[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: sorting tasks in planner

[Sacha Chua]

address@hidden (J. David Boyd) writes:

> I'd actually like them to sort by priority, and then alphabetically.  I group
> things together under priorities, with leading descriptors like 'build',

(defun david/planner-sort-tasks-key ()
 "Sort by priority, and then alphabetically."
 (let ((info (planner-current-task-info)))
  (concat
   (planner-task-priority info)
   (cond
    ((string= (planner-task-status info) "o") "1")
    ((string= (planner-task-status info) "X") "3")
    ((string= (planner-task-status info) "C") "4")
    (t "2"))
   (planner-task-description info))))
(setq planner-sort-tasks-key-function 'david/planner-sort-tasks-key)

> 'test', 'research', and I would like these 'sub-headings' to be grouped
> together within a priority block.

You might also be interested in planner-trunk, which will add empty lines 
between subheadings. =)

If you want to modify this further, Emacs Lisp is pretty easy to read
and pick up... <grin> Have fun!

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