[O] [PATCH] Add a different prefix for past deadlines in the agenda view

[Sebastien Vauban]

Hello,

Here's a patch to allow for a different prefix for deadline entries which are
in the past: for example, "3 d ago" instead of "In -3 d"...

Example:

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Day-agenda (W06):
2013-02-04 Mon __________________________________________________
                8:00...... 
               10:00...... 
               12:00...... 
               14:00...... 
               16:00...... 
               20:00...... 
               22:42...... now
  In 9 d.:     TODO [#A] Do this
  39 d. ago:   STRT Should have done this for long already
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Best regards,
  Seb

>From 1eaf4433dd8800126dce4209045bb524553aae2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastien Vauban <address@hidden>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 22:49:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add a 3rd string for past deadlines

* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-get-deadlines): Add a 3rd string as the
preceding text when the deadline is already in the past.

---
 lisp/org-agenda.el |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/org-agenda.el b/lisp/org-agenda.el
index 355a477..dd320c3 100644
--- a/lisp/org-agenda.el
+++ b/lisp/org-agenda.el
@@ -1626,12 +1626,13 @@ These entries are added to the agenda when pressing 
\"[\"."
          (string :tag "Scheduled today     ")
          (string :tag "Scheduled previously")))

-(defcustom org-agenda-deadline-leaders '("Deadline:  " "In %3d d.: ")
+(defcustom org-agenda-deadline-leaders '("Deadline:  " "In %3d d.: "
+                                        "%-2d d. ago:")
   "Text preceding deadline items in the agenda view.
-This is a list with two strings.  The first applies when the item has its
-deadline on the current day.  The second applies when it is in the past or
-in the future, it may contain %d to capture how many days away the deadline
-is (was)."
+This is a list with three strings.  The first applies when the item has its
+deadline on the current day.  The second and third apply when it is in the
+future or in the past, it may contain %d to capture how many days away the
+deadline is (was)."
   :group 'org-agenda-line-format
   :type '(list
          (string :tag "Deadline today   ")
@@ -6046,13 +6047,21 @@ See also the user option 
`org-agenda-clock-consistency-checks'."
                  (setq txt (org-agenda-format-item
                             (if (= diff 0)
                                 (car org-agenda-deadline-leaders)
-                              (if (functionp
-                                   (nth 1 org-agenda-deadline-leaders))
-                                  (funcall
-                                   (nth 1 org-agenda-deadline-leaders)
-                                   diff date)
-                                (format (nth 1 org-agenda-deadline-leaders)
-                                        diff)))
+                              (if (> diff 0)
+                                  (if (functionp
+                                       (nth 1 org-agenda-deadline-leaders))
+                                      (funcall
+                                       (nth 1 org-agenda-deadline-leaders)
+                                       diff date)
+                                    (format (nth 1 org-agenda-deadline-leaders)
+                                            diff))
+                                (if (functionp
+                                     (nth 2 org-agenda-deadline-leaders))
+                                    (funcall
+                                     (nth 2 org-agenda-deadline-leaders)
+                                     (abs diff) date)
+                                  (format (nth 2 org-agenda-deadline-leaders)
+                                          (abs diff)))))
                             head level category tags
                             (if (not (= diff 0)) nil timestr)))))
              (when txt
--
1.7.9

-- 
Sebastien Vauban