[Orgmode] Novice questions about using git for personal data files
I followed the steps outlined in the worg tutorial about using git to keep track of changes to one's own org data tree. I still don't understand: how does one go about recovering an earlier version of a file that has been corrupted? Is there a good tutorial on this aspect of using git? I really like this idea, especially since I have several times bodged an org-mode file by foolishly doing this: C-x C-T * and making other importune mistakes. Thank you, -- Alan It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. -- Bertrand Russell ___ 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
[Orgmode] Novice here: agenda related questions
Hi all, First I would like to thank all those involved in this project for producing such a deep and well thought of piece of software. And ya, it is free.. :) I am involved in several projects at a time and org-mode has provided me a very functional means to keep track on them. I have gone through the manual at random and read several tutorials which many users have kindly contributed. I have certain questions, the answers to which I couldn't find easily: 1. How to change colour of the TODO states? (the word TODO/DONE etc in particular and that of whole line in the agenda view?) 2. Since I have a number of TODO action items in several projects, I would like to display only top two of them for each project at a time in an agenda. Is it somehow possible using some particular custom agenda view? Thanks a lot for reading. I am big fan, already! Regards, Saurabh. ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] Novice here: agenda related questions
Saurabh Agrawal mailsaur...@gmail.com writes: 1. How to change colour of the TODO states? (the word TODO/DONE etc in particular and that of whole line in the agenda view?) To change the color of TODO states, you can use the variable org-todo-keyword-faces. Here's an example from my own settings: --8---cut here---start-8--- (setq org-todo-keyword-faces '( (TODO . (:foreground firebrick2 :weight bold)) (WAITING . (:foreground olivedrab :weight bold)) (BORROWED . (:foreground olivedrab :weight bold)) (ORDERED . (:foreground olivedrab :weight bold)) (LATER . (:foreground sienna :weight bold)) (PROJECT . (:foreground steelblue :weight bold)) (DONE . (:foreground forestgreen :weight bold)) (RETURNED . (:foreground forestgreen :weight bold)) (RECEIVED . (:foreground forestgreen :weight bold)) (RESOLVED . (:foreground forestgreen :weight bold)) (MAYBE . (:foreground dimgrey :weight bold)) (CANCELED . (:foreground dimgrey :weight bold)) )) --8---cut here---end---8--- 2. Since I have a number of TODO action items in several projects, I would like to display only top two of them for each project at a time in an agenda. Is it somehow possible using some particular custom agenda view? To customize a line in the agenda, simply type M-x customize-face on that line and emacs should take you to the correct customization buffer. Or you can add lines such as the following to your .emacs file: --8---cut here---start-8--- (set-face-foreground 'org-warning firebrick2) (set-face-foreground 'org-todo firebrick2) (set-face-foreground 'org-done forestgreen) (set-face-foreground 'org-scheduled-today limegreen) --8---cut here---end---8--- Hope this helps, Matt ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] Novice questions about using git for personal data files
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Alan E. Davis wrote: I followed the steps outlined in the worg tutorial about using git to keep track of changes to one's own org data tree. I still don't understand: how does one go about recovering an earlier version of a file that has been corrupted? Is there a good tutorial on this aspect of using git? I am not aware of any tutorial on this but may following should help. 1. Do a git log in the repo to see what commits you have made 2. Decide from which commit you want to revive the file (most likely it would be the top most one.) 3. Note down the SHA1 for this commit (first eight or so characters should suffice.) 4. Following should get you the file: $ git checkout SHA1 file to checkout 5. You may need to add and commit the file back again to your git repo. Frequent commits is a good idea but it's a burden so you might want to create a small shell-script to commit periodically (hourly or so maybe) for you. Do let us know how it goes. HTH -- Manish ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] Novice here: agenda related questions
Hi Matt 1. Your first suggestion is spot on. Thanks. 2. Since I have a number of TODO action items in several projects, I would like to display only top two of them for each project at a time in an agenda. Is it somehow possible using some particular custom agenda view? In my second question, what I wanted to ask was is there some setting, where I can set number of TODOs to display for a particular CATEGORY? or something like that? To customize a line in the agenda, simply type M-x customize-face on that line and emacs should take you to the correct customization buffer. Or you can add lines such as the following to your .emacs file: --8---cut here---start-8--- (set-face-foreground 'org-warning firebrick2) (set-face-foreground 'org-todo firebrick2) (set-face-foreground 'org-done forestgreen) (set-face-foreground 'org-scheduled-today limegreen) --8---cut here---end---8--- Changing face setting for say org-todo is working in the original org file, but not in agenda and I wanted to change colours in the agenda really, as that is what in front of me at all times and not the original org file. I couldn't find any face for org-agenda specifically. Thanks again! Saurabh. ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] Novice here: agenda related questions
Hi Saurabh, Saurabh Agrawal mailsaur...@gmail.com writes: Hi Matt 1. Your first suggestion is spot on. Thanks. 2. Since I have a number of TODO action items in several projects, I would like to display only top two of them for each project at a time in an agenda. Is it somehow possible using some particular custom agenda view? In my second question, what I wanted to ask was is there some setting, where I can set number of TODOs to display for a particular CATEGORY? or something like that? Sorry, I missed your second question when I replied to the email. I handle this scenario by hand -- i.e., I only mark one or two next actions as active TODOS per project and then switch the following actions to TODO by hand once the first next actions are completed. (But you could also mark the first one or two TODOs of a project with the tag :NEXT: and then use a secondary query to limit your agenda only to items tagged :NEXT:) org-stuck-projects really helps here to determine which projects don't have a next action. If you want to automate cascading next actions, there is org-depend.el in the contrib directory of the org distribution that can do what you're looking for -- i.e., change the state of the next item in a subtree once the previous item is marked done. Here's a quote from the file: , | ;; | ;; Triggering | ;; -- | ;; | ;; 1) If an entry contains a TRIGGER property that contains the string | ;;chain-siblings(KEYWORD), then switching that entry to DONE does | ;;do the following: | ;;- The sibling following this entry switched to todo-state KEYWORD. | ;;- The sibling also gets a TRIGGER property chain-sibling(KEYWORD), | ;; property, to make sure that, when *it* is DONE, the chain will | ;; continue. | ;; | ;; 2) If the TRIGGER property contains any other words like | ;;XYZ(KEYWORD), these are treated as entry id's with keywords. That | ;;means, Org-mode will search for an entry with the ID property XYZ | ;;and switch that entry to KEYWORD as well. ` There are also several discussions of org-depend on the mailing list. Best, Matt ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] Novice here: agenda related questions
Yup, I guess, what I want is org-depend. But I will have to really spend some time to make that work since I am quite new to org and emacs too. Thanks for the insight. And, is there any way to change colour of whole statements of different TODO states in agenda mode? Because setting face for org-todo does it in the org file, but not in agenda. Thanks Matt! Cheers, Saurabh. ___ 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
[Orgmode] org-mode and check boxes
Hi, I am new to org-mode ( I tried org-mode a year back for a few days, and now again I am trying it.) but have been a power emacs user for more than 13 years. Know enough emacs-lisp to do the normal things. I installed org-mode 6.18c on top of 22.1.1. I would like to get the display look like the screenshot at the orgmode.org main page. In particular, 1. The extra stars in the beginning should be avoided. 2. I should be able to display and manipulate checkboxes. Could someone tell me what variables I need to set for that? I know that RTFM is a good answer. I tried it, but didn't find the answer easily :) - Umesh ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] org-mode and check boxes
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Umesh Nair wrote: Hi, I am new to org-mode Welcome! ( I tried org-mode a year back for a few days, and now again I am trying it.) Org changes pretty fast. Fundamentally it's still as simple but so many usability and convenience features have been added. If you used Org briefly earlier then perhaps you may want to check out what has been added since at http://orgmode.org/Changes.html. but have been a power emacs user for more than 13 years. Know enough emacs-lisp to do the normal things. I installed org-mode 6.18c on top of 22.1.1. I would like to get the display look like the screenshot at the orgmode.org main page. In particular, The extra stars in the beginning should be avoided. http://orgmode.org/manual/Clean-view.html#Clean-view I should be able to display and manipulate checkboxes. http://orgmode.org/manual/Checkboxes.html#Checkboxes Could someone tell me what variables I need to set for that? I know that RTFM is a good answer. I tried it, but didn't find the answer easily :) I would say you did not try hard enough. :) I went to http://orgmode.org/manual/index.html and searched for stars to get the answer to the first questions, and searched for checkboxes to get the answer for the second. Org manual is really really good; do try it. Of course, you may also find the tutorials[1], FAQ[2] and Worg[3] also useful. 1. http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/index.php 2. http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php 3. http://orgmode.org/worg/ Welcome again. -- Manish ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] org-mode and check boxes
Thanks Manish. I did find the checkbox section, but it didn't work for me. I got it by a google search on emacs org-mode check boxes. I put the '[]' manually, and then tried C-c C-c to check it, but it didn't work. Will try these and let you know tomorrow. I had used planner before, and the org mode is much much better. Thanks again. - Umesh On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Manish mailtomanish.sha...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 5:46 AM, Umesh Nair wrote: Hi, I am new to org-mode Welcome! ( I tried org-mode a year back for a few days, and now again I am trying it.) [... snip...] ___ 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
[Orgmode] Re: org-mode and check boxes
Umesh Nair umesh.p.n...@gmail.com writes: I put the '[]' manually, and then tried C-c C-c to check it, but it didn't work. A space is required between the brackets: [ ] not [] Could that be the issue? (I made that very mistake when I was new to org-mode.) Dan -- -- Dan Griswold Rochester, NY -- ___ 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
Re: [Orgmode] Re: org-mode and check boxes
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:32 PM, Dan Griswold dgris...@rochester.rr.comwrote: Umesh Nair umesh.p.n...@gmail.com writes: I put the '[]' manually, and then tried C-c C-c to check it, but it didn't work. A space is required between the brackets: [ ] not [] Could that be the issue? (I made that very mistake when I was new to org-mode.) That was it. And I missed the '-' character for the list. Thanks a lot. Now everything is working. - Umesh ___ 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
[Orgmode] footnote questions
Minor questions: Is there a way to have footnotes that have more than one paragraph? For me, they are not recognized as footnotes. Also, is there a way to make footnote references work when they start in column 0? Reformatting a paragraph sometimes puts them there for me. Latest org release with (setf org-footnote-section nil). Thanks. -- For personal and corporate gain, myalgic encephalomyelitis denialists are knowingly causing massive suffering and 25-years-early death by grossly corrupting science. http://www.meactionuk.org.uk/What_Is_ME_What_Is_CFS.htm ___ 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
