[Orgmode] Re: [PATCH] only display a scheduled item if it is due today or in the past

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jun 4, 2010, at 2:51 PM, Matthew Lundin wrote:

> Hi Carsten,
>
> Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > can someone please summarize what the status of this discussion is?
> >
> > I have lost track....
>
> As I understand it, the proposed patch hides items scheduled in the
> future in the weekly agenda. E.g., if it is Monday, tasks scheduled  
> for
> Friday with a "STYLE=hidden" property would not appear under the  
> Friday
> slot in the weekly agenda.
>
> I believe this is a perfect scenario for a skip-function. I offered an
> example in this post:
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/24856/focus=25595
>
> If you do decide to apply the patch, I would request that an option be
> added to turn off the check for a STYLE=hidden property, so as to
> minimize any undesired expenses in constructing the agenda.
>
> My argument is that if a test can be accommodated by current
> configuration options (e.g., the skip-function) and is unlikely to be
> invoked by a significant number of users, it should not be
> hard-coded.

Thanks Matt.  I follow your argument.  This certainly should
be configurable, but in fact I think this can indeed easily
be done with a skip function like you showed.

And I do not understand the point of the weekly agenda.  The
whole point of the weekly agenda is to show what will be
coming up during he next dasy, so in a way hiding items that
are scheduled on those days is defeating the purpose of the
weekly agenda.

Greetings

- Carsten

> Best,
> Matt

- Carsten