Re: [Orgmode] Feature Request: org-agenda-set-category

[Carsten Dominik]

On Sep 4, 2007, at 20:00, Bastien wrote:

> "T. V. Raman" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > It would be nice to have an interactive org-agenda-set-category
> > alongside org-agenda-set-tag in the agenda buffer.
>
> I think it doesn't make sense to have `org-agenda-set-category' until 
> we
> are able to set the category as a property of the headline.
>
> For now categories (like the archiving locations) are set by looking
> *backward* for a line like #+CATEGORY or #+ARCHIVE.
>
> When setting the category with `org-agenda-set-category', where should
> such a line be inserted/modified? Just above the headline? Then storing
> this headline won't delete the #+CATEGORY line. Just under the 
> headline?
> Then the headline itself won't be recognized as belonging to that
> category...  See the discussion here:
>
>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/2898
>
> Please anybody stops me if I'm wrong, but I guess the #+ARCHIVE and
> #+CATEGORY instructions are slowly dying and will be set as properties
> in the future.

I have been thinking in this direction as well.  The only problem is
that properties are quite invisible during normal working.

But I agree that the multiple #+CATEGORY things in a single file are
complex and not very clean, so properties might be better.
> Then, in the new world, where such #+CONSTRUCTS are only used to set
> *file* properties (not headlines properties),

Yes, I'd like to go there, eventually.

>  it will be okay to set
> whatever property you want through the column view -- and perhaps the
> column view itself would be available in the agenda ebuffer

it is!