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From: Richard Riley <rileyrg@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Limit todo window
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:12:05 +0100
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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.