Re: [O] [RFC] Display most recent log item in Agenda

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Eric Abrahamsen <address@hidden> writes:

> Undeterred by my previous bum patch, I'm sending more patches!
>
> Most of these are "what do you think" patches.
>
> 1. Ensure-org-log-into-drawer-returns-nil-or-string
>
> If the answer to my last question is "make sure `org-log-into-drawer'
> never returns just t", then this patch does that. If that isn't the
> answer, something can be done with `org-log-beginning'.

Nope, I just shouldn't be posting patches today. One should not code
while hungover. Fixed patch attached.

0001-Ensure-org-log-into-drawer-returns-nil-or-string.patch
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> 2. Missing-comma-in-org-agenda-with-point-at-orig-entry
>
> The (currently unused) macro `org-agenda-with-point-at-orig-entry' is
> missing a comma.
>
> 3. New-function-org-get-log-list and
> New-function-org-agenda-show-log-item
>
> This is the "what do you think part". The first patch finds and returns
> the state log items of the current entry, as a list of parsed elements.
> It probably doesn't try hard enough to make sure it's really found the
> list.
>
> The second implements an Agenda command which displays the text of the
> most recent note on the entry under point. I use logging a lot, and am
> forever looking at "WAIT" or "NEXT" todos, and wondering what the heck I
> was waiting for, or actually supposed to do next.
>
> If this is acceptable in principle, the finished product would probably
> be a normal org-mode function, with an Agenda implementation on top of
> that, and maybe some sort of guard against displaying overly-long notes.
>
> Alternately, I could probably make this into something akin to
> org-agenda-entry-text-mode, where *all* entries have their most recent
> log item stuck under them. I find that sort of thing distracting, but
> some people might like it.
>
> WDYT?
>
> Eric