FAQ incorrect

FAQ incorrect

[W.Bentley MacLeod]

FAQ on how to include all org files in a directory is incorrect (view 85).
Correct code is:
(setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org-files/*.org"))

best bm


____________________________

Professor W. Bentley MacLeod
Columbia University in the City of New York, NY 10027
http://www.columbia.edu/~wbm2103/
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Re: FAQ incorrect

[Benjamin Andresen]

Hey W.,

"W.Bentley MacLeod" <bentley.macleod@columbia.edu> writes:

> FAQ on how to include all org files in a directory is incorrect (view 85).
> Correct code is:
> (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org-files/*.org"))

You are right.

This isn't valid: (setq org-agenda-files "~/my/special/path/org/")

M-x org-agenda RET will reply with: `org-agenda-files' cannot be a single directory

I propose the following for the FAQ:

(setq org-agenda-directory "~/Org/")
(setq org-agenda-files (directory-files (expand-file-name org-agenda-directory) t "^[^\.][^#][[:alnum:]]+\.org$"))

That will add every org file. I've had the problem of normal glob
expansion to include emacs lock files that are in this format:
.#todo.org

I was under the impression that org-agenda-directory set to
~/my/special/path/org/ would Just Work(tm) because if you do C-c a a v A
it pulls in the right files for me.

> best bm

br,
benny

Re: FAQ incorrect

[Nick Dokos]

W.Bentley MacLeod <bentley.macleod@columbia.edu> wrote:

> FAQ on how to include all org files in a directory is incorrect (view 85).
> Correct code is:
> (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org-files/*.org"))
> 

If you are talking about this entry:

    How can include all org files in a directory in my agenda?

    You can simply set the value of org-agenda-files to a directory rather than a list of files:

    (setq org-agenda-files "~/my/special/path/org/")

it is correct as it stands: unless you are using a really ancient
version, org figures out that it's a directory and sets org-agenda-files
to the contents of the directory (filtered by org-agenda-file-regexp,
which by default matches filenames ending in ".org").

HTH,
Nick

Re: FAQ incorrect

[Matt Lundin]

"W.Bentley MacLeod" <bentley.macleod@columbia.edu> writes:

> FAQ on how to include all org files in a directory is incorrect (view 85).
> Correct code is:
> (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org-files/*.org"))

Thanks. Yes, that is one way to add all files in directory. But the
method suggested by the FAQ is also correct. According to the docstring
for the variable org-agenda-files:

,----
| If an entry is a directory, all files in that directory that are matched by
| `org-agenda-file-regexp' will be part of the file list.
`----

I'll update the FAQ to indicate that there are multiple ways of
accomplishing the same thing.

I also saw a typo in the fake path in the example, which I'll be sure to
change.

Best,
Matt

Re: FAQ incorrect

[W.Bentley MacLeod]

perfect. b.

____________________________

Professor W. Bentley MacLeod
Columbia University in the City of New York, NY 10027
http://www.columbia.edu/~wbm2103/
____________________________

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Benjamin Andresen wrote:

> Hey W.,
>
> "W.Bentley MacLeod" <bentley.macleod@columbia.edu> writes:
>
>> FAQ on how to include all org files in a directory is incorrect (view 85).
>> Correct code is:
>> (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org-files/*.org"))
>
> You are right.
>
> This isn't valid: (setq org-agenda-files "~/my/special/path/org/")
>
> M-x org-agenda RET will reply with: `org-agenda-files' cannot be a single directory
>
> I propose the following for the FAQ:
>
> (setq org-agenda-directory "~/Org/")
> (setq org-agenda-files (directory-files (expand-file-name org-agenda-directory) t "^[^\.][^#][[:alnum:]]+\.org$"))
>
> That will add every org file. I've had the problem of normal glob
> expansion to include emacs lock files that are in this format:
> .#todo.org
>
> I was under the impression that org-agenda-directory set to
> ~/my/special/path/org/ would Just Work(tm) because if you do C-c a a v A
> it pulls in the right files for me.
>
>> best bm
>
> br,
> benny
>
>
>

Re: FAQ incorrect

[W.Bentley MacLeod]

Yes, that is the error I got.
I like your solution.
____________________________

Professor W. Bentley MacLeod
Columbia University in the City of New York, NY 10027
http://www.columbia.edu/~wbm2103/
____________________________

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Benjamin Andresen wrote:

> Hey W.,
>
> "W.Bentley MacLeod" <bentley.macleod@columbia.edu> writes:
>
>> FAQ on how to include all org files in a directory is incorrect (view 85).
>> Correct code is:
>> (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org-files/*.org"))
>
> You are right.
>
> This isn't valid: (setq org-agenda-files "~/my/special/path/org/")
>
> M-x org-agenda RET will reply with: `org-agenda-files' cannot be a single directory
>
> I propose the following for the FAQ:
>
> (setq org-agenda-directory "~/Org/")
> (setq org-agenda-files (directory-files (expand-file-name org-agenda-directory) t "^[^\.][^#][[:alnum:]]+\.org$"))
>
> That will add every org file. I've had the problem of normal glob
> expansion to include emacs lock files that are in this format:
> .#todo.org
>
> I was under the impression that org-agenda-directory set to
> ~/my/special/path/org/ would Just Work(tm) because if you do C-c a a v A
> it pulls in the right files for me.
>
>> best bm
>
> br,
> benny
>
>
>

Re: FAQ incorrect

[Carsten Dominik]

On Oct 27, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:

> W.Bentley MacLeod <bentley.macleod@columbia.edu> wrote:
>
>> FAQ on how to include all org files in a directory is incorrect  
>> (view 85).
>> Correct code is:
>> (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org-files/*.org"))
>>
>
> If you are talking about this entry:
>
>    How can include all org files in a directory in my agenda?
>
>    You can simply set the value of org-agenda-files to a directory  
> rather than a list of files:
>
>    (setq org-agenda-files "~/my/special/path/org/")

Does that really work?  I believe it should be

    (setq org-agenda-files '("~/my/special/path/org/"))

i.e. each member of this list can be a file or a
directory.  If it is a directory, the org files in
it will be used.

- Carsten

>
> it is correct as it stands: unless you are using a really ancient
> version, org figures out that it's a directory and sets org-agenda- 
> files
> to the contents of the directory (filtered by org-agenda-file-regexp,
> which by default matches filenames ending in ".org").
>
> HTH,
> Nick
>
>
>
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- Carsten

Re: FAQ incorrect

[Nick Dokos]

Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> >    (setq org-agenda-files "~/my/special/path/org/")
> 
> Does that really work?  I believe it should be
> 
>    (setq org-agenda-files '("~/my/special/path/org/"))
> 
> i.e. each member of this list can be a file or a
> directory.  If it is a directory, the org files in
> it will be used.
> 

Yes, I was mistaken: it's got to be a list.

Thanks,
Nick

Re: FAQ incorrect

[Matt Lundin]

Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:

> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >
>> >    (setq org-agenda-files "~/my/special/path/org/")
>> 
>> Does that really work?  I believe it should be
>> 
>>    (setq org-agenda-files '("~/my/special/path/org/"))
>> 
>> i.e. each member of this list can be a file or a
>> directory.  If it is a directory, the org files in
>> it will be used.
>> 
>
> Yes, I was mistaken: it's got to be a list.

My mistake as well. I updated the FAQ accordingly.

- Matt