We are now not merely copying a template from another item, but more abstractly
insert a checklist consisting of backlinks and a template. Update docstring and
function name to reflect that, but keep the old name of `db/org-copy-template`
as an obsolete alias.
Experimental
Backlinks are an integral part of the checklist for the item at point, so why
not include them per default?
Copying is for now done unconditionally and without any customization. If those
will turn out necessary, then they will be added later.
This is different from the previous default start date of today, as now all past
items will also be considered. Additionally, also include the start date (or
today, if not given) to be included in the result table to show all efforts
still left for that day.
Simply replacing the first and last characters of a timestampt with `[` and `]`
is not sufficient when a time range is given with a start timestamp and an end
timestamp, because then the result would be something like `[2022-09-30 Fri
08:00>--<2022-09-30 Fri 09:00]`. So let's replace all `<` with `[` and all `>`
with `]`, just to be save.
This report will list the incremental planned workload between a given time
range using a given increment. This way, one may better at finding time to
schedule new tasks coming in.
The current implementation might be slow, because it's calling a complete
parsing process for each step in the overview report. One could instead think
about calling it only once and then disecting the individual tasks for when they
are planned specifically. But before we dive in these complications, let's
frist see whether the report is worth it.
This special kind of dynamic block inserts all planned tasks between two dates
and sums up it's efforts. This could help in deciding what additional tasks to
accept or what dates to promise for completion of new tasks.
To determine whether a merge is in progress, do not check in the current
directory for .git/MERGE_HEAD, but do this in the repository directory.
When computing `base-dir`, take the whole non-directory part, not just the
basename; otherwise directories like .emacs.d will get the final `.d` get
stripped off.
This allows to see of which git repository the current working directory is part
of.
This is also included in Howard Abrams configuration, but he instead determines
the name of the current git repository by looking at `remote.origin.url`.
However, my upstream branch is not always called `origin`, and sometimes there
is no upstream repository at all. Using the name of the current directory (not
the whole path, though) instead seems to be a good compromise from my point of
view.
The project is archived and no longer available from melpa, so let's keep a
local copy with us.
It might be necessary to add an extra use-package declaration with autoload
definitions, but we'll do that when it's clear it's necessary.
This partially reverts cff8720a44, but keeps the
doc-string.
Rationale: TOPICs may contain notes which should be reviewd regularly. Those
TOPICs should also be tagged with NOTE but could (and should) in addition
contain sub-items about concrete tasks. In this case refiling to a NOTE should
be allowed.
Maybe limiting refiling to NOTE:TOPIC combinations would be more strict here,
but I think this complexity is not (yet) worth it.
Sometimes only the backlinks to the items itself might be interesting, or
backlinks to the current item and its direct parent. To allow for easy
insertion of dynamic backlink blocks in those cases as well, include a
:parent-depth parameter. The default value of nil means no limit is imposed, as
has been the case until now.
The idea is that those entries represent project notes which should not get
tasks refiled as sub-items (sub-headings to structure these notes are fine,
though, and must be added directly). To connect tasks with project notes, use
links and backlinks instead.
This helps to prevent accidental refiling of tasks under notes and loosing them
there. A drawback is that `C-u org-refile` won't list notes as visiting targets
anymore; for this, use imenu instead.
Mostly making use of pcase-*, but I am not quite sure whether the `(,foo . ,bar)
syntax really helps …
Also adjusted some comments and some formatting.
We are interested in the backlinks so we now put them first. The backlink
targets (i.e., current item or any of its parents) are now grouped after the
priority of the item containing the backlink.
This dynamic block will list all items (including their priority) that link to
the item at point or to any of its parent items. The use case for this is to
have a series of periodic appointments where certain topics should be
discussed (“jour fixe”), and where those topics can be referenced in those
appointments via backlinks. However, simple backlinks to an item on a fixed
date is not sufficient here, as there might not be enough time on that day to
discuss all items. To avoid having to manipulate all backlinks that could not
be discussed, one could simply add a reference to the parent item of all
appointments of the jour fixe series. Using the new dynamic block introduced
here, this item will be on the list of open topics until it's closed.
It does not make sense to look in non-Org buffers for backlinks of items, but
this was indeed what happend until now: the function `db/org-get-location` only
checked whether the current buffer is associated with a file, and if so uses it
for querying the user for an item to select. This does not make sense, as
`db/org-get-location` is supposed to return a mark to an Org item.
This is now fixed by `db/org-get-location` to also check whether the current
buffer is also an Org buffer. It's as simple as that.
This function is not meant for interactive use, but instead should be used in
source blocks such as
```
(db/org-backlinks-to-item-at-point)
```
This will add a table of all items linking to the current item at point, and cut
be used in item templates, for example.
Background: I tried to achive this functionality with `org-ql` directly, but
somehow failed. This function simply encapsulates the corresponding call to
`org-ql-query`, adding the ID property of item at point automatically.
When inserting links multiple times, it's annoying to have to go back to the
original place the link points to and reinsert it into the stored link list.
Using a universal argument to toggle `org-link-keep-stored-after-insertion` is
also not an option, as I keep forgetting to use it.
Instead, by default keep all links after insertion. To be able to handle the
growing list of links, we now provide a function `db/org-clear-stored-links` to
set the list of stored links to the empty list.
It happens sometimes that the clock is not active, in which case hydra tried to
replace strings in `org-clock-current-task`, then a nil value. Fixed this.
I think I just did it wrong, so let's try adding a note by calling
`org-add-note` directly. So far it's working better, but I am not quite sure
whether I really did it right this time. In any way, `org-add-note` keeps track
of all the bookkeeping for taking notes, so my code is simpler now :)
This allows both a more fine-grained and more flexible control over where
templates can be located and which templates are suppoed to be used for the item
at point. This function could also be bound to a custom key binding to make it
easier to invoke.
Instead of going upward from the end, we now just start from the beginning and
skip all drawers we may encounter. This should also allow to copy subtrees in
templates, although adjustments to the headline indentations might be necessary
if the template and point are on different levels.
Using `insert` directly makes use of character conversion and may scramble the
byte when inserting into the buffer (indeed, `insert` does not seem to insert
the byte, but the characters whose code-points is given in the string; same for
`insert-char`).
My checklist template are usually located in a separate file, and sometimes even
in more than one. Being able to copy those template to point is thus crucial.
Excluding NOTEs as refile targets also excludes them as jump targets for C-u C-c
C-w, which is bad. Better move all NOTEs out of the main task list into a
separate notes.org or something.
This reverts commit 90b6e91051.
NOTEs are meant to hold information for the project at hand, and not to collect
tasks, because NOTEs are meant to live longer than those tasks. Use dedicated
subprojects to group tasks. Task may (and probably should) refer to NOTEs for
keeping long lasting information, though.
Iterating over the current set of file names may not work when no files are
given (in which case all agenda files should be visisted). However, instead of
fixing the set of files, it should be more robust to find all referenced buffers
by iterating over the markers of the entries. In that case, even if a file is
visited by multiple buffers, we can be sure that the right buffers are referesh
before the timeline is redrawn.
When listing files, it's not relevant whether the file is readable or whether
a symbolic link points to a non-existing file. What matters is that the file
itself exists, either as a file or as a symbolic link.
This is relevant when using `git annex find` to list files matching some search
criteria.
This function is referenced in some doc string already, and could as well be
public, so let's make it so. This amounts to removing a dash from it's function
name.
This allows the same copy behavior as before (apart from newly introduced bugs,
that is), but in addition gives the possibility to copy bodies of arbitraty
items that can be choosen interactively. This might come in handy when copying
general checklists from anywhere in the main Org mode file to the current task.
This allows to insert links to items that were recently clocked into. The
selection to those items is done via `org-clock-select-task`, which itself will
display items from `org-clock-history`.
So far, only a toggle for playing and pausing was available. Providing a
shortcut for `emms-stop` makes unconditionally sure the music is stoped.
Funnily(?), this also replaces an obsolete shortcut for `emms-show`.
So far, we only considered one link in a headline and replaced it with its
description when linking to it. When there are multiple links, this will fail.
This commit changes this by iterating over all links in the headline, not only
the first one.
So far, when a link is discovered in a headline, we only keep the description of
that link. This will throw away the context of that link, which is
undesirable. So let's keep it.
When inserting links to other Org items or to the currently clocked-in item, the
complete target headline is used as a description in the newly inserted link.
When that target headline is itself a link, the newly inserted link will contain
the complete link as a description, rendering it unreadable and also
malformed (it's not allowed to have two consequtive brackets in the description
of a link). To remedy this, we now explicitly check the target headline for
being a link, and if so, only use the description of it as the description in
the newly inserted link.
When the link to another item is already present in the history of
`org-store-link`, nothing is updated. Inserting the topmost link then results
in a wrong link being inserted.
Not using `org-store-link` at all fixes this problem and also leaves the history
of `org-store-link` untouched. It also simplifies the implementation by not
relying on the complexity of `org-store-link`, but instead just only using
`org-entry-get` and `org-id-get-create`.
The `default-buffer` is apparently not optional when the current buffer is not
associated with a file. If `default-buffer` is missing and the current buffer
is not a file-buffer, e.g., a note buffer, then `org-refile-get-targets` fails.
When finding the location of an Org mode item to link to,
`org-refile-get-location` may return a point even if the target buffer is not
the default buffer. Resolving point in the default buffer thus yields a false
marker and the inserted link is wrong. To remedy this, also consider the file
name returned by `org-refile-get-location` to resolve point in the file buffer
for that file.
`org-refile-get-location` sometimes only returns a point and not a marker. In
that case, manually convert the point to a marker to ensure that calling
functions now where to go to. Additionally, ensure that
`db/org-default-org-file` is opened if not already done so, and error out if the
current buffer is not associated with a file and no default Org file exists.
We are only using the refile mechanism for convenience here, and not for actual
refiling. The refile verification function is thus not relevant here. To take
effect, we also have to ignore the cache, as it may hold precomputed targets
that have used the refile verification function in a previous run.
The macro `with-current-emms-playlist' does not set the current playlist to the
current buffer, but instead switches to it. Yes, that's reasonable, but not
what I thought it does. Since I need the reverse (make the current buffer to
temporarily be the current playlist), we simply bind `emms-playlist-buffer' to
the value returned by `current-buffer'.
While we are at it, also make info loading synchronous by binding
`emms-info-asynchronously' to nil.
For this, the playlist export of EMMS is used to enable sorting by track
metadata. The current implementation is a first try and may contain some bugs
when track metadata is not readily available.
This allows easier updates of this list, without having resort to executing the
corresponding code manually. In the future, we could even update that list
automatically by attaching the new function to some of projectile's hooks or
something.
Outlook seems to expect CRLF in S/MIME signed+encrypted mails, so we add those
somewhere in the process of encoding the mail. Furthermore, Outlook is sending
MIME messages with CRLF line endings, and we have to take care of that when
looking for the end headers.
The changes proposed here are preliminary and subject to further testing.
Flycheck used to be activated unconditionally, resulting in annoying warnings
when evaluating Lisp expressions in the minibuffer with `pp-eval-expression`,
and in the scratch buffer.
This leads to errors when forgetting to fetch the complete article before
forwarding it. Moreover, redisplaying the article sometimes leads to a
completely fetched article to be displayed only partially again, resulting in
repeated fetched. Finally, the performance gain is not worth the effort in my
setup, so let's just disable it.
Sometimes an instance of a periodic tasks requires individual subtasks. In this
case, refiling there is very helpful. In other cases, the extra entries should
not be disturbing too much, I think … I hope.
Include all headlines in Org agenda files and as well as all extra text search
files in interactive selections. To make this more managable, introduce a
dedicated function to query the user for a target item.
The main entry point is now `db/org-find-links-to-current-item', which decides
how to obtain the ID and CUSTOM_ID of the item to look for. The main work is
done by `db/org-find-items-linking-to-id', which does some checks, build the
query, and then calls `org-search-view' (which, indeed, does the actual work).
Users should call `db/org-find-links-to-current-item' only.
Neither logging information not tasks should be part of that file, so keeping it
in `org-agenda-files' is not really necessary. Indeed, it has only been
included in there to allow `org-search-view' to search that file. However, with
using `org-agenda-text-search-extra-files' makes this approach obsolete.
In dired, offer all marked files, or the currently selected file if there are
none. Otherwise, just use the list of recently opened files as completing.
This is meant as a very simple replacement for dired+'s dired bookmarks.
Previously, we only copied the last element in the subtree, assuming that this
encompasses all of the content of the subtree. However, this is not true, and
thus we have to do something more elaborate. Now, starting from the end of the
subtree, we go up all elements in the subtree until we reach either the headline
or a drawer. Everything in between is copied as template to the current
location.
The shortcut in the frequently-used menu now points there, and not anymore to
the dedicated home and work files. If only a single main Org Mode file is used,
this variable should be sufficient.
Usually, only one of them is used. Maybe one day I have to replace the two
files (or, more precisely, the custom variables pointing to them) by a single
one. But then, having two files, and also two shortcuts, also remindes me of
whether I am at home or at work, and that's quite significant, isn't it?
If `db/mail-accounts' specifies accounts multiple times, or a definition for
some of these accounts is already present in `db/other-gnus-accounts', accounts
will be added multiple times with the current implementation. Apparently, Gnus
does not seem to care, but it would be better to have this fixed properly.
It's a bit clearer now what the function is doing when ARG is given, I hope. It
also turns out that switching to the current working directory does not make
much sense when we are in the shell buffer, because CWD is then just the, well,
current directory. The original logic used to CWD of the previous buffer (by
closing the shell buffer and immediately reopening it), but that's actually not
what the function is supposed to be doing, is it?
If separate things should be done, generate a separate item for it, or leave
some note at the corresponding series element. Periodic tasks are quite rigid
and should not be used for collecting individual subtasks.
The `db-music' package is supposed to be an abstract interface to music
functionality, and should thus define the main hydra for this. Moreover, the
hydra should not contain „emms“ in it's name, although it's using only EMMS
functions.
It's not clear whether EMMS will every be replaced by some other backend, but
it's nicer to have a (more or less) clear separation between user frontend and
implementation backend.
The idea of having a hydra to access frequently used features is certainly nice,
but quite hard to achive when one wants to redefine the hydra every time
`db/frequently-used-features' changes. Regrettably, there are not „ephemeral
hydras“ that are created every time one would like to access it. Therefore, the
shortcuts hydra is removed for now, but may come back again when we have found a
better way to handle its dynamic nature.
A curcial step in the conversion, namly the computation of the actual time from
the seconds since the epoch, had been conducted with too little precision. Now
the precision is fixed to a high value throughout the whole computation, and the
tests succeed again.
A periodic task is a task tagged with :PERIODIC:, and whose first child is an
item called "Template". Following the template are the instances of the
periodic tasks, which constitute the actual things to do and which can be
scheduled independently of each other. Whenever such an instance is due, the
template of the periodic task is supposed to be copied to the instance as a
first step. This copying can be done manually, but of course doing it
automatically is easier. The new function added in this commit represents a
first try to add such an automatism.
As described in [1], we are sometimes representing recurring tasks as lists of
single tasks plus a recurring task to create new instances once in a while. All
of this is grouped under a common headline, and those headlines should be marked
with PERIODIC to inhibit automatic clock-in.
[1]: https://karl-voit.at/2017/01/15/org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift/
This reenables automatic gap filling in case it has been configure with
`timeline-tools-filter-functions', but somehow breaks undo of killing in the
timeline buffer. The problem seems to be that undoing a kill only restores the
killed line, but not the original line entries of the lines right before and
after the lined that had been killed. In this way, the timeline of the buffer
has overlapping entries, resulting in odd behavior.
The problem is not quite understood yet, but it seems to be that undo does not
notice the changes to the surrounding lines (maybe because they have not been
done by text editing functions).
This does not play nicely with undo, because undo won't track changes to local
variables. Thus, if we every want to have a working undo in timeline buffers,
the timeline needs to be saved as something textual. Luckily, we already store
each entry of the timeline as a text property in the timeline table, and from
now on we will extract the timeline from there whenever we need it.
Undo is still not working fully yet, there are some oddities that need to be
addressed first.
RFC documents do not change over time. The custom org mode link handler
`db/org-rfc-open' now makes use of this by downloading RFC documents to
`db/rfc-cache-path' (if defined) and opening the files locally. If
`db/rfc-cache-path' is not defined, the RFC is opened in an external browser as
before.
This allows to keep a selection of used RFC documents locally on the filesystem
for future reference, without the need to retrieve them again from the IETF.
Since this is all org mode related, the handler now also resides in `db-org'
instead of `db-utils'.
This test could not have been added before, because conversion was not
guaranteed to work for dates before the unix epoch. It now is, and we finally
can check the start of the NTP epoch! :)
The previous implementation made use of `encode-time', which is not
guaranteed to work with times before the unix epoch. Indeed, on at least one
Windows machine, the corresponding function `db/ntp-to-time' could not handle
such dates. However, Calc can handle those independently of `encode-time',
and `db/ntp-to-time' has now been reimplemented in terms of the corresponding
Calc functions.
All (both) tests still pass.
It's only necessary when editing the buffer, not when only traversing it. Moved
it to the only function where this is actually done, and added a comment to the
docstring of `timeline-tools-map-clocklines' to remind everyone that editing the
buffer through this function may yield funny surprises :)
The setter will now complain if the file to be added to `org-agenda-files' does
not exist and is not readable. It also now uses the proper functions from `org'
to update `org-agenda-files'.
This makes ‘db-helm’ obsolete again (already after one commit!). The function
to extract all files from ‘db/important-path’ has also been dropped in favor of
the standard ‘directory-files-recursively’. It’s not clear yet whether this
will also work on Windows, though.
Instead of giving a list, we now create the sources directly. This gives us the
possibility to configure certain aspects of the sources like matching behavior
and highlighting. Now we are much closer to the standard behavior of helm than
before.
Actually, we add the text properties ‘marker’ and ‘entry’ to the whole line, but
the alinging of the table somehow removes the text properties between two
columns. It is kept in the fields, though, and that is enough.
This is the main entry point to play automatically generated playlists (“auto
playlists”). It is using the value of ‘db/auto-playlist-file-function’ to
generate a list of files to play. This list if currently played using EMMS, via
‘db/-emms-playlist-from-files’.
