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From: Richard Riley <rileyrg@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Limit todo window
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:12:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xu39a84fii.fsf@news.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4530.1329513242@alphaville

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

> Richard Riley <rileyrg@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 
>> Whats the best way to limit the window that agendas use to show open
>> todo items? e.g when I do C-c a a I dont want to see TODOs set for a
>> years time - generally I might only want things in the current week or
>> so. is there something built and instantly configurable to achieve this?
>> 
>> 
>
> org-agenda-span - also make sure to get rid of any settings of
> the obsolete variable org-agenda-ndays. The default is week however,
> so unless you've customized something, you should not see a year's
> worth of TODOS (I shudder at the thought...)
>
> Nick
>

Hi Nick,

I was being dense. I wasnt seeing the TODOs per se, but the creation of
them! (I tag all items with a created date so they appear in a journal
and I easily track creation of all org items). So yes, the span is the
correct variable that I had previously thought not working...

cheers

r.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-02-18 10:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-01  2:22 calendar problem with schedule Richard Riley
     [not found] ` <rileyrg@gmail.com>
2012-01-01  4:51   ` Nick Dokos
2012-01-03 20:34     ` Richard Riley
2012-01-03 20:48       ` Nick Dokos
2012-01-03 22:20         ` Richard Riley
2012-02-17 21:14   ` Limit todo window Nick Dokos
2012-02-18 10:12     ` Richard Riley [this message]
2012-04-14 22:45   ` Capturing to current file Nick Dokos
2012-04-14 23:02     ` Samuel Wales
2012-04-14 23:05       ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-14 23:04     ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-14 23:21       ` Richard Riley
2012-04-15  1:18       ` Charles
2012-04-15  2:33         ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-15  2:49           ` Samuel Wales
2012-04-15 13:52             ` Nick Dokos
2012-04-20 12:58           ` Bastien
2012-04-20 19:44             ` Charles
2012-04-29  8:59               ` Bastien
2012-05-01  2:54                 ` Mike McLean
2012-04-22 13:14             ` Charles
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-02-17 20:58 Limit todo window Richard Riley
2012-04-14 18:27 Capturing to current file Marvin Doyley
2012-04-14 18:32 ` Karl Voit
2012-04-14 21:44   ` Richard Riley

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