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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Subject: Re: Parameterized custom agenda views
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:52:32 -0400
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To: Desmond Rivet <desmond_news@videotron.ca>
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Desmond Rivet <desmond_news@videotron.ca> writes:

> Is it possible to write a custom agenda view where part of the query is
> written, but the user has to supply the rest?

Not that I'm aware of.

> For example, I have a piece in my org-agenda-custom-commands variable
> that looks like this:
>
> ("p" "All Projects" tags-todo "+project")
>
> This means I want to see all TODO items with the project tag.  What if I
> wanted to supply an additional tag (over and above the project tag), but
> I didn't know it ahead of time?  Is there a way to get orgmode to prompt
> me for the tag?

I would use agenda tag filtering for this.  Do you C-c a p display and
then limit the result to some other tag with / TAB <tag> or /
<fast-tag-selection-key>

-Bernt