I'm perfectly happy to do this with properties rather than
categories. But I suggested categories because that is what
agenda views are using at present in the left column.
Could we perhaps introduce a special property that is used by
org-agenda to build the left column?
>>>>> "Carsten" == Carsten Dominik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Carsten> On Sep 4, 2007, at 20:00, Bastien wrote:
Carsten>
>> "T. V. Raman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> It would be nice to have an interactive
>>> org-agenda-set-category alongside org-agenda-set-tag in
>>> the agenda buffer.
>>
>> I think it doesn't make sense to have
>> `org-agenda-set-category' until we are able to set the
>> category as a property of the headline.
>>
>> For now categories (like the archiving locations) are set
>> by looking *backward* for a line like #+CATEGORY or
>> #+ARCHIVE.
>>
>> When setting the category with `org-agenda-set-category',
>> where should such a line be inserted/modified? Just above
>> the headline? Then storing this headline won't delete the
>> #+CATEGORY line. Just under the headline? Then the
>> headline itself won't be recognized as belonging to that
>> category... See the discussion here:
>>
>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/2898
>>
>> Please anybody stops me if I'm wrong, but I guess the
>> #+ARCHIVE and #+CATEGORY instructions are slowly dying and
>> will be set as properties in the future.
Carsten>
Carsten> I have been thinking in this direction as well. The
Carsten> only problem is that properties are quite invisible
Carsten> during normal working.
Carsten>
Carsten> But I agree that the multiple #+CATEGORY things in a
Carsten> single file are complex and not very clean, so
Carsten> properties might be better.
>>
>> Then, in the new world, where such #+CONSTRUCTS are only
>> used to set *file* properties (not headlines properties),
Carsten>
Carsten> Yes, I'd like to go there, eventually.
Carsten>
>> it will be okay to set whatever property you want through
>> the column view -- and perhaps the column view itself
>> would be available in the agenda ebuffer
Carsten>
Carsten> it is!
Carsten>
Carsten>
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