From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Spiers Subject: Re: property searches for #+CATEGORY Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:32:45 +0000 Message-ID: <20071107143245.GO13544@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> References: <20071107111730.GH13544@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <3d6808890711070523u50bd8bbp963960978171e132@mail.gmail.com> <20071107133404.GL13544@atlantic.linksys.moosehall> <87y7dam7pj.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Reply-To: Adam Spiers 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 1Iplxa-00067P-PN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:32:50 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Iplxa-00066u-7I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:32:50 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IplxZ-00066n-Rz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:32:49 -0500 Received: from mail.beimborn.com ([70.84.38.100]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IplxZ-0007gv-C8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:32:49 -0500 Received: from mail.beimborn.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.8) with ESMTP id lA7EWm8C029572 for ; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:32:48 -0600 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by mail.beimborn.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id lA7EWmxT029567 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:32:48 GMT Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y7dam7pj.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> 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 On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 02:49:28PM +0000, Bastien wrote: > Adam Spiers writes: > > >> It would seem to me that this is exactly what tags does. > >> You could move everything down a level and use tag inheritance: > >> * personal stuff :personal: > >> * work stuff :work: > > > > I could, but this would mean that each file would have a single > > top-level entry, and the entire contents would be indented an extra > > level, which I fear is a rather unattractive solution! > > ..which is exactly why your request about using a per-file #+CATEGORY > when searching across files is more about *grouping files* than about > grouping tasks. Am I wrong? You're right. It's a 2-tier grouping mechanism really, e.g. (1) group work-related tasks into ~/work/TODO.org and appointments into ~/work/diary.org, then (2) group all work-related files together so that tag/keyword searches etc. can be performed on them all in one go.