Chris,<br><br>Thanks, this looks pretty well what I ended up with after some help off-list (I&#39;ve only realised it was off list, and thought I had already replied to the list.<br><br>The code I ended up with is:<br><br>
<span class="q">(setq org-agenda-custom-commands <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#39;(<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (&quot;d&quot; todo #(&quot;DELEGATED&quot;) nil)
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (&quot;c&quot; todo #(&quot;DONE|DEFERRED|CANCELLED&quot;) nil)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (&quot;w&quot; todo #(&quot;WAITING&quot;) nil)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (&quot;W&quot; agenda &quot;&quot; ((org-agenda-ndays 21)))<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (&quot;A&quot; agenda &quot;&quot; ((org-agenda-skip-function
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (lambda nil (org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote notregexp) &quot;\\=.*\\[#A\\]&quot;)))<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (org-agenda-ndays 1)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (org-agenda-overriding-header &quot;Today&#39;s Priority #A tasks: &quot;)))
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (&quot;u&quot; alltodo &quot;&quot; ((org-agenda-skip-function<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (lambda nil (org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote scheduled) (quote deadline)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (quote regexp) &quot;&lt;[^&gt;\n]+&gt;&quot;)))
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (org-agenda-overriding-header &quot;Unscheduled TODO entries: &quot;)))))<br><br>Which I think is the same as you suggest. And thanks for the explanations, these were useful.<br><br>Graham<br>
</span><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 14/12/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Leyon</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:cleyon@gmail.com">cleyon@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Dec 13, 2007 2:11 PM, Graham Smith &lt;<a href="mailto:myotisone@gmail.com">myotisone@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; I have been trying to rewrite the code to avoid the custom-set-variables in<br>&gt; .emacs but have finally come unstuck with this bit:
<br>&gt; [...]<br>&gt; &quot;Invalid read syntax: Invalid string property list&quot; error when launching<br>&gt; Emacs and narrowed it down to this bit of code. Can anyone point out where<br>&gt; this is wrong. The rest of it loads OK, its just this bit which is failing.
<br><br>The #(...) is attempting to set a text property on the string<br>&quot;DELEGATED&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;Apparently nil is not valid in this location.&nbsp;&nbsp;See<br>section <a href="http://2.3.8.4">2.3.8.4</a> in the Elisp info document.&nbsp;&nbsp;Since nil probably means
<br>no property, you can just eliminate the #() syntax.<br><br>Also, your parentheses don&#39;t match up; you need extra closing parens<br>after some entries to make a well-formed list.&nbsp;&nbsp;You probably want to<br>end up with something like this (not tested but at least it evaluates
<br>without error):<br><br>(setq org-agenda-custom-commands<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#39;((&quot;d&quot; todo (&quot;DELEGATED&quot;))<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&quot;c&quot; todo (&quot;DONE|DEFERRED|CANCELLED&quot;))<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&quot;w&quot; todo (&quot;WAITING&quot;))
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&quot;W&quot; agenda &quot;&quot; ((org-agenda-ndays 21)))<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&quot;A&quot; agenda &quot;&quot; ((org-agenda-skip-function<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (lambda nil<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote notregexp)
<br>&quot;\\=.*\\[#A\\]&quot;)))<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(org-agenda-ndays 1)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(org-agenda-overriding-header &quot;Today&#39;s<br>Priority #A tasks: &quot;)))<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(&quot;u&quot; alltodo &quot;&quot; ((org-agenda-skip-function
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(lambda nil<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote<br>scheduled) (quote deadline)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(quote regexp)<br>&quot;&lt;[^&gt;\n]+&gt;&quot;)))
<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (org-agenda-overriding-header &quot;Unscheduled<br>TODO entries: &quot;)))))<br><br>&gt; Many thanks,<br>&gt; Graham<br><br>Chris<br></blockquote></div><br>