another thing: it is an org consistency fr also, as in the outline c-c / does use next-match, and it would be good to have the same capability among agenda results files, not merely in a single buffer.
On 12/18/21, Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: > btw, if anybody has difficulty understanding why i mention a bug or > suggest a feature [such as why anbydoy would want it], please feel > free to say so, otherwise i don't know that that is the case. [please > go easy on me though.] > > in this case, it is an emacs consistency fr. across emacs, next-error > goes from match to match, and it seems to me [perhaps i am mistaken] > that agenda searches should be emacsy too. > > as for why it would be useful to me, so that i can get full context, > with point at the match, thus 1] getting all the matches in my hands > in the outline and 2] being able to edit immediately. > > furthermore, the next-closest thing, follow mode, puts point in wrong > window. also, 'canonical visibility is not present so i cannot see > everything [this might or might not be fixable by user]. > > also there is an accessibility issue with it. i use large fonts so 2 > windows do not show much. i use 2 windows only for very rare > completion or selecting purposes. not usable here. > > but i think it is an emacs consistency issue. i agree with the > frequently expressed idea that new features should be justified > carefully, and next-error working as in e.g. grep seems right here. > > this isn't a huge deal for me at all, but e.g. when i do agenda > searches i get really overwhelmed by the size and irrelevance > [including duplication] of my own org forest developed over years. > > next-error would help me traverse and trim it rapidly. i could > perhaps create a kb macro to emulate it, but i haven't tried yet. > then again, one could do so for grep mode etc. also. :] > > On 12/14/21, Samuel Wales <samolog...@gmail.com> wrote: >> if you search for a regexp in a single org buffer, you can do >> next-error to go to the next search. >> >> if you search in agenda, there is a mode where the match will show up >> in the ohter window. i find this inconvenient. >> >> there is no next-error to go to the next match for agenda searches. >> or am i missing this feature someplace? seems strange not to? >> >> such a thing would be consistent with c-c / / in an org buffer, >> grep-mode, occur-mode, compilation-shell-minor-mode. thanks! >> >> -- >> The Kafka Pandemic >> >> A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: >> https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com >> > > > -- > The Kafka Pandemic > > A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: > https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com > -- The Kafka Pandemic A blog about science, health, human rights, and misopathy: https://thekafkapandemic.blogspot.com
