Re: [Orgmode] Re: Request for suggestions about best practices: tracking responses

[Robert Goldman]

On 9/23/10 Sep 23 -1:44 PM, David Maus wrote:
> Robert P. Goldman wrote:
> 
>> I know how to make a custom agenda for this; the problem is more how to
>> have that custom agenda always open for me to glance at.  I don't want
>> to have to call up this agenda every time I get an email or a phone call
>> to decide whether a waiting task is "unwaiting"...
> 
>> Should one open an org agenda buffer, and then rename it, so that
>> following org-agenda commands don't wipe it?
> 
> This works... Somehow.  The buffer is not wiped, but for example
> refreshing the list of items will open a new *Agenda* buffer.

I think one MIGHT be able to work around this by exploiting the dynamic
binding of emacs-lisp variables and doing something like

(let ((org-agenda-buffer-name "*Waiting-for-response*"))
  (org-agenda-redo))

pretty evil, but....

Best,
r