[O] GNU Emacs 24.3.1 creates macro-expansion failure messages

2013-04-14 Thread Charles Cave
I am running Org-mode version 7.9.4 and recently upgraded to Gnu Emacs 24.3.1. Now when I start Emacs I get an error message which causes my Emacs to give the following message: Eager macro-expansion failure: (error "Invalid agenda key") [2 times] (lambda (x) ...) quoted with ' rather than with

Re: [O] Date tree capture regexp for headline matching has changed.

2011-05-09 Thread Charles Cave
I compared org-datetre.el from 7.4 to 7.5 and got the following diff output (edited) I can see that the regular expression has become more restricted with the addition of \\w+$" at the end. At least I know what to manually change to make orgmode work the way I want it. 105c105 (this is the

[O] Date tree capture regexp for headline matching has changed.

2011-05-09 Thread Charles Cave
I use date-trees extensively for capturing Todo list items and appointments. I noticed a change of behaviour between 7.4 and 7.5 In the date tree, I annotate the Monday date with a week number so I can see the beginning of a week at a glance. for example: *** 2011-05-09 Sunday *** 2011-05-09 Mo

[Orgmode] Solved the problem of org-capture apparently not working

2011-02-04 Thread Charles Cave
In early January I posted what I thought was a bug report with org-capture. I found that capturing to a date-tree didn't always work and in one file the capture was written to the wrong place. Well, the problem was with the data! One of my headings began with 2011. The tree looked something li

[Orgmode] Re: Bug report: filing into a date tree in year 2011 when 2010 exists in file

2011-01-03 Thread Charles Cave
> Carsten Dominik gmail.com> writes: > Strange, for me this worked without any problems this morning. I have found that the new year was created in other files but it definitely misbehaves in my taskdiary.org file. I can only assume there is a pattern of characters that fools the algorithm fo

[Orgmode] Bug report: filing into a date tree in year 2011 when 2010 exists in file

2010-12-31 Thread Charles Cave
Happy New Year! This morning I filed a note into my taskdiary file which is a date tree file. The top level headlines are: * Configuration * Calendar * 2010 When I filed a new note (date is 1st January 2011) I expected a new top level heading of * 2011 to be created but it wasn't. Instead, the

[Orgmode] Re: A python module for orgmode files

2010-12-13 Thread Charles Cave
Jonathan BISSON gmail.com> writes: > > Hi all, > > A new project : A python module for orgmode files > > https://github.com/bjonnh/PyOrgMode I wrote a Python Orgnode module at least a year ago. Have a look at this and feel free to adapt what you find of interest. My module is designed to rea

[Orgmode] Re: Dumb question

2010-12-09 Thread Charles Cave
Alawin free.fr> writes: > Is there a way to print the orgmode help docstring fully expanded ? First of all, please use the subject line of your message to give a summary of your question. And second .. don't put yourself down! Someone else may have the same question but were too shy to ask. No

[Orgmode] Re: How do I insert just a time stamp in a capture template?

2010-12-09 Thread Charles Cave
Charles Cave gmail.com> writes: > ("l" "Log Time" > entry (file+datetree "c:/charles/My Dropbox/GTD/timelog.org") > "** %U - %^{Activity} :TIME:") > How can I just include a time only in the heading? Thank you Juan for respon

[Orgmode] Here is my article on date-trees and capture mode

2010-12-09 Thread Charles Cave
Here is my article: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/datetree.html I welcome feedback so I can make the article as useful as possible. Charles ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-org

[Orgmode] How do I insert just a time stamp in a capture template?

2010-12-09 Thread Charles Cave
I use capture to log how I am spending my time. Every time I start a new task, drink a cup of coffee, have a break, arrive at work, go home, I want to quickly capture a note. I use the following template ("l" "Log Time" entry (file+datetree "c:/charles/My Dropbox/GTD/timelog.org") "**

[Orgmode] Re: Questions about org-capture templates and usage

2010-12-05 Thread Charles Cave
Alan gmail.com> writes: >1. Eventually a tutorial will surely be available. I haven't found > one. Useful tutorials for me would be > > 1. How to make general templates, and pitfalls. > 2. Advanced usages of org-capture: using functions, etc. > 3. Common errors a

[Orgmode] Re: Awesome! Date-tree from agenda!

2010-11-25 Thread Charles Cave
> > I found out you can go to a date in the agenda, and press "k c", which > > will cause any capture-template to use the date in the agenda, not today's date. I tried this and it works well. Thanks for the reminder about the "k" menu. I use the following text in my capture templates to timestam

[Orgmode] Re: Org-mode screencasts

2010-09-23 Thread Charles Cave
> Richard Moreland ncogni.to> writes: > I think it would be helpful to create a series of screencasts to > demonstrate Org-mode. Great idea! I would he happy to record a couple of screencasts based on tutorials I have written. Currently I am preparing a tutorial on date trees and capturing no

[Orgmode] Trying to write an elisp function to move subtree to end of file

2010-09-21 Thread Charles Cave
I am writing an elisp function to move the subtree (at the point/cursor) to the end of the file. The code from .elisp is shown I get an error message "Invalid function: (org-cut-subtree) (defun move-subtree-to-end () (interactive) (save-excursion ( (org-cut-subtree) (end-of-buffer) (o

[Orgmode] Re: Freemind conversion and Notes

2010-09-14 Thread Charles Cave
> org-freemind.el suggests that notes from a Freemind mindmap become > converted to org by org-freemind-to-org-mode. However, all I get is the > nodes and subnodes structure as orgmode's headings. My various notes > (including many draft sentences of the article I'm about to write, so > the most im

[Orgmode] Sacha Chua's article about org-mode and publishing a weekly review

2010-09-12 Thread Charles Cave
Here is an excellent article by Sacha Chua about her use of org-mode for managing weekly reviews. http://sachachua.com/blog/p/8375/ ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.

[Orgmode] Re: Looking for a sample function to find a location for org-capture

2010-08-12 Thread Charles Cave
> Bastien wikimedia.fr> writes: Thanks for the clarification. My original question referred to refiling when I meant capturing. Sorry about the confusion. Now I understand the purpose of the function. It should leave the cursor (point) at the location where the capture input should be written.

[Orgmode] Looking for a sample function to find a location for org-capture

2010-08-11 Thread Charles Cave
I'm exploring the many features of org-capture and I see the documentation about a function for finding the location for refiling. I would like to see some sample code on how to do this. At the moment I am using a date tree to file my TODO items and notes. (I am writing an article about this and

[Orgmode] Org-mode-version command now includes the text TAG=

2010-07-24 Thread Charles Cave
I ran the command org-mode-version to verify that the latest version of the software had been installed. The text displayed in the mini buffer was Org-mode version TAG=7.01g In previous versions, the text TAG= did not appear. Is this an enhancement or a bug? (I am converting from rememmber-mode

[Orgmode] Orgnode - a Python module for reading Org-mode files

2010-06-13 Thread Charles Cave
Last year I released a Python module for reading org-mode files and accessing their contents through a set of methods. Several people have asked me about reusing the code and the licencing of the source code. I have added an MIT licence and updated the source code on my web site. http://members

[Orgmode] Just discovered the date-tree capability of Remember

2010-06-08 Thread Charles Cave
The org-mode documentation is very thorough and describes all the features very well. But often the power of a feauture is not evident until I start experimenting. Such a feature is the date-tree option of Remember mode (section 9.1.2 Remember Templates). I have a "journal.org" file which is my

[Orgmode] Re: org-cycle-agenda-files is not cycling through all my 15 agenda files - bug?

2010-06-01 Thread Charles Cave
Livin Stephen Sharma gmail.com> writes: > how many does it iterate over? which does it skip? > is the highlighted entry intentionally included twice? Well spotted! That was the problem. I edited the .emacs file at my work place and mistakenly duplicated the file. With my home computer I added

[Orgmode] org-cycle-agenda-files is not cycling through all my 15 agenda files - bug?

2010-05-31 Thread Charles Cave
I restructured my personal productivity system from 3 files to 15 files all of which are in my agenda file list. The problem is that when I used the C-' (org-cycle-agenda-files) org-mode only cycles through 4 of the files. Needless to say, this is annoying and I have to go to the menu to call-up

[Orgmode] Adding a timestamp after refiling

2010-03-24 Thread Charles Cave
I use a task planning methodology From Mark Forster called "Autofocus" (http://www.markforster.net/autofocus-index/) Part of the workflow is rewriting a task at the end of the list of things to do - in orgmode terms - refiling a task. Would it be possible to add functionality to add a date/time s

[Orgmode] Re: How to combine the analogue (Moleskine) world with digital (org-mode) world ?

2010-01-24 Thread Charles Cave
Torsten Wagner gmail.com> writes: > Any ideas and experience would be welcome. I have a similar experience to you. I run org-mode on my office computer and home computer and synchronise the files via USB drive and Python backup script. After using an A5 sized notebook for an almost paper-b

[Orgmode] Hierarchical checkbox summary works on one machine but not another

2010-01-14 Thread Charles Cave
The following hierarchical list structure has checkbox statistics "cookies" at a top level as well as the 2nd level. I use org-mode 6.34 on Windows XP on both my home and office PCs. I am stumped that the following structure updates the cookies correctly on my work machine as follows. + Tot

[Orgmode] Re: Which version org-mode

2010-01-12 Thread Charles Cave
> How can I tell which version of Org-mode I am using? There is a built in command for this. M-x org-version RET ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/

[Orgmode] Re: A MindMap export would be awesome

2009-07-09 Thread Charles Cave
> org-mode can export to freemind with a contrib package. Take a look at > org-export-freemind-0.1.0 in the contrib/packages directory in the > org-mode source. It would be good if the Freemind exporting package would include the text of a headline in the node itself rather than a subnode. Would

[Orgmode] Updated version of my Orgnode module

2009-06-26 Thread Charles Cave
I have updated my Python module "Orgnode" which reads an org-mode file and presents the information as Orgnode objects with methods for retrieving the various pieces of information What's new: - The Priority of a Headline (A, B or C) can be retrieved with the Priority() method - Tags() returns

[Orgmode] Re: a small idea for repeating tasks

2009-06-25 Thread Charles Cave
I meant it changes it back to TODO, not REPEAT ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode

[Orgmode] Re: a small idea for repeating tasks

2009-06-25 Thread Charles Cave
Samuel Wales gmail.com> writes: > When you try to mark a repeating task done, org appears to > change it to the first item in org-todo-keywords. Many > people have "TODO" there. This appears to conflict with other uses of > that variable, as it also determines sort order and cycle order. I not

[Orgmode] Python script to generate a daily diary/journal

2009-06-25 Thread Charles Cave
I wanted to create the equivalent of a yearly diary with space for recording notes on each day. I used to use paper diaries with the week number and day number written on each page. I already have a system using Remember to record notes with date/time stamps but this script generates a file with

[Orgmode] Re: I just discovered the clone subtree command

2009-06-17 Thread Charles Cave
Nicolas Aggelidis gmail.com> writes: > Hi Charles!I have a training log that has the following headings * Training Log [2009-06-19 Fri] Change the square brackets to angle brackets then you will find the cloning works! ___ Emacs-orgmode mailin

[Orgmode] I just discovered the clone subtree command

2009-06-16 Thread Charles Cave
I am reading the Org-mode Release 6.27a manual to learn new things. and just discovered the C-c C-x c (clone subtree) command. This makes copies of a tree and inserts them as siblings. The command prompts you for the number of copies to make. The really useful feature is to update dates according

[Orgmode] A brief reference to org-mode in my presentation on Auto Focus Task Management System

2009-06-06 Thread Charles Cave
I created a presentation on the Auto Focus Task Management system and made brief reference to how I used org-mode as part of my project planning and scheduling. You can view the presentation here: http://www.slideshare.net/charles_in_oz/auto-focus-1543619 When I first learnt about this system

[Orgmode] Re: Charles Cave's .emacs

2009-03-31 Thread Charles Cave
Rustom Mody gmail.com> writes: One of the cokments was that I had not supplied mystyles.css You can download it from here: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/mystyles.css Charles ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply A

[Orgmode] Re: small function suggestion (org-examplize-region)

2009-03-17 Thread Charles Cave
Nick Dokos hp.com> writes: > My emacs (GNU Emacs 23.0.91.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.9) > of 2009-03-06 on alphaville.usa.hp.com) doesn't seem to have prefix-region - > where does it come from? I forgot that this function is in my .emacs file. I always thought it was built in to GN

[Orgmode] Re: small function suggestion (org-examplize-region)

2009-03-17 Thread Charles Cave
Eric Schulte gmail.com> writes: > > Hi, > > This function could be used to comment out a region of an org-mode file > as an example using the ': ' syntax. I just use the prefix-region command of Emacs. Esc-x prefix-region then .. : SPACE RET __

[Orgmode] Re: Announcing my Python module to read org-mode files

2009-03-16 Thread Charles Cave
Mark Elston advantest-ard.com> writes: > The only thing better would be a way to use this package to > update the nodes and then write them back out. Hm.. The changes to the package to write the node output out are... 1. A means of storing the org-mode preamble .. all the lines before

[Orgmode] Announcing my Python module to read org-mode files

2009-03-14 Thread Charles Cave
Over the last couple of months I have developed a Python module to read an org-mode file and return the nodes as a list of objects. The module is the basis of a Python/TK GUI program to display a "Word of the Day" (another article will be published about this program soon). Here is the article (

[Orgmode] Re: My Python solution to generating unique Ids in headlines

2009-03-04 Thread Charles Cave
Nick Dokos hp.com> writes: > Try > import sys > sys.stdout.write("[%d]" % val) Thanks. That works fine. > (shell-command "nextnum" t) This worked fine. > > It may be necessary to specify a complete path to the command. I diodnt need to because the .BAT file was in a directory wh

[Orgmode] My Python solution to generating unique Ids in headlines

2009-03-04 Thread Charles Cave
315] :COMPUTER: Once I have Lisp code to implement the command sequence I will have a satisfactory solution to generating the unique id when I need it. --- Charles Cave Sydney, NSW, Australia Email: charles_c...

[Orgmode] How to generate a Unique id to include a headline

2009-02-24 Thread Charles Cave
Is there a way to add a unique id into the headline assuming the existence of an external comman/script to generate the number? I would like to include a cookie at the end of a headline that would allow me to synchronise my org-mode contents with another application (Listpro on Windows and Palm OS

[Orgmode] Index page to my articles on org-mode, Remember mode, GTD and emacs

2009-02-06 Thread Charles Cave
I have published several articles on org-mode over the last few years but until now I haven't had an index page to the collection. Today I created the index page and here it is ... http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/ Charles ___ Emacs-or

[Orgmode] Article (and Python script) for reformatting agenda view for paper planner

2009-02-06 Thread Charles Cave
I have written an article about a Python script I wrote to reformat the agenda view into a compact format for printing as my daily action plan. http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/agenda_reformatting.html I am a Python novice, so I welcome feedback on the script. Charles in Sydney, A

Re: Re: [Orgmode] Re: Entering effor estimates in column view of agenda view gives wrong-type-argument stringp, nil

2009-01-17 Thread Charles Cave
, especially effort, column view and refile targets. Charles > Carsten Dominik wrote: > > > On Jan 13, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Manish Sharma wrote: > > >>>>>> "Charles" == Charles Cave writes: > > > > Charles> I recently installed 6.17c

[Orgmode] Announcing a new tutorial about org-mode, GTD using effort, column view and custom agenda commands

2009-01-16 Thread Charles Cave
kflow.html I demonstrate my use of Effort tags, column view, fast selection of TODO states, refiling and customising refile targets. I hope you find the tutorial useful, and please let me know any errors, corrections or suggestions for additional content. Thanks, Charles Cave Contents * What

[Orgmode] Article about using Emacs and org-mode for publishing text in Japanese

2009-01-15 Thread Charles Cave
Here is an article I wrote about using GNU Emacs for editing Japanese text. Originally I was writing some notes for myself then I wanted to report what I thought was a bug with org-mode export, but discovered I had forgotten to set the language code. Here is the article. Hopefully it will be o

[Orgmode] Entering effor estimates in column view of agenda view gives wrong-type-argument stringp, nil

2009-01-13 Thread Charles Cave
I recently installed 6.17c org-mode on Windows XP withg GNU Emacs. When I create an agenda view, switch on column view, then attempt to modify the effort estimate with shift-right arror keys I get an error message Wrong type argument stringp, null. I know this was working the other day but I thi

[Orgmode] Remember mode (frist time) reports wrong type argument: stringp, nil

2008-12-22 Thread Charles Cave
The first time I use Remember, after I file the note with C-c C-c I get a message: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil When I repeat C-c C-c the note is filed successfully. When I run Remember again, there is no problem. My org version: 6.15d My emacs version: 22.1.1 (GNU on Windows XP) Relevan

[Orgmode] Seeking further clarification of org-refile-targets variable

2008-12-17 Thread Charles Cave
I am having trouble understanding the help text for org-refile-targets. I don't know what a "cons cell" is and I would like to see some examples of customising the variable. For example, how can I specify headings of levels 1 and 2? I entered the value of (:level . N). in the customization prom

Re: [Orgmode] Org mode 6.06b and remember2.0 problems

2008-07-30 Thread Charles Cave
charles snyder wrote: Hi I am having problems on 2 different machines trying to integrate org mode and remember. I am running (setq org-remember-templates '(("Todo" ?t "* TODO %? %^g\n %i\n " "F:/GTD/newgtd.org " "Office") ("Journal" ?j "\n* %^{topic} %T \n%i%?\n

[Orgmode] But: Setting a property value - Spaces are not allowed in value prompt

2008-05-05 Thread Charles Cave
I am studying the Properties section of org mode (chapter 7) and ran into this problem. I am using Orgh-mode 6.02b runinng on Windows XP with GNU Emacs. I have created a test file of CDs (see listing below), then enter a new headline: *** Beethoven Fifth Symphony I enter the command C-c C-x p

[Orgmode] Displaying sunrise and sunset in my agenda view

2008-01-05 Thread Charles Cave
Following on from a recent post about displaying phases of the moon in the agenda buffer, I explored the other diary functions. I added the following two lines to my primary org-mode file. %%(diary-phases-of-moon) %%(diary-sunrise-sunset) Now the Agenda displays sunrise, sunset and phases of th

[Orgmode] New article on "Natural Project Planning with org-mode"

2008-01-05 Thread Charles Cave
Fellow org-moders I have written an article on implementng the Natural Project Planning with org-mode. This is a simplified project planning method described by David Allen in his book "Getting Things Done". I have discussed how to do Brainstorming using org-mode and some idea prompting meth

[Orgmode] Remember string prompt won't accept spaces %^{Prompt text}

2008-01-01 Thread Charles Cave
I have set up Remember with org-mode and found that the prompt directive doesn't allow spaces in the input. This is the directive (to capture Internet banking receipts) . '(("Receipt" ?r "** %^{BriefDesc} %U %^g\n%?" "~/GTD/GTD/finances.org") After I issue the command C-c r and choose

Re: [Orgmode] Solutions for making org-files portable [was: my GTD setup]

2007-12-30 Thread Charles Cave
Sven Bretfeld wrote: I would be interested what other people do to have their org-based data available when they are not in front of a computer. Do you use paper? Or a PDA with a compatible application? What else? I export data (scheduled items and tagged TODO items) to a flat file (by runni

[Orgmode] A day in the life with Org - by Sacha Chua

2007-12-23 Thread Charles Cave
Sacha Chua has written a very useful article about her use of org-mode http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/22/a-day-in-a-life-with-org/ .. complete with blocks of Lisp code Charles ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies

Re: Re: [Orgmode] Feature request - add a new heading with a lower level than current

2007-12-10 Thread Charles Cave
> Will > Or you could just do "M-return M-right" - is that really too slow for > you? Thank you! I hadn't thought of that. Entering M-right is easy because I am already holding the Meta key with my thumb so it is just a matter of continuing to hold the thumb and hitting the right arrow key.

[Orgmode] Feature request - add a new heading with a lower level than current

2007-12-10 Thread Charles Cave
org-mode has the feature of entering M-RET to insert a heding with the same level as current. I would like a command to enter a new headline at a level BELOW the current headline. The command key binding could be a modificaton to M-RET maybe adding the ctl or shift key. The reason for this funct

[Orgmode] Survey of org-mode users (correction on link)

2007-11-14 Thread Charles Cave
> Please give your feedback on org-mode by completing this short 10 > question survey http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=CetuI2wsPz_2fsg6FAzvubnA_3d_3d ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-or

[Orgmode] Survey of org-mode users

2007-11-14 Thread Charles Cave
I am running a short survey on org-mode with Carsten's approval to help understand the environments in which org-mode is used and the applications. Please give your feedback on org-mode by completing this short 10 question survey

[Orgmode] Announcing my tutorial on using dates (and times) in org-mode

2007-10-24 Thread Charles Cave
I am pleased to announce the publication of my tutorial on using date and times in org-mode. Carsten has reviewed the first draft and I have incorporated his suggestions. Please send me your comments and I will make a second edition. http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/org_dates/ Co

[Orgmode] How is C-c > and C-c < meant to be used?

2007-10-21 Thread Charles Cave
I am writing a tutorial on org-mode and dates and was exploring the C-c > and C-c < commands. I am not sure how they are meant to be used, so I am asking list members who uses these functions? It appears that C-c > opens up a calendar window which you can scroll around and select a date. En

Re: [Orgmode] depending TODOs, scheduling following TODOs automatically

2007-10-13 Thread Charles Cave
pete phillips wrote: I genuinely think that if there is a band of org-moders (hmmm we could do with a cooler collective noun I think ?) How about ORG-MONGERS? Charles ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to

[Orgmode] How I run org-agenda -csv to create data for my ListPro program

2007-09-29 Thread Charles Cave
I wanted to show how I use the org-batch-agenda-csv command to create a file to import into the ListPro program that I run on my Palm M515 handheld. ListPro is from http://www.iliumsoft.com In my .emacs file I have this helper function: (defun org-csv-agenda () (org-batch-agenda-csv "H")

Re: [Orgmode] Prompted by "How to export a Timeline?" thread.

2007-09-21 Thread Charles Cave
William Case wrote: "I want to create a print out that reflects a summary of my emacs Calendar, TODO lists and Address Book. I still work with a folded piece of paper in my hip or shirt pocket. Your idea sounds most useful but ambitious! What you described reminds me of the PocketMod prod

[Orgmode] org mode and palm handheld: how to interact

2007-09-11 Thread Charles Cave
> > Rainer Stengele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I want all scheduled/deadlined/datetimed todos/events in my org files > > appear on my Palm. > > How can I get the dated org info into Palm? > > > > Of course - a way back (Palm --> org) would even be more excellent. > I would like to do thi

[Orgmode] I need help with org-batch-agenda-csv command

2007-09-11 Thread Charles Cave
I am running org-mode 5.08 on Windows XP using GNU Emacs 22 I want to use the org-batch-agenda-csv command but when I run it, I get no output. I ran the command again with -debug-init but no difference in output. >"D:\program files\emacs22\emacs-22.1\bin\emacs.exe" -batch -l ~/.emacs -eval '(

Re: [Orgmode] Example .org-files at the web

2007-08-29 Thread Charles Cave
Daniel, I wrote a tutorial in org mode: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/orgmode.org which was converted into HTML: http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/orgmode.html org-mode is great for writing articles. As well as HTML export, the same file can be used to create a LaT

Re: [Orgmode] feature request: (more) in agenda?

2007-08-05 Thread Charles Cave
Why don't you just switch on the follow mode in the agenda buffer (enter the 'f' command in agenda window). Look at the top window and see if the item has three dots following the headline? Charles > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello! > > Sometimes I write some comments after a todo entry li

[Orgmode] Checkbox bug when tree is collapsed

2007-07-29 Thread Charles Cave
--- Charles Cave Email: charles_cave AT optusnet DOT com DOT au --- ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode

[Orgmode] org-export to Palm Markup Language (PML)

2007-07-28 Thread Charles Cave
Bastien, Well done with org-export-as-latex ! I installed it on GNU Emacs 22.1.1 on Windows XP and it works very well. I am working on a Perl script to convert org-mode to Palm Markup Language to make ebooks for my Palm m515 and the ereader program. It seems that it wouldn't be hard to adapt or

[Orgmode] org-mode to LaTeX export

2007-07-18 Thread Charles Cave
Lisp to write a similar program. Who is doing the work on LaTeX export? What features will you support? How configurable will it be? Many thanks Charles P.S. I am working on an update to my org-mode and GTD article. --- Charles Cave Sydney, NSW, Australia

Re: [Orgmode] Does org-mode work less under Windows?

2007-06-16 Thread Charles Cave
Hello Cecil, I run Org Mode version 4.77 on Emacs 22.1.1 on Windows XP Service Pack 2 Is that GNU Emacs or Xemacs you are using? As far as I can see, everything works very well. Hidestars definitely works. The beginning of my files look like: #+STARTUP: overview #+STARTUP: hidestars Perhaps y

[Orgmode] Re: Release: Org-mode 4.77 .. problems with reference card

2007-06-07 Thread Charles Cave
Carsten, The quick reference guide has a problem with truncation of the left margin. When I print the A4 version, the left 2 centimeters of test is truncated. Previous versions of the reference card are fine, so something is broken! > > Hi, I am releasing org-mode 4.77, at > > > > http://www.astr

[Orgmode] Specifying style sheets for HTML Export. ... error in documentation

2006-12-08 Thread Charles Cave
On the bottom of page 61 of the Org Mode 4.57 manual there is an example of including a style sheet for HTML export. Each of the lines is prefixed with # but I found it is necessary to remove these for the style sheet to work. The documentation needs to be corrected! My style sheet section looks

[Orgmode] How to set a set of headlines (at the same level)

2006-11-15 Thread Charles Cave
I would like to see a feature to sort the set of branches into alphabetical order. At the moment I have to manually move the subtrees up and done. Here is an example: Before sorting * New words ** bird A bird can fly *** sub topic blah blah ** fred A Fred is a frog ** cat A cat is an animal **

[Fwd: Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.]

2006-10-03 Thread Charles Cave
e one project hierarchy. Charles > From: Pete Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Charles" == Charles Cave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Charles> Your observations are correct. I was pushing the use of Charles> org-mode tags to cater for identifying contexts for

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-10-01 Thread Charles Cave
Alex Bochannek wrote: Charles unintentionally gave a great example of what I have discovered bothers me a bit about the different lists in GTD: The items tagged PHONE, ERRANDS, OFFICE are pretty much obvious, [as contexts for lists] although the "Server Install" should probably be on a PRO

Re: [Orgmode] Another GTD question.

2006-09-27 Thread Charles Cave
Hi Alex, > I am currently using a system that isn't that different from it, but I am trying to figure out the "best" way to use Org-mode for GTD. I don't think there is any "best" way to use GTD system or org-mode for that matter. One of the core principles of GTD is creating lists of next ac

Re: [Orgmode] Re: [Emacs-orgmode] An article/tutorial I wrote abou org-mode and implementing GTD

2006-09-05 Thread Charles Cave
Ni hao Xiao-Yong, > It's a very nice introduction to both emacs org-mode and GTD. I would > like to see an easier implementation for your Portable Next Action > lists using the check box feature in the org-mode. Thank you for your kind comments about my article. My use of org-mode for implement

[Emacs-orgmode] An article/tutorial I wrote abou org-mode and implementing GTD

2006-09-02 Thread Charles Cave
ee this article at http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/GTD/orgmode.org Comments and feedback welcome. Charles Cave Sydney, NSW, Australia ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode

Re: [Emacs-orgmode] Org mode as contact DB/Log ?

2006-08-27 Thread Charles Cave
Xavier, I have no idea what a BBDB file is but I do use org-mode to manage my contacts. Each contact is a heading then I keep information with one data field per line identified with a letter. This is useful for generating compact printouts for my planner folder. A: Address H: Home phone numbe

Re: Re: [Emacs-orgmode] GTD, Projects, and Next Actions in org-mode

2006-08-07 Thread Charles Cave
Jason, I use org-mode for my GTD-implementation and I am in the process of writing a tutorial on using org-mode for GTD. I was thinking how to solve the same problem of creating a project list. An important use of a project list is a checklist during the weekly review to ensure there is a Next

[Emacs-orgmode] Creating CD contents listings in org mode

2006-05-22 Thread Charles Cave
I used to use Treepad on Windows (www.treepad.com) and wrote a Perl module to read and write Treepad Files. These were plain text but had extra information to define each node in the tree. Now I use ORG mode for my outlining requirements. Today I adapted a program to create a listing of the con