From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ross Patterson Subject: Re: Restrict agenda view to multiple files matching a pattern? Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:19:39 -0700 Message-ID: <87ljqwujw4.fsf@transitory.lefae.org> References: <87hc1kxe2y.fsf@transitory.lefae.org> <87vdq0t5mf.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Llpgk-0001rH-0h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:19:58 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Llpgf-0001oJ-9T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:19:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46653 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Llpgf-0001oD-5A for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:19:53 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:34696 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Llpge-0007F4-FB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:19:52 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Llpgd-0002pa-0I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:19:51 +0000 Received: from rpatterson.net ([69.12.174.198]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:19:50 +0000 Received: from me by rpatterson.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:19:50 +0000 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bernt Hansen writes: > Ross Patterson writes: > >> So far at least, I have my tasks broken up into multiple *.org files >> whose names reflect general categories. Often I want to look at the >> agenda view for files starting with "work" to look at all my work >> tasks. >> >> Is there a way I can do this or a better way I should be organizing my >> tasks? Putting all my tasks into one work file would just be way too >> much as I am a freelancer and have a lot to keep track of. Similarly I >> don't really want to tag every work task just to support this. Any >> suggestions? > > Hi Ross, > > For my setup I have multiple files that are work related. Everything in > the file is work related (or not). I put a #+FILETAGS: entry at the top > which tags all tasks for work - then I can limit the agenda to WORK > tasks easily. > > ,----[ norang.org ] > | #+FILETAGS: NORANG @Work > `---- > > I'm currently filtering stuff I'm supposed to do @Work with my @Work > tag. There are other tags in the file (like NORANG above) that allows > me to limit it specifically to a single client etc. > > Then I added a entry for @Work to org-tag-alist using 'W' so I can > filter by this tag easily. > > Does that help? Excellent! Yes it does? Thanks! Ross