Re: [O] Agenda optimization (new worg page and new defaults)

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Bastien,

I think this is the right decision, thanks.  And thanks for the nice 
documentation!  Tis might deserve a spot in the manual, in the final 
chapter.....

Cheers

- Carsten

On 6 mrt. 2013, at 10:45, Bastien <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I wrote a worg page with some advice on how to speed up agenda
> commands:
> 
>  http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html
> 
> I also reverted the change for two variables:
> 
>  org-agenda-inhibit-startup
>  org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks
> 
> Those used to be respectively nil and t, and while working on
> agenda speedup, I changed them to t and nil.  But the reasoning
> behind this was weak.  Users who need to speed up their agenda
> commands are most probably long-time users and they will be able
> to stumble on the variables and/or on the worg page.
> 
> New users expect the agenda to keep agenda files folded when
> running an agenda command, and to dim blocked tasks by default.
> 
> So -- this is now the case:
> 
>  http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=c00a43
> 
> (Note that it's by the same reasoning that
> `org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance' is set to (todo search timeline
> agenda) instead of nil, which would speed up most agendas.)
> 
> Sorry for the instability here in master.
> 
> I also set `org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations' to nil by
> default, because it would surprise many users if they suddenly
> see new values in their clocktables.
> 
> Thanks to Tassilo Horn and John Wiegley who let me rethink
> about all these defaults!
> 
> -- 
> Bastien
> 
>