* list of agenda files in a file
@ 2014-09-18 22:47 hymie!
2014-09-19 7:27 ` Thorsten Jolitz
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: hymie! @ 2014-09-18 22:47 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Greetings.
I'd like to add my _archive files to my agenda. I don't need the entries
clogging up my day-to-day .org files, but I want the items to still
appear in my agenda.
I found this in the org manual:
>The information to be shown is normally collected from all agenda files,
>the files listed in the variable org-agenda-files[98].
>
>[98] If the value of that variable is not a list, but a single file name,
>then the list of agenda files will be maintained in that external file.
So based on that, I put this in my .emacs file:
(setq org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/agenda.file.list")))
but I cannot seem to get this to work.
When that file has a plain old list of filenames in it, I get an error
Agenda file ~/org/agenda.file.list is not in `org-mode'
When that file is empty, then there is nothing in my agenda. I then
tried using C-c [ to add a file to the list, and I end up with
'(org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/file.org" "~/org/agenda.file.list")))
in my .emacs file.
Am I misunderstanding? The manual sounds like I can maintain a file
that contains a list of files that the agenda should use. But I can't
seem to make that happen, either automatically or manually.
What am I doing wrong?
--hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie hymie@lactose.homelinux.net
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2014-09-18 22:47 list of agenda files in a file hymie!
@ 2014-09-19 7:27 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-09-19 10:41 ` hymie!
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thorsten Jolitz @ 2014-09-19 7:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
hymie@lactose.homelinux.net (hymie!) writes:
> Greetings.
>
> I'd like to add my _archive files to my agenda. I don't need the entries
> clogging up my day-to-day .org files, but I want the items to still
> appear in my agenda.
>
> I found this in the org manual:
>
>>The information to be shown is normally collected from all agenda files,
>>the files listed in the variable org-agenda-files[98].
>>
>>[98] If the value of that variable is not a list, but a single file name,
>>then the list of agenda files will be maintained in that external file.
>
> So based on that, I put this in my .emacs file:
> (setq org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/agenda.file.list")))
> but I cannot seem to get this to work.
>
> When that file has a plain old list of filenames in it, I get an error
> Agenda file ~/org/agenda.file.list is not in `org-mode'
>
> When that file is empty, then there is nothing in my agenda. I then
> tried using C-c [ to add a file to the list, and I end up with
> '(org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/file.org" "~/org/agenda.file.list")))
> in my .emacs file.
>
> Am I misunderstanding? The manual sounds like I can maintain a file
> that contains a list of files that the agenda should use. But I can't
> seem to make that happen, either automatically or manually.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
Read again! =>
,----[ C-h v org-agenda-files RET ]
| org-agenda-files is a variable defined in `org.el'.
| Its value is ("~/git/org/agenda")
| Original value was nil
|
| Documentation: The files to be used for agenda display. Entries may
| be added to this list with M-x org-agenda-file-to-front and removed
| with M-x org-remove-file. You can also use customize to edit the
| list.
|
| If an entry is a directory, all files in that directory that are
| matched by `org-agenda-file-regexp' will be part of the file list.
|
| If the value of the variable is not a list but a single file name,
| then ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
| the list of agenda files is actually stored and maintained in that
| file, one agenda file per line. In this file paths can be given
| relative to `org-directory'. Tilde expansion and environment variable
| substitution are also made.
|
| You can customize this variable.
`----
--
cheers,
Thorsten
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2014-09-19 7:27 ` Thorsten Jolitz
@ 2014-09-19 10:41 ` hymie!
2014-09-19 10:59 ` Eric S Fraga
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: hymie! @ 2014-09-19 10:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>, who said:
>
>Read again! =>
>| If the value of the variable is not a list but a single file name,
>| then ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's what I did.
(setq org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/agenda.file.list")))
A single file name.
--hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie hymie@lactose.homelinux.net
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2014-09-19 10:41 ` hymie!
@ 2014-09-19 10:59 ` Eric S Fraga
2014-09-19 11:14 ` hymie
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eric S Fraga @ 2014-09-19 10:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: hymie!; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
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On Friday, 19 Sep 2014 at 10:41, hymie! wrote:
> In our last episode, the evil Dr. Lacto had captured our hero,
> Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>, who said:
>>
>>Read again! =>
>
>
>>| If the value of the variable is not a list but a single file name,
>>| then ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> That's what I did.
>
> (setq org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/agenda.file.list")))
which sets the variable to a list of one string, which is *not* what you
want. Try
(setq org-agenda-files "~/org/agenda.file.list")
instead. A single file name versus a list with a single file name are
very different constructs!
--
: Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 24.4.50.1, Org release_8.3beta-360-ge17ee8
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2014-09-19 10:59 ` Eric S Fraga
@ 2014-09-19 11:14 ` hymie
2014-09-19 13:08 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: hymie @ 2014-09-19 11:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric S Fraga; +Cc: hymie!, emacs-orgmode
Eric S Fraga writes:
>
>> (setq org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/agenda.file.list")))
>
>which sets the variable to a list of one string, which is *not* what you
>want. Try
>(setq org-agenda-files "~/org/agenda.file.list")
Ohhhhh. Thank you very much.
I have and/or see things like this:
(setq org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance (quote ("crypt")))
org-agenda-span (quote month)
org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/project.org"))
and I know that "cons" makes a list. I didn't realize that "quote"
also makes a list.
TIL.
--hymie! http://lactose.homelinux.net/~hymie hymie@lactose.homelinux.net
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2014-09-19 11:14 ` hymie
@ 2014-09-19 13:08 ` Nick Dokos
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nick Dokos @ 2014-09-19 13:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
hymie@lactose.homelinux.net writes:
> Eric S Fraga writes:
>>
>>> (setq org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/agenda.file.list")))
>>
>>which sets the variable to a list of one string, which is *not* what you
>>want. Try
>>(setq org-agenda-files "~/org/agenda.file.list")
>
> Ohhhhh. Thank you very much.
>
> I have and/or see things like this:
> (setq org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance (quote ("crypt")))
> org-agenda-span (quote month)
> org-agenda-files (quote ("~/org/project.org"))
>
> and I know that "cons" makes a list. I didn't realize that "quote"
> also makes a list.
>
`quote' does not make a list - it just prevents evaluation. It's the
inner parentheses you used that made it into a list.
(setq org-agenda-files (quote "~/org/agenda.file.list"))
would work fine, but since strings evaluate to themselves, the quote
is unnecessary in this case.
The point is that lisp generally evaluates arguments to function calls
*before* calling the function (there are things called "special forms"
that do not follow this general rule: e.g setq is a special form that
does not evaluate its first argument). So if you want to call a function
but not evaluate its argument, you have to quote the argument.
--
Nick
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