Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes:
> db...@attentigroup.com (J. David Boyd) writes:
>
>> Nick Dokos <ndo...@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> johanna....@th-koeln.de writes:
>>>
>>>> maybe I did not search the right way in google alias startpage. But I
>>>> could not figure out how to write next to the date e.g. 2000-04-01 the
>>>> weekday, i.e. the specific day of the week. It would come very handy to
>>>> have the date displayed as 2019-05-14 Tu and 2019-05-15 We and so on. Or
>>>> even have it spelled out as 2019-05-14 Tuesday.
>>>>
>>>
>>> How do you generate that view?
>>>
>>> Doesn't your agenda view already show the day of the week? With the
>>> recommended keybinding, I get a daily agenda with C-c a a d.
>>>
>>> Mine starts like this:
>>>
>>> ,----
>>> | Day-agenda (W20):
>>> | Tuesday 14 May 2019
>>> | 8:00...... ----------------
>>> | appts: 10:00-11:30 Tools Meeting
>>> | 10:00...... ----------------
>>> | 12:00...... ----------------
>>> | 14:00...... ----------------
>>> | 16:00...... ----------------
>>> | 18:00...... ----------------
>>> | 20:00...... ----------------
>>> | work: Sched.Xx: TODO Review PR
>>> | work: Sched.2x: TODO Add issue
>>> | Weather: OpenWeatherMap: light rain, 3-8°C, 1010hpa, 90%, 3m/s
>>> `----
>>>
>>> so it definitely shows the weekday, but perhaps you are doing something
>>> different?
>>
>>
>> How do you generate *that* view? How do you have it creating sub-groups?
>> All
>> I get is a straight-forward list of days and times, with all items in chrono
>> order....
>>
>
> Not sure what you mean by "sub-groups". And I'm pretty sure I don't do
> anything special to get this. The grid is the standard grid - I
> believe that comes "free" with the default settings of
> org-agenda-time-grid and org-agenda-use-time-grid.
>
> The appts:, work: and Weather: thingies are "categories" - the first
> two come from the name of the agenda file where the item originated:
> I have a work.org file for work items and an appts.org file which contains
> just
> reminders. It actually contains a bit more: there are top-level headlines
> for Anniversaries, Weather and Appointments like this:
>
> ,----
> | * Anniversaries
> | :PROPERTIES:
> | :CATEGORY: Anniv
> | :ID: 409062f6-6cb1-467f-b192-2dfcb7b384ca
> | :END:
> | %%(org-bbdb-anniversaries)
> |
> | * Weather
> | :PROPERTIES:
> | :CATEGORY: Weather
> | :END:
> | %%(org-weather)
> |
> | * Appointments
> | ** APPT Doctor appt <some date and time>
> | ....
> `----
>
> Items in the Appoinments section don't have a defined Category
> so they are labeled with the fill name ("appts"). Anniversaries
> and Weather items have a CATEGORY property so they are labeled
> by the explicit category.
>
> I don't remember whether I do anything special to sort the items
> (e.g. why the Weather item is always last). If you are interested
> in that, I can dig a little more into my configuration.
>
> Does that answer your question?
That helps immensely, evidently I have some reading to do, so I understand
more of how to change the agenda view around.
And yes please, could/would you check your config and see if anything special
is done?
Thanks very much!
Dave in Hudson, FL
