[O] org-mode 8.3.x directly opens URL/ follows Timestamp, if Return is clicked

I recently upgraded from org-mode 8.2.x to org-mode 8.3.4 and all-in-all, it worked really great without too many side effects. Thanks to all of you who contributed and made it such a robust upgrade. :-)   However,  there is one change that is annoying for me every time I want to enter a

[O] Org-agenda-sorting: can I sort by inactive timestamps?

I'm using inactive timestamps to show the creation date of a new heading and also to show the modification dates with some short text notes about the progress in there:   Example:   * Headings Test <2016-05-30 Mo 13:18> * Heading 1 [2016-05-30 Mo 13:21] * Heading 2 [2016-05-30 Mo 13:16] *

[O] How to change agenda sorting order temporarily?

I'm working with a lot of pre-defined agendas, but I sometimes would like to change the sorting order of one of those to different criteria (by time, alphanumerically, etc.).   I did not find a way to do that in org-mode directly - did I overlook something, or do I really have to change the

[O] How to open Link in Heading in Agenda without mouse click?

Hi, Id like to create an agenda view which gives me quick access to important directories and files. So I set up an org-mode file with those hyperlinks and created an agenda which collects all headings in there. However if I try to use it, I did not find a way to open the hyperlinks in the

[O] Include other sources (zotero, database) in org-mode search?

I'm currently building a large knowledge database with my org-mode notes. However there are other sources of knowledge like - my colleciton of Freeplane mindmaps (xml files) - my zotero Library Is it possible to let org-mode also index and search such sources so that I can search within all

Re: [O] Problems with Hyperlinks containing backslashes

w32-shell-execute(open servernamedir1dir2) eval((w32-shell-execute open file)) It seems that Emacs automatically replaces each backslash with a double backslash. How can I change that so that it is working? IIRC it is fixed in development branch of Org. You may want to use it or wait for

[O] How to create agenda which ignores headings with deadline/scheduled dates older than 3 months

Hi, how can I set up an agenda view in org-mode which does NOT show old entries which contain scheduled or deadline dates older than 3 months? I did not find an option for that - maybe Ive overlooked it? Kind regards Martin

Re: [O] Problems with org-export: byte-code: Invalid function: 0

Nick Dokos ndokos at gmail.com writes: This shows a problem evaluating a babel #+call or an inline source block somewhere between positions 1 and 3532 in the buffer. I suspect those call_skype thingies in your text are misinterpreted as babel calls somehow. The thing is that

Re: [O] Problems with org-export: byte-code: Invalid function: 0

Nick Dokos ndokos at gmail.com writes: Martin Beck Elwood151 at web.de writes: I tracked it down to this paragraph which seems to cause the problem: _ Connect at AIIM is a news communication provided by AIIM. 2014 AIIM - The Global Community of Information Professionals 1100

[O] Problems with org-export: byte-code: Invalid function: 0

Im doing my first steps trying to publish my org-mode content to HTML and it seems that there is something that causes problems with publishing. I tracked it down to this paragraph which seems to cause the problem: _ Connect at AIIM is a news communication provided by AIIM. 2014 AIIM

Re: [O] Launching Emacs org-mode commands from Windows 7 command line?

Andy Moreton andrewjmoreton at gmail.com writes: I tried like that: emacsclient --eval '(org-search-view nil search string)' but with no success. In the command line I get the error message: *ERROR*: End of file during parsing cmd.exe has strange quoting rules. Does this work for you

[O] Launching Emacs org-mode commands from Windows 7 command line?

I want to use a shell command in Windows 7 command prompt (cmd.exe) to create a search agenda view in Emacs org-mode (in the active frame). I tried like that: emacsclient --eval (org-search-view nil search string) but with no success. In the command line I get the error message: *ERROR*:

[O] Export org-mode buffer to dynamic html document (collapse/expand details)

Hi, Im sorry, if this might be obvious, but I dont have much experience with org-mode export up to now and I urgently need to export much information from my notes and task lists in org-mode in a way that my colleagues (no experience with Emacs / org-mode at all) can use it during my absence.

Re: [O] How to list inactive timestamps and logged items together in agenda?

Samuel Wales samologist at gmail.com writes: i have these notes in my .emacs-alike: (setq org-agenda-include-inactive-timestamps t) (setq org-agenda-start-with-log-mode t) i also find that it really helps to have inactive lines be their own font instead of the default font. I use the

[O] How to filter agenda for Word1 OR Word2?

I have a search result (created by a search agenda C-C a s) and I want to narrow it down further with additional criteria. I tried to use the = key for Narrow to entries matching regexp, but I did not find out how to combine several terms in here. As long as I only enter one word, it works.

[O] How to deactivate key binding ! for org-agenda-toggle-deadlines?

Hi, Id like to deactivate the key binding ! (which is bound to org-agenda-toggle-deadlines) in agendas, as I often hit it accidentally and then my deadlines have suddenly disappeared. Where is it defined and how can I deactivate it? Thanks a lot and sorry for the (I assume) trivial

Re: [O] Alternative to arrow keys (more ergonomic)?

Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo jorge.a.alfaro at gmail.com writes: I have the (totally useless) CapsLock key of my keyboard remapped to Hyper, which allows me to use an extra modifier for emacs commands. Hi Jorge, thanks a lot for your suggestion - for me, that CapsLock key is useless too, so it's

Re: [O] Alternative to arrow keys (more ergonomic)?

Martin Beck elwood151 at web.de writes: Sorry, if it may be obvious, but how do I remap CapsLock to H (Hyper)? Kind regards Martin p.s. I tried ;; remap CapsLock Key to Hyper Key ;;source: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_hyper_super_keys.html , http://emacs-fu.blogspot.de/2008/12

[O] Lots of sticky search agendas clutter buffer list

I like the sticky agenda feature very much, so Ive activated sticky agendas in general. Thats useful, as I have several filtered and sorted views of my projects and tasks which I do use quite often during the day and want to have open permanently. However, when I do a search by tag, keyword,

Re: [O] Scroll agenda to a certain line after refresh or creation?

Bastien bzg at gnu.org writes: You can bind a key to this command: (lambda () (interactive) (goto-char (text-property-any (point-min) (point-max) 'face 'org-agenda-current-time))) How can I apply a special face to this line to make it better visible (but

[O] Alternative to arrow keys (more ergonomic)?

Im using Shift+RightArrow and Shift+LeftArrow quite often to change the scheduled or deadline dates of a task in my agenda view. As I have a normal large keyboard (where the arrow keys are between the alphanumeric block and the numeric keypad like here:

[O] How to list inactive timestamps and logged items together in agenda?

I want to create an agenda view which lets me list all items, Ive been working on in a certain time interval in chronological order. I have created an agenda which does that by listing all headings with inactice timestamps like that: (ip past 7d +3d agenda ((org-agenda-overriding-header

[O] Scroll agenda to a certain line after refresh or creation?

Hi, I have an agenda view which lists all my activities during the last days to easily find them for adding info or continue working on them. It is defined as a custom agenda command like that: (ip past 7d +3d agenda ((org-agenda-overriding-header Activities during last 7 days)

[O] Can I create an agenda sorted manually keeping its order at refresh?

Id like to create an agenda view which is sorted manually so that I can put the things on the agenda in the order like I want to act on them and preserve this order even if the agenda is rebuilt or closed and created again. Is that possible already? At the moment I think there is always a

[O] Can org-mode 8 be used together with ergoemacs?

I recently stumbled upon ergoemacs (http://ergoemacs.org/ ) and as Im quite new to emacss, it would not be too late (I suppose) to re-learn the keystrokes. As I am typing a lot, Im concerned about RSI and I wonder: does it make sense to use ergoemacs? Are there any problems when using

Re: [O] (OT) How to follow a mailing list with very high activity (like this one here)?

M Elwood151 at web.de writes: This is off-topic, but I hope that someone can give me some good advice: During the last years, I'be become a real org-mode fan and I want to stay current and be active in the great org-mode community. I've subscribed to the orgmode mailinglist about 1,5

[O] Assign clocking gaps to tasks in clockcheck view?

Im using org-mode 8.2. Im trying to use clocking all the time during my working day to know later, what I used my time for. Unfortunately, I often forget clocking in and therefore have clocking gaps in my files. I can visualize them with the vc command in the agenda view, but now I have to

Re: [O] FW: How to load .el file during startup and execute its commands (Win7/org8)

Jambunathan K kjambunathan at gmail.com writes: M Elwood151 at web.de writes: have to load my settings file manually (open, eval-buffer, close) at each startup... By hand, do M-x load-file RET path-to-file RET Now after you have done this, do M-x list-command-history RET

Re: [O] FW: How to load .el file during startup and execute its commands (Win7/org8)

Bastien bzg at gnu.org writes: (load org) Replace this with (require 'org) And make sure (1) you have been running ~$ make (or ~$ make autoloads) in your Org directory. Hi Bastien, thanks a lot, I'll also change this, however the 2 real sources of the problem seemed to be the

Re: [O] How to load .el file during startup and execute its commands (Win7/org8)

elwood151 at web.de writes: I'm trying to use a custom setup for `org-mode 8.2` on `Windows 7`, but it does not work as expected. Sorry for pushing that, but is very annoying to have to load the file manually at each startup. Could anyone tell me if I'm doing something wrong here? My

[O] Can I use an already defined agenda view in another agenda command?

Is there a way to first create an agenda command with basic settings and then reuse and extend those settings in another agenda? Example: first create a weekly agenda overview-10d, which can be invoked e. g. with C-c a a, that shows all deadlines for the next 10 days then create another agenda

[O] How to bind opening a custom agenda to a single key?

Hi, Im sorry, if this is obvious, but I did not find a solution in the manual or in the internet: At the moment, I have to type C-c a h to open my main agenda, which I do quite often a day. I want to simplify that keystroke and bind it to a function key, e.g. F12. What works for me is

[O] File mode specification error: (error :END: line missing at position 63362)

Hi, after startup of emacs I get an error message in my *Messages* Buffer, saying File mode specification error: (error :END: line missing at position 63362) I had this several times already and it seems that in one of my org-mode buffers, I have messed up somethign and accidently deleted

[O] Show timegrid even if empty?

in a block agenda view, I also want to incorporate the time grid to see the appointments of a day. I tried with this code: (agenda ((org-agenda-overriding-header Calendar) (org-agenda-span (quote day)) (org-agenda-entry-types (quote (:timestamp))) (org-agenda-time-grid (quote (t) But

[O] How to include past deadlines and scheduled TODOs in an Agenda?

In a block agenda, I want to list all todos with a deadline up to the current day. I tried this block, but it only gives those that are due today, not before today: (agenda ((org-agenda-overriding-header Critical Now) (org-agenda-entry-types (quote (:deadline :deadline*)))

Re: [O] Recent items Agenda view?

Eric S Fraga e.fraga at ucl.ac.uk writes: Martin Beck elwood151 at web.de writes: Hi, I'm often having the problem that I want to quickly attach an information to an item I've created or I've been working on during the last days and then have to invoke a keyword search. How

Re: [O] (no subject)

Samuel Wales samologist at gmail.com writes: (setq org-agenda-inactive-leader Inactive: ) (setq org-agenda-include-inactive-timestamps t) Custom command: (ip past 7d ;; faster than tags agenda ((org-agenda-start-day -7d)

[O] Recent items Agenda view?

Hi, I'm often having the problem that I want to quickly attach an information to an item I've created or I've been working on during the last days and then have to invoke a keyword search. How could I create an agenda with a list of headlines which have any timestamp in the last 7 days (as they

[O] How to install recent documentation of org 8.2?

I tried to get a recent documentation in my org-mode: I'm using Aquamacs 2.5 on MacOS X, which seems to have org-mode 6.33 onboard. I tried to load the recent documentation with a link to the doc directory in my org-mode 8.2 (expanded contents from git repository) in my .emacs. (add-to-list

[O] Problem with special characters in dired and attachment paths

Im having problems with special characters like in dired mode and in attachment paths: 1) When Im trying to access a directory with M-x dired, the displayed path contains strange characters like e.g. 374 for or 366 for . Same is true for directory and file listings displayed by dired. Is

Re: [O] How to analyze clocking reports (e. g. with spreadsheet application)?

Gesendet:Sonntag, 28. April 2013 um 01:27 Uhr Von:Richard Lawrence richard.lawre...@berkeley.edu An:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Betreff:Re: [O] How to analyze clocking reports (e. g. with spreadsheet application)? Hi Martin, Martin elwood...@web.de writes: Im using the org-mode clocking features

[O] Shortcuts for setting or changing the warning period -3d in DEADLINE timestamps?

I often use individual warning periods for defining how many days before the DEADLINE the task will show up in my agenda like DEADLINE: 2013-02-27 Wed -3d However, it seems not to be possible to enter this warning period directly when defining a date with the calendar e. g. by C-C C-D. Is there

Re: [O] Shortcuts for setting or changing the warning period

Bastien bzg at altern.org writes: IMHO it would also be helpful to have a shortcut to directly modify the warning period of an item with a timestamp in the agenda. (like it is possible with Shift+Left/Right Arrow to modify the date day by day). C-c C-d RET C-u C-u C-c C-d s-right

Re: [O] (no subject) How to sort agenda by timestamps (scheduled/deadline)?

Bernt Hansen bernt at norang.ca writes: I tried to create a block agenda with several blocks based on the (agenda )command, but then I also have the time grid several times.. You should be able to turn the grid off. Hi Bernt, thanks a lot for your answers (also the other one:

Re: [O] (no subject) How to sort agenda by timestamps (scheduled/deadline)?

Bernt Hansen bernt at norang.ca writes: Ho could I insert this additional column in the agenda view? I can't make it work in the block agenda but as a standalone agenda does this help? --8---cut here---start-8--- (x test tags-todo

Re: [O] (no subject) How to sort agenda by timestamps (scheduled/deadline)?

Bernt Hansen bernt at norang.ca writes: But unfortunately, it does only display category, TODO-keyword and subject, but NO information about Deadline or Scheduled date. I tried to create a block agenda with several blocks based on the (agenda )command, but then I also have the time

Re: [O] (no subject) How to sort agenda by timestamps (scheduled/deadline)?

Martin Beck elwood151 at web.de writes: (sorry, I was too fast and forgot to enter a subject) I'm trying to create a custom agenda setup for my org-mode and I wonder how I can sort the agenda-items by date (Scheduled or deadline): newest first. I only found time-up / time-down

Re: [O] (no subject) How to sort agenda by timestamps (scheduled/deadline)?

Bernt Hansen bernt at norang.ca writes: Martin Beck elwood151 at web.de writes: I'm trying to create a custom agenda setup for my org-mode and I wonder how I can sort the agenda-items by date (Scheduled or deadline): newest first. I only found time-up / time-down

[O] (no subject)

Im trying to create a custom agenda setup for my org-mode and I wonder how I can sort the agenda-items by date (Scheduled or deadline): newest first.I only found time-up / time-down in the parameters, but that does not seem to do what I need.Another important point would be how to handle items

[O] Emacs org-mode timer - can it be shown in the Windows 7 taskbar?

I use Emacs org-mode for organizing my tasks and projects and also for time tracking. However, Im working a lot in other applications (mostly Microsoft Office 2007 or Firefox), so the Emacs Window is often in the background and not visible. For time tracking it would be useful to have

[O] Problem with backslash and Freemind-Export

Hello,Im trying to export org-mode files to freemind-format (.mm) and Im encoutering the following problem:After invoking the export with C-c C-e m,I get an error message Invalid use of in replacement text in the status bar,and no output file.The reason seems to be the backslash Im using in