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Re: [Orgmode] RFC: interactive tag query adjustment
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Christopher League |
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Re: [Orgmode] RFC: interactive tag query adjustment |
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Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:45:08 -0500 |
Hi again, last month I proposed an idea for interactively manipulating
the current query in a tags agenda match (C-c a m, org-tags-view).
Attached here is a patch against 5.18a that implements this idea.
It's pretty slick, if I may be so bold!
In a tags match buffer, the prompt will now say, for example:
Headlines with TAGS match: office
Press `C-u r' to enter new search string; use `/;\=' to adjust
interactively
The extra keys are / (and), ; (or), \ (not), = (clear). Any one of
them will bring up another window, much like fast tag selection. You
can press one key to select the tag or TODO keyword, and that will be
added to or removed from the query string accordingly.
So, starting with the query "office", I can hit the keys ";p/N-f" to
transform it to "office|phone-focus/NEXT", assuming my tags and TODO
keywords are assigned those keys already. Like fast tag selection, it
supports single-key (the default), multi-key (waits for RET), and
expert (no separate window) modes.
Enjoy.. comments & critiques welcome.
Chris
org-interactive-query.patch.txt
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CAVEATS:
1. Carsten, my signed papers are on their way back to FSF; I'll let
you know when I have a copy with their signature too.
2. Keys (even auto-assigned ones) can conflict between the tags and
todo-keywords; in this case, the todo takes precedence. This is
disappointing if you have a key assigned to tag "focus(f)" and
meanwhile have a "#+TYP_TODO: Fred" in some buffer. Fred will get
assigned the key "f" and make "focus" inaccessible. Same thing
happens with fast-tag-selection if include-todo is on, so it's not
unique to my patch, and maybe needs a more general solution.
3. The main function `org-agenda-query-selection' started as a copy of
`org-fast-tag-selection' and there are possibly some parts that could
be reasonably factored out of both and shared. (Mostly the code that
lays out the tag names and keys in the buffer.)
4. ...? Let me know if you find anything else strange.
On Dec 8, 2007, at 9:00 AM, Christopher League wrote:
Hi, I've been using org-mode for about a year, and recently updated
to the latest release. I was happy to discover the enhanced tag
query features ("phone|email/NEXT|SOMEDAY", etc) and started
rethinking my configuration a little.
I'd like to have an interface for interactive query adjustment. For
example, in a tags match (C-c a m, org-tags-view), I could begin
with the query "phone/NEXT" and type the keys "/h" to quickly turn
it into "phone+home/NEXT" and then ";s" to get "phone+home/NEXT|
SOMEDAY", then "=[" to clear all the tags to "/NEXT|SOMEDAY", and so
on. Then, one more keystroke to save the current query into org-
agenda-custom-commands would be icing on the cake.
I'm new to the mailing list, so maybe some functionality like this
was discussed before. Closest I found was a thread begun by John W
in October, wherein "interactive" and "query" were mentioned
together a few times... http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/3628
but I don't think it's the same idea.
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