Pull items from another file (by tag) and show them in another

Pull items from another file (by tag) and show them in another

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

Hello list,

This might sound crazy, but here's what I'd like to do:

I have a reference.org file full of interesting notes I take during
the day. It even includes saying that I tag as mantras, such as this
one, from Paulo Coelho:  "Be the best, but get prepared to be
attacked. Only mediocrity is safe" ;)

I also have a horizons_of_focus.org (from GTD) a file I review every
week or so, and it has a list of MANTRAS I want to internalize. So,
when I capture a mantra, I just want it to go to my reference, but I
want to refer to it on horizons_of_focus. Is there a way (using babel
or some other crazy elisp) to pull entries tagged as <TAG> (in this
case :MANTRA:) and list them under a headline? This would be akin to a
custom view of data stored in other source (another org file).

Thanks,

Marcelo.

Re: Pull items from another file (by tag) and show them in another

[Matt Lundin]

Hi Marcelo,

Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:

> This might sound crazy, but here's what I'd like to do:
>
> I have a reference.org file full of interesting notes I take during
> the day. It even includes saying that I tag as mantras, such as this
> one, from Paulo Coelho:  "Be the best, but get prepared to be
> attacked. Only mediocrity is safe" ;)
>
> I also have a horizons_of_focus.org (from GTD) a file I review every
> week or so, and it has a list of MANTRAS I want to internalize. So,
> when I capture a mantra, I just want it to go to my reference, but I
> want to refer to it on horizons_of_focus. Is there a way (using babel
> or some other crazy elisp) to pull entries tagged as <TAG> (in this
> case :MANTRA:) and list them under a headline? This would be akin to a
> custom view of data stored in other source (another org file).

Perhaps the simplest solution would be to use the agenda to view all
items tagged :PITHY_SAYING_A: and to view them in succession with follow
mode.

Best,
Matt

Re: Pull items from another file (by tag) and show them in another

[Marcelo de Moraes Serpa]

Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the suggestion! I'll do that.

Marcelo.

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
> Hi Marcelo,
>
> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> This might sound crazy, but here's what I'd like to do:
>>
>> I have a reference.org file full of interesting notes I take during
>> the day. It even includes saying that I tag as mantras, such as this
>> one, from Paulo Coelho:  "Be the best, but get prepared to be
>> attacked. Only mediocrity is safe" ;)
>>
>> I also have a horizons_of_focus.org (from GTD) a file I review every
>> week or so, and it has a list of MANTRAS I want to internalize. So,
>> when I capture a mantra, I just want it to go to my reference, but I
>> want to refer to it on horizons_of_focus. Is there a way (using babel
>> or some other crazy elisp) to pull entries tagged as <TAG> (in this
>> case :MANTRA:) and list them under a headline? This would be akin to a
>> custom view of data stored in other source (another org file).
>
> Perhaps the simplest solution would be to use the agenda to view all
> items tagged :PITHY_SAYING_A: and to view them in succession with follow
> mode.
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
>
>