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From: Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Ross Patterson <me@rpatterson.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Re: Restrict agenda view to multiple files matching a pattern?
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:27:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fxh4yr93.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87prg8uk61.fsf@transitory.lefae.org> (Ross Patterson's message of "Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:13:42 -0700")


Hi Ross,

Ross Patterson <me@rpatterson.net> writes:

> Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:
>
>> Ross Patterson <me@rpatterson.net> writes:
>>
>>> So far at least, I have my tasks broken up into multiple *.org files
>>> whose names reflect general categories.  Often I want to look at the
>>> agenda view for files starting with "work" to look at all my work
>>> tasks.
>>>
>>> Is there a way I can do this or a better way I should be organizing my
>>> tasks?  Putting all my tasks into one work file would just be way too
>>> much as I am a freelancer and have a lot to keep track of.  Similarly I
>>> don't really want to tag every work task just to support this.  Any
>>> suggestions?
>>
>> The following FAQs provide some tips on how to do this:
>>
>>   - http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#limit-agenda-with-tag-filtering	
>>
>>   - http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#limit-agenda-with-category-match
>
> Sorry, should have been clearer, I want to look at my work*.org tasks in
> the the *day/week agenda* view, not just the task listing.

I'm a bit confused. One of the FAQs explains how to do precisely that
using #+FILETAGS and tag filtering (i.e., the same solution as Bernt's
email).

Please let me know if there's something missing in the FAQ that would
make the explanation clearer, and I'd be happy to fix it.

Best,
Matt

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2009-03-23 19:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-23 18:56 Restrict agenda view to multiple files matching a pattern? Ross Patterson
2009-03-23 19:08 ` Matthew Lundin
2009-03-23 19:08 ` Matthew Lundin
2009-03-23 19:13   ` Ross Patterson
2009-03-23 19:27     ` Matthew Lundin [this message]
2009-03-23 19:47       ` Ross Patterson
2009-03-24 14:12         ` Carsten Dominik
2009-03-23 19:13 ` Bernt Hansen
2009-03-23 19:19   ` Ross Patterson

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