Q: How to search dates within current week [ I am posting this according to //gmane.org/post.php instructions. I hope this works. ] I am a beginner in using Orgmode. I would like to search for CLOSED items within the current week. The closest posting was in 2007 entitled "search for dates as tag or property" http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4506/match=date+search I tried 2 approaches but have some problems. 1) Keywords - today, tomorrow, yesterday Is there a keyword for "thisweek"? in the vein of "today", "tomorrow". where "thisweek" means the current Mon-Sun window. 2) Match string : +CLOSED>="<-1w>"+CLOSED<="<0w>" Currently -1w is a moving window of the last 7 days, so the search result will change every day. It is also possible there are simpler solutions I have not thought of. For example, the Timeline would serve my purpose except that currently, it only shows scheduled items, not closed items. Thanks, ____________________________________________________________ Weight Loss Program Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/c?cp=QHzgltjQttPSab0aAeH8agAAJz2dHEwHj3vEVwLaaaOeXNfeAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEUgAAAAA=
Q: How to search dates within current week [ I am posting this according to //gmane.org/post.php instructions. I hope this works. ] I am a beginner in using Orgmode. I would like to search for CLOSED items within the current week. The closest posting was in 2007 entitled "search for dates as tag or property" http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4506/match=date+search I tried 2 approaches but have some problems. 1) Keywords - today, tomorrow, yesterday Is there a keyword for "thisweek"? in the vein of "today", "tomorrow". where "thisweek" means the current Mon-Sun window. 2) Match string : +CLOSED>="<-1w>"+CLOSED<="<0w>" Currently -1w is a moving window of the last 7 days, so the search result will change every day. It is also possible there are simpler solutions I have not thought of. For example, the Timeline would serve my purpose except that currently, it only shows scheduled items, not closed items. Thanks, ____________________________________________________________ Plumber Click now for prescreened plumbing contractors. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/c?cp=E8xQWEzZ2JspvKiaW7DFNgAAJz2dHEwHj3vEVwLaaaOeXNfeAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAndwAAAAA=
"tan.k.h@juno.com" <tan.k.h@juno.com> writes:
> Q: How to search dates within current week
>
> [ I am posting this according to //gmane.org/post.php instructions.
> I hope this works. ]
>
> I am a beginner in using Orgmode.
> I would like to search for CLOSED items within the current week.
>
> The closest posting was in 2007 entitled "search for dates as tag or property"
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4506/match=date+search
>
> I tried 2 approaches but have some problems.
>
> 1) Keywords - today, tomorrow, yesterday
> Is there a keyword for "thisweek"? in the vein of "today", "tomorrow".
> where "thisweek" means the current Mon-Sun window.
>
> 2) Match string : +CLOSED>="<-1w>"+CLOSED<="<0w>"
> Currently -1w is a moving window of the last 7 days, so the
> search result will change every day.
>
> It is also possible there are simpler solutions I have not thought of.
> For example, the Timeline would serve my purpose except that currently,
> it only shows scheduled items, not closed items.
The timeline might work - you can display closed and other timestamps in
the log with C-u l or configure what is displayed by default with l
using org-agenda-log-mode-items.
HTH,
Bernt
Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> writes:
> "tan.k.h@juno.com" <tan.k.h@juno.com> writes:
>
>> Q: How to search dates within current week
>>
>> [ I am posting this according to //gmane.org/post.php instructions.
>> I hope this works. ]
>>
>> I am a beginner in using Orgmode.
>> I would like to search for CLOSED items within the current week.
>>
>> The closest posting was in 2007 entitled "search for dates as tag or property"
>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/4506/match=date+search
>>
>> I tried 2 approaches but have some problems.
>>
>> 1) Keywords - today, tomorrow, yesterday
>> Is there a keyword for "thisweek"? in the vein of "today", "tomorrow".
>> where "thisweek" means the current Mon-Sun window.
>>
>> 2) Match string : +CLOSED>="<-1w>"+CLOSED<="<0w>"
>> Currently -1w is a moving window of the last 7 days, so the
>> search result will change every day.
>>
>> It is also possible there are simpler solutions I have not thought of.
>> For example, the Timeline would serve my purpose except that currently,
>> it only shows scheduled items, not closed items.
>
> The timeline might work - you can display closed and other timestamps in
> the log with C-u l or configure what is displayed by default with l
> using org-agenda-log-mode-items.
(and following up on my own post...)
What I would probably do if this is something you need often is make a
custom agenda view which sets org-agenda-log-mode-items to closed, and
then view the agenda for a week starting from some specific date with
the log items on. This should be much faster than the timeline view (L)
since it limits the date range you are looking at.
-Bernt
Thanks. I didn't realise that Org's Agenda mode/Timeline view has an "l" key for log mode. That shows all the items, closed and scheduled - exactly what I was looking for. The Info page is somewhat sparse on this, but seeing how it works, it makes sense now. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> (and following up on my own post...) What I would probably do if this is something you need often is make a custom agenda view which sets org-agenda-log-mode-items to closed, and then view the agenda for a week starting from some specific date with the log items on. This should be much faster than the timeline view (L) since it limits the date range you are looking at. -Bernt ____________________________________________________________ Plumber Click now for prescreened plumbing contractors. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/c?cp=u-4ffF4TG3YPhH71uMiC2wAAJz2dHEwHj3vEVwLaaaOeXNfeAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAndwAAAAA=
Hi, Problem : search for CLOSED items in current week It turns out that Orgmode has the functionality all along but being a newbie, I did not ask the right question. Bernt Hansen's suggestion to use Timeline with C-u l provided the clue. When I view the weekly agenda ( C-c a a ), I get a list of scheduled items. Press "l" to turn on logbook mode and presto!, I get a list of items closed for the same week. I can change the time period with d,w,m,y to get daily, weekly, monthly or yearly view. To see the entire file, I switch to Timeline, and then turn on logbook mode. In summary, logbook mode off always shows scheduled items while logbook mode on always shows closed times. The time frame being displayed depends on whether you are viewing daily, monthly, yearly or timeline. The other neat thing is that when you press <left> or <right> to shift the date window, the logbook mode shows the closed items for the correct time frame. Happy Thanksgiving!