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From: Benjamin Andresen <benny@in-ulm.de>
Subject: Re: FAQ incorrect
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:50:23 +0100
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In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.0910270907540.8055@wbm1.site> (W. Bentley
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To: "W.Bentley MacLeod" <bentley.macleod@columbia.edu>
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Hey W.,

"W.Bentley MacLeod" <bentley.macleod@columbia.edu> writes:

> FAQ on how to include all org files in a directory is incorrect (view 85).
> Correct code is:
> (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org-files/*.org"))

You are right.

This isn't valid: (setq org-agenda-files "~/my/special/path/org/")

M-x org-agenda RET will reply with: `org-agenda-files' cannot be a single directory

I propose the following for the FAQ:

(setq org-agenda-directory "~/Org/")
(setq org-agenda-files (directory-files (expand-file-name org-agenda-directory) t "^[^\.][^#][[:alnum:]]+\.org$"))

That will add every org file. I've had the problem of normal glob
expansion to include emacs lock files that are in this format:
.#todo.org

I was under the impression that org-agenda-directory set to
~/my/special/path/org/ would Just Work(tm) because if you do C-c a a v A
it pulls in the right files for me.

> best bm

br,
benny