Issue with "non-existing" agenda file

Issue with "non-existing" agenda file

[Markus Heller]

Hello all,

I'm stuck with a weird issue:

When I tried to invoke any agenda view, e.g. C-c a a, I get the
following message in the minibuffer:

non-existing agenda file h:/org/career.org [R]emove from list or
[A]bort?

I type "R" to remove it, get my agenda view, and then I switch the
buffer to Career.org and hit C-[ and get "file added to front of agenda
list", but when I try C-c a a again, I get the message above about the
non-existing agenda file.

What's going on here?

Thanks and Cheers
Markus

PS: My org is 7.01trans, release_7.01h-229-gb212 on emacs 23.1

Re: Issue with "non-existing" agenda file

[Eric S Fraga]

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On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:57:14 -0700, Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I'm stuck with a weird issue:
> 
> When I tried to invoke any agenda view, e.g. C-c a a, I get the
> following message in the minibuffer:
> 
> non-existing agenda file h:/org/career.org [R]emove from list or
> [A]bort?
> 
> I type "R" to remove it, get my agenda view, and then I switch the
> buffer to Career.org and hit C-[ and get "file added to front of agenda
> list", but when I try C-c a a again, I get the message above about the
> non-existing agenda file.
> 
> What's going on here?
> 
> Thanks and Cheers
> Markus
> 
> PS: My org is 7.01trans, release_7.01h-229-gb212 on emacs 23.1

I assume you're on MS Windows here...  what is the value of
org-agenda-files after you add the file?  is case (Career versus
career) an issue?  You say "I switch the buffer to Career.org"; have
you actually saved the file?

Sorry if I can't be of more help.

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Re: Issue with "non-existing" agenda file

[Markus Heller]

Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:57:14 -0700, Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I'm stuck with a weird issue:
>> 
>> When I tried to invoke any agenda view, e.g. C-c a a, I get the
>> following message in the minibuffer:
>> 
>> non-existing agenda file h:/org/career.org [R]emove from list or
>> [A]bort?
>> 
>> I type "R" to remove it, get my agenda view, and then I switch the
>> buffer to Career.org and hit C-[ and get "file added to front of agenda
>> list", but when I try C-c a a again, I get the message above about the
>> non-existing agenda file.
>> 
>> What's going on here?
>> 
>> Thanks and Cheers
>> Markus
>> 
>> PS: My org is 7.01trans, release_7.01h-229-gb212 on emacs 23.1
>
> I assume you're on MS Windows here...  what is the value of
> org-agenda-files after you add the file?  is case (Career versus
> career) an issue?  You say "I switch the buffer to Career.org"; have
> you actually saved the file?

Err, how do I check the value of org-agenda-files?

Wow, this just makes me realize how much of a newbie I still am ...

Thanks for everyone's patience!

Markus

Re: Re: Issue with "non-existing" agenda file

[Thomas S. Dye]

Hi Markus,

Try C-h v org-agenda-files RET.  The mnemonic is Help Variables.

Tom

On Aug 30, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Markus Heller wrote:

> Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> writes:
>
>> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:57:14 -0700, Markus Heller  
>> <hellerm2@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm stuck with a weird issue:
>>>
>>> When I tried to invoke any agenda view, e.g. C-c a a, I get the
>>> following message in the minibuffer:
>>>
>>> non-existing agenda file h:/org/career.org [R]emove from list or
>>> [A]bort?
>>>
>>> I type "R" to remove it, get my agenda view, and then I switch the
>>> buffer to Career.org and hit C-[ and get "file added to front of  
>>> agenda
>>> list", but when I try C-c a a again, I get the message above about  
>>> the
>>> non-existing agenda file.
>>>
>>> What's going on here?
>>>
>>> Thanks and Cheers
>>> Markus
>>>
>>> PS: My org is 7.01trans, release_7.01h-229-gb212 on emacs 23.1
>>
>> I assume you're on MS Windows here...  what is the value of
>> org-agenda-files after you add the file?  is case (Career versus
>> career) an issue?  You say "I switch the buffer to Career.org"; have
>> you actually saved the file?
>
> Err, how do I check the value of org-agenda-files?
>
> Wow, this just makes me realize how much of a newbie I still am ...
>
> Thanks for everyone's patience!
>
> Markus
>
>
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Re: Issue with "non-existing" agenda file

[Markus Heller]

Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> writes:

> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:57:14 -0700, Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I'm stuck with a weird issue:
>> 
>> When I tried to invoke any agenda view, e.g. C-c a a, I get the
>> following message in the minibuffer:
>> 
>> non-existing agenda file h:/org/career.org [R]emove from list or
>> [A]bort?
>> 
>> I type "R" to remove it, get my agenda view, and then I switch the
>> buffer to Career.org and hit C-[ and get "file added to front of agenda
>> list", but when I try C-c a a again, I get the message above about the
>> non-existing agenda file.
>> 
>> What's going on here?
>> 
>> Thanks and Cheers
>> Markus
>> 
>> PS: My org is 7.01trans, release_7.01h-229-gb212 on emacs 23.1
>
> I assume you're on MS Windows here...  what is the value of
> org-agenda-files after you add the file?  is case (Career versus
> career) an issue?  You say "I switch the buffer to Career.org"; have
> you actually saved the file?

So I checked, and org-agenda-files contains the correct capitalization.

After repeatedly getting stuck in the add-remove cycle (hitting "R"
followed by the same message, about 5 or 6 times), I am happy to
report that everything is back to working, and I will attribute this
event to me being a noob.

Sorry for the noise.

@Eric: Yes, the file was saved.