tags searching

tags searching

[Richard Riley]

,----
| org-agenda-files is a variable defined in `org.el'.
| Its value is ("~/.orgfiles" "~/webs/.orgfiles")
| Original value was nil
`----

C-h a m visa

does not find a heading in ~/.orgfiles/other.org where the top level for
an entry is as follows:-

,----
| * cards				       :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:ec
`----

Something obviously wrong?

Re: tags searching

[Giovanni Ridolfi]

Da: Richard Riley <rileyrg@gmail.com>
Inviato: Lunedì 30 Luglio 2012 11:15

Hi, Richard,

>,----
>| org-agenda-files is a variable defined in `org.el'.
>| Its value is ("~/.orgfiles" "~/webs/.orgfiles")
>| Original value was nil
>`----

> C-h a m visa

> does not find a heading in ~/.orgfiles/other.org where the top level for
> an entry is as follows:-

> ,----
> | * cards                       :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:ec
> `----

here:
org-agenda-files is a variable defined in `org.el'.
Its value is ("~/todo.txt" "~/org.txt" "~/" )
Original value was nil

~/test.org
----------------------------------------------------
* cards                      :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:NOTSEMICOLONec
as in Richard's email, see above

* cards                      :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:ec:
-------------------------------------------------

(I have a sicky Agenda)
Headlines with TAGS match: visa  
Press `C-u r' to search again with new search string
  test:       cards                   :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:ec:


> Something obviously wrong?
1. the semicolon at the end of the headline?

2. Your Org version?
here:
Org-mode version 7.8.11 (c8acf8d6957 @ 
GNU Emacs 24.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601) of 2012-06-10 on MARVIN

hth 
Giovanni

Re: tags searching

[Richard Riley]

Giovanni Ridolfi <giovanni.ridolfi@yahoo.it> writes:

> Da: Richard Riley <rileyrg@gmail.com>
> Inviato: Lunedì 30 Luglio 2012 11:15
>
> Hi, Richard,
>
>>,----
>>| org-agenda-files is a variable defined in `org.el'.
>>| Its value is ("~/.orgfiles" "~/webs/.orgfiles")
>>| Original value was nil
>>`----
>
>> C-h a m visa
>
>> does not find a heading in ~/.orgfiles/other.org where the top level for
>> an entry is as follows:-
>
>> ,----
>> | * cards                       :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:ec
>> `----
>
> here:
> org-agenda-files is a variable defined in `org.el'.
> Its value is ("~/todo.txt" "~/org.txt" "~/" )
> Original value was nil
>
> ~/test.org
> ----------------------------------------------------
> * cards                      :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:NOTSEMICOLONec
> as in Richard's email, see above
>
> * cards                      :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:ec:
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> (I have a sicky Agenda)
> Headlines with TAGS match: visa  
> Press `C-u r' to search again with new search string
>   test:       cards                   :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:ec:
>
>> Something obviously wrong?
> 1. the semicolon at the end of the headline?

bingo!!! Simple as that. The missing semi colon caused the error. Hmm.

Thanks!

I should have spotted that, but possibly the tag matching code could be
a little more robust for the tag string.

Re: tags searching

[Bernt Hansen]

Giovanni Ridolfi <giovanni.ridolfi@yahoo.it> writes:

> Da: Richard Riley <rileyrg@gmail.com>
> ~/test.org
> ----------------------------------------------------
> * cards                      :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:NOTSEMICOLONec
> as in Richard's email, see above
>
> * cards                      :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:ec:
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> (I have a sicky Agenda)
> Headlines with TAGS match: visa  
> Press `C-u r' to search again with new search string
>   test:       cards                   :creditcards:mbna:amazon:visa:girocard:ec:
>
>
>> Something obviously wrong?
> 1. the semicolon at the end of the headline?

Full colon (:) not semicolon (;).

-Bernt