-p, nil

In a newly created test file S-M-right worked fine - prompts for a property. 
I don't know if it's relevant but in the problematic file, when I use C-c C-x 
C-c to create the column view, no #+COLUMNS line appears.

Any ideas how to troubleshoot it?

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[Orgmode] compiling org without make

[Gez]

I'm a beginner on windows  and I'm prepared to learn slowly and steadily, but 
I'm having trouble getting started.  I have GNU Emacs 23.2.1 and I'd like to 
get the latest version of orgmode (my version has no org-capture).  I see from 
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.php#compiling-org-without-make that this 
problem has been addressed, but I'm still not clear on what to do... 

1. How I find out which version of orgmode I have? I'm assuming from 
http://orgmode.org/ that it's 6.21b, but is there a way of confirming this?

2. Do I need to compile at all?  At least in order to get started learning and 
using it?

3. Whether or not I compile, how do I install the downloaded org-mode files?  
Should I just copy them into \emacs-23.2\lisp\org (where my org lisp files are 
now) and let them overwrite where necessary?

3. In the example path in the function on 
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.php#compiling-org-without-make, the 
org-lisp-directory is under .emacs.d but my org files are under 
\emacs-23.2\lisp\org - does this matter?  

4. Assuming the path is ok as it is, how do I enter the path into the function 
- do I write the whole path - e.g.  Q:\progs\emacs-23.2\lisp\org ?

5. What option should I choose for org-compile-sources in the function? (I 
don't know what it means.)

6. Finally, how do I use this function?  Do I write it to my .emacs and then 
call it?  What is the command?

Sorry for all the questions.  I hope I've been clear.

Gez

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Re: [Orgmode] compiling org without make

[Gez]

I got it working, thanks to an offlist message from Don - copied with 
permission below...

Gez


- Original Message - 
From: Dan Davison davi...@stats.ox.ac.uk
To: Gez regis...@geekanddiva.com
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: compiling org without make


 Hi Gez,

 It is possible to use the latest version of Org mode very easily,
 without compiling or installing to system folders. I just posted example
 instructions in another thread; the link to that thread is

 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/30973

 With this method, the info files in emacs will be out-of-date. Full
 installation is covered in section 1.2 of the manual:

 http://orgmode.org/manual/Installation.html#Installation

 But here are the instructions I posted:

 1. Download the latest version
   .zip and .tar.gz version are kept at
   http://orgmode.org/org-latest.zip
   http://orgmode.org/org-latest.tar.gz

 2. Extract the archived files
   This will create a folder called org-mode. Let's say that the
   location of this folder is ~/path/to/org-mode (for Windows see
   footnote [1])

 3. Add the following lines to your .emacs file (note that we're pointing
   to the lisp folder *within* the main org-mode folder):

   (setq load-path (cons ~/path/to/org-mode/lisp load-path)
   (require 'org-install)

 That's it. However, this will not install the latest info files, so
 these will be out of date (corresponding to whatever version of Org
 shipped with your emacs). See  for instructions on installing the
 info files.

 Now, Emacs should load whatever version of Org-mode you put at
 ~/path/to/org-mode. So to update Org in the future, simply delete that
 folder and replace it with a new one (steps 1 and 2 above).

 Footnotes:

 [1] On Windows, this path might look something like
 C:\\path\to\org-mode

 Dan



 Gez regis...@geekanddiva.com writes:

 I'm a beginner on windows  and I'm prepared to learn slowly and steadily, 
 but I'm having trouble getting started.  I have GNU Emacs 23.2.1 and I'd 
 like to get the latest version of orgmode (my version has no 
 org-capture).  I see from 
 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.php#compiling-org-without-make that 
 this problem has been addressed, but I'm still not clear on what to do...

 1. How I find out which version of orgmode I have? I'm assuming from 
 http://orgmode.org/ that it's 6.21b, but is there a way of confirming 
 this?

 M-x org-version


 2. Do I need to compile at all?  At least in order to get started 
 learning and using it?

 No, it is not necessary to compile. Some experienced Org users do not
 compile at all, because they upgrade very often and don't want to risk
 accidentally forgetting to recompile.

 3. Whether or not I compile, how do I install the downloaded org-mode 
 files?  Should I just copy them into \emacs-23.2\lisp\org (where my org 
 lisp files are now) and let them overwrite where necessary?

 3. In the example path in the function on 
 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.php#compiling-org-without-make, the 
 org-lisp-directory is under .emacs.d but my org files are under 
 \emacs-23.2\lisp\org - does this matter?

 4. Assuming the path is ok as it is, how do I enter the path into the 
 function - do I write the whole path - e.g.  Q:\progs\emacs-23.2\lisp\org 
 ?

 5. What option should I choose for org-compile-sources in the function? 
 (I don't know what it means.)

 6. Finally, how do I use this function?  Do I write it to my .emacs and 
 then call it?  What is the command?

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