Show notes in org-mode agenda

Question

In org-mode agenda, it is very easy to add notes to entries with org-agenda-add-notes (conveniently bound to z by default). However, these notes are filed into a drawer along state change notes where they are anything but accessible.

Now, what I'd like to have is a simple and short way to see all notes attached to a headline from the agenda view. This way, I could e.g. take down why an item is in a WAITING state (i.e., what it is I'm waiting for) without having to include much information into the headline itself and without cluttering the entry's body.

Since adding notes is so easy, it strikes me as odd that it should be complicated to view those notes. I looked for functions named anything with org and note but found nothing of use (exept of course org-agenda-add-notes). Is there a simple way to access those notes I don't see?

Answer 1

I like to store my notes at the bottom of my headings, e.g., after the end of the properties drawers. To see the notes displayed in the *Org Agenda* buffer, I can type:

M-x org-agenda-entry-text-show

or

M-x org-agenda-entry-text-mode which is bound to the letter E by default.

The number of lines of text shown can be customized with the variable org-agenda-entry-text-maxlines.