How can I show the Org-mode agenda on Emacs start-up?

24
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I would like the Org-mode agenda to automatically show what I have to do today when I open Emacs. The org-agenda command is interactive, so it doesn't seem to work well for this purpose.

Is there a way to show the Org-mode agenda on Emacs start-up?

Thanks,

Conor

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6 Answers

26
votes

You can use after-init-hook to run a piece of code after initialization has finished. To run (org-agenda-list) after init, use:

(add-hook 'after-init-hook 'org-agenda-list)
10
votes

This works for me (in .emacs):

(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
(org-agenda-list)
(delete-other-windows)

Without the first line, the splash screen "covered" the agenda; without the third one, the scratch buffer remained visible.

4
votes

One alternative to the hook is to set the initial-buffer-choice variable. This is particularly useful if there are multiple buffers or a number of functions on the hook. The function on this variable needs to return a buffer. Naively this might be:

(setq initial-buffer-choice (lambda ()
    (org-agenda-list 1)
    (get-buffer "*Org Agenda*")))
3
votes

Try (org-agenda-list). If you just want today, (org-agenda-list 1).

And of course, apropos is your friend. C-h C-a org-agenda (or whatever command) will show you useful info on that command.

1
votes

I have a bash alias to start emacs with the Agenda open:

alias org='/usr/bin/emacs --funcall org-agenda-list &'

Enjoy.

1
votes

It is not exactly at startup, but I keep Emacs running so I need a different approach

(require 'midnight)
(midnight-delay-set 'midnight-delay "7:30am")
(add-hook 'midnight-hook 'org-agenda-list)

Credits to https://stackoverflow.com/a/14947354/217408