On 29.3.2011, at 19:38, Mark S wrote: > Hello Carsten et al, > > > --- On Mon, 3/28/11, Carsten Dominik <carsten.domi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > The ideal solution would be that the Timeline view >> > would process dates exactly like the agenda, >> including >> > multiple-files, but display them like the traditional >> > timeline, with ranges of dates omitted. >> This is already possible, by binding the variable >> org-agenda-show-all-dates to nil around the call to make >> the agenda (for examples using the options section of a >> custom agenda command). So the only missing piece >> for >> your preferred solution is the determination of starting >> dates and end date in a useful and automatic >> way. Maybe >> I can take a look some time this week and see ifthere is a simple way to >> replace the time line with >> something better. > > > Maybe I spoke too soon. I tried the org-agenda-show-all-dates == nil. > Although it worked, without the warning about the month-long gaps it was a > bit hard to navigate. It was easier to navigate a full year of complete > agenda weeks. Its a shame I'm the only one to have noticed how handy the (L) > Timeline feature is ;-) Its output was (is) nice and clean. It was the first > thing I tried when I was looking to set up an appointment several months down > the road. I suppose I could do my own "recurrences" by hand.
Can you be more specific on what is so handy about the timeline format, that you do not get in the agenda? Is it only the notice about the left-out days? Or other things as well? - Carsten
