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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Chao LU <loochao@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to do Properties search by define an agenda command
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:39:38 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aalfz5et.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim=o6xifX+BkvzorPBwUqMvp9PHWAVx7sU5OTyE@mail.gmail.com> (Chao LU's message of "Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:59:58 -0500")

Chao LU <loochao@gmail.com> writes:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm trying to figure out how  to do Properties search by define an
> agenda command.
>
> Here is my item in org file:
>
> *** Franz Schwabl / Quantum Mechanics
>     :PROPERTIES:
>     :TITLE: Quantum Mechanics
>     :AUTHOR: Franz Schwabl
>     :CATEGORY: Quantum Mechanics
>     :TAGS: Quantum Mechanics, Group Theory
>     :KEYWORD: Quantum Mechanics, Perturbation, Second Quantization
>     :LOCATION: iTune
>     :END:
>
> And I want to define a agenda command to search this item out. I've
> tried this one, but did not work:
>      ("19" "TEST" occur-tree "Title="Quantum Mechanics"")
>      ("19" "TEST" tags "Title="Quantum Mechanics"")
>
> So is there anyone knows how to do this correctly?

Two things: 

1. You need to escape the inner quote marks in the custom command.

2. AFAICT Properties are case sensitive. Your drawer includes a "TITLE"
   property but your custom command searches for "Title".

This custom command worked for me:

(setq org-agenda-custom-commands 
      '(("x" "TEST" tags "TITLE=\"Quantum Mechanics\"")))

You could also just type the following:

C-a m TITLE="Quantum Mechanics"

Note: you can also use regexps in property searches. E.g.,

C-a m TITLE={quantum.*mechanics}

Best,
Matt

     prev parent reply	other threads:[~2010-11-12  1:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-11-10  7:59 How to do Properties search by define an agenda command Chao LU
2010-11-10 18:30 ` David Maus
2010-11-12  1:51   ` Matt Lundin
2010-11-13  6:09     ` David Maus
2010-11-13 15:31       ` Matt Lundin
2010-11-12  1:39 ` Matt Lundin [this message]

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