Anupam Sengupta writes:
> Hello,
>
> In my custom agenda block, I wanted to distinguish between SCHEDULED and
> DEADLINE items using a small character flag. The docstring for
> `org-agenda-prefix-format' mentions %s as the one to use for the
> scheduled/deadline string (as is used in the default agenda) - however,
> this string does not seem to be working for me (orgmode 7.5).
>
> As an example of a custom agenda block:
>
> (tags-todo
> "+TODO=\"TODO\"+SCHEDULED>=\"\"+SCHEDULED<\"\"|+TODO=\"TODO\"+DEADLINE>=\"\"+DEADLINE<\"\"|+TODO=\"TODO\"+TIMESTAMP>=\"\"+TIMESTAMP<\"\""
> ((org-agenda-overriding-header "\nToday's Action
> Items\n")
>(org-agenda-prefix-format " [ ] %12:c%?-12t % s")))
>
> Note the % s in the `org-agenda-prefix-format' setting. All other
> settings are showing up fine, but the schedule information is missing in
> the display.
AFAIK, scheduling information is not included when constructing tags or
todo views.
> As an aside, %s is not exactly what I need, as I was looking for a way
> to display a single character flag (S or D for scheduled or deadline),
> but this is also fine.
You can control the display of scheduled and deadline information with
org-agenda-scheduled-leaders and org-agenda-deadline-leaders, but I
believe this only applies to the agenda view.
Best,
Matt
