Emacs: Strike through headlines for DONE tasks in Org
| emacs, orgI wanted a quick way to visually distinguish DONE tasks from tasks I still need to do. This handy snippet from the Emacs Org-mode mailing list does the trick by striking through the headlines for DONE tasks.
Here’s the code:
(setq org-fontify-done-headline t) (custom-set-faces '(org-done ((t (:foreground "PaleGreen" :weight normal :strike-through t)))) '(org-headline-done ((((class color) (min-colors 16) (background dark)) (:foreground "LightSalmon" :strike-through t)))))
14 comments
ispinfx
2012-12-24T21:10:43ZNice !
Anonymous Coward
2012-12-25T03:34:31ZTo explicitly set only the strike-through attribute mentioned (and without custom):
(set-face-attribute 'org-done nil :strike-through t)
(set-face-attribute 'org-headline-done nil :strike-through t)
You will still need the initial setq.
Thanks for the tip!
Sacha Chua
2012-12-26T07:45:20ZHelpful. Thanks! =)
Leo Ufimtsev
2015-04-09T18:58:34Zthank you for posting1=
aap
2012-12-26T21:15:54ZCute, but the shiny green DONE is enough for me.
Mathias Dahl
2013-01-03T14:56:04ZI had to place the needed stuff in a function and add that to one of the org hooks, like this:
(defun modify-org-done-face ()
(setq org-fontify-done-headline t)
(set-face-attribute 'org-done nil :strike-through t)
(set-face-attribute 'org-headline-done nil :strike-through t))
(eval-after-load "org"
(add-hook 'org-add-hook 'modify-org-done-face))
Otherwise Emacs complains about undefined stuff at startup. At least for me, I cannot say if a more recent Emacs has other autoloads or whatever that makes it work better.
Sacha Chua
2013-01-03T18:28:33ZOh! Sorry, I always load Org because I use the Emacs Starter Kit and because I start with my agenda view. =) You might be able to get away with doing it in the eval-after-load instead of setting it up as a hook.
Sacha Chua
2013-01-03T18:29:16Z(... don't forget to quote the argument to eval-after-load so that it doesn't get run right away. =) )
Mathias Dahl
2013-01-06T02:17:52ZNot sure why I have the extra function to wrap the other function calls, but I guess I sometime needed that and stuck with that pattern. Does not hurt anyway ;)
Jeremy LeJyBy
2013-01-24T19:50:46ZIt seems to work in org-files but not in the agenda: is it the desired effect?
(I was more interested in having a stroke over DONE tasks in the agenda than in the org files)
Sacha Chua
2013-01-25T04:09:22ZTry M-x customize-face RET org-agenda-done and set strikethrough to true. =)
Jeremy LeJyBy
2013-01-25T13:51:06ZSacha: thanks a lot!
If I may complete your answer for those who prefer to enter manually their preferences in their .emacs:
(custom-set-faces
'(org-agenda-done ((t (:foreground "dim gray" :strike-through "lawn green"))))
)
Now I will be able to leave the DONE and CANC tasks visible, and see how many things I accomplished :)
Jeremy 'LeJyBy' Barbay
2013-01-27T15:49:22ZOne odd thing though:
Repeated actions (such as Habits, but not only) which are cancelled or done
- will indeed be shown as CANC or DONE (albeit in their respective file they cycled back to the first active TODO keyword), but
- will not be stroke (as opposed to non repeated actions), and
- will disapear on reload of the agenda.
It is not the behavior I expected, but on the bright side, one can see it as a way to distinguish between tasks done once-for-all and Sisyphus tasks done only for today...
Nico
2023-11-16T11:32:42ZHi! With the
auto-fill-mode, only the first line of the checkbox is striked. What should I do? Thank you