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From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Re: Question about searches (ultimately for agenda)
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On Dec 17, 2009, at 5:53 AM, Mueen Nawaz wrote:

> On 12/16/09 03:37, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>> This is what skip conditions are for. Here is an entry for
>> org-agenda-custom-commands which does this for the specific
>> "Jack" example:
>>
>> ("X" "Tags match ignoring done stuff" tags "Jack"
>> ((org-agenda-skip-function
>> '(and
>> (org-entry-is-done-p)
>> (outline-next-heading)
>> (point)))))
>
> 	Almost. It worked if I exclude (outline-next-heading). Was there a  
> reason you had that?

Yes, so that the search only continues after that entry.  But yes, you
are right, this can fail for the final entry in a file.

Try


'(when (org-entry-is-done) (outline-next-heading) (point))

>
> 	Also, I'm pretty weak with Emacs Lisp. What does (point) do?  
> Google's no help (obviously).

Point returns the buffer position of he cursor, in this case the  
position where the next entry starts.

HTH

- Carsten