Re: Agenda preserve setting on date change

[Ihor Radchenko]

Russell Adams <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com> writes:

> I pull up a file in 'emacs -Q'.
>
> M-x org-agenda 1 a   (restricted to current file, create agenda view).
> Now viewing the weekly agenda in buffer *Org Agenda*.
> Press "L" to enable logbook.
> Press "[" to enable inactive timestamps.
>
> I now see the full week with log and timestamps.
>
> Press "b" to go back one week.
>
> I now see last week's agenda. Logbook mode is still enabled. Inactive
> timestamps are missing.
>
> Pressing "[" will enable inactive timestamps again.

Ok. I can see what is happening.
Unlike agenda log-mode, where L toggles the mode on/off, the inactive
timestamps are not toggled; they can only be enabled and re-enable
manually when the agenda view is refreshed.

This is consistent with the documentation:

‘v [’ or short ‘[’ (‘org-agenda-manipulate-query-add’)
     Include inactive timestamps into the current view.  Only for
     weekly/daily agenda.

Note how there no word "toggle" in the manual. It explicitly refers to
the "current view".

I am not sure why it is done this way and I cannot see any explanations
in the git logs.

I do not see why it should not be possible to make inactive timestamp
display into a toggle.
Patches welcome. It is an easy patch.

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