From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to extract TODOs from date-tree
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:26:47 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mw8gcdgo.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAGGEobVUHRBhpa0S7ojbhWkL=pAMDeqmrW+k0_gysbrh4A214g@mail.gmail.com
Jay Iyer <jayiyer09@gmail.com> writes:
Hi Jay,
> The file entries are as follows and the task/note/project sub-heads generally don't have active/inactive timestamps except when a scheduling/deadline is specified. Thanks.
> ** 2014-10 October
> *** 2014-10-01 Wednesday
> **** TODO first task
> **** General note entry
> **** Project :prj:
puh ... it would of cause be possible to write emacs lisp to find, extract
and process the date info from the parent tree's :raw-value, but I must
admit I don't want to do it, since it is just extra work required by
un-idiomatic use of Org-mode.
You have all the means to create a nice logical project file out-of-the
box with Org-mode, use tags, timestamps, deadlines, properties etc and
then extract selected info via the agenda.
Otherwise you need to write custom elisp yourself or find somebody who
does it for you ...
> Jay Iyer <address@hidden> writes:
>
> Hi,
>> I have my Org files set up as date-trees containing a mix of notes,
>> tasks and projects. I now have a need to generate a list of projects
>> and tasks filed under specific date-tree or in a range of dates. Is it
>> possible to get this listing from the date-trees if the entries
>> themselves don't have date/time in timestamps or in properties
>> settings? I couldn't find a solution in the archives. Please advise.
>> Thank you.
>
> what is a date tree? This:
>
> ,----
> | * <2014-10-28 Di>
> `----
>
> ?
>
> If the date-tree is the parent and has a timestamp, then the entries
> are part of the contents of parent, and you can use this function to
> map over the parents
>
> ,----[ C-h f org-element-map RET ]
> | org-element-map is a compiled Lisp function in `org-element.el'.
> |
> | (org-element-map DATA TYPES FUN &optional INFO FIRST-MATCH
> | NO-RECURSION WITH-AFFILIATED)
> |
> | Map a function on selected elements or objects. [...]
> `----
>
> and this to get their contents
>
> ,----[ C-h f org-element-contents RET ]
> | org-element-contents is a compiled Lisp function in `org-element.el'.
> |
> | (org-element-contents ELEMENT)
> |
> | Extract contents from an ELEMENT.
> `----
>
> and then 'org-element-property' and 'org-element-put-property' to get
> and set timestamp info from the parent and any other info from the child
> entries.
--
cheers,
Thorsten
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-28 17:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-28 15:53 How to extract TODOs from date-tree Jay Iyer
2014-10-28 16:20 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-10-28 16:54 ` Jay Iyer
2014-10-28 17:26 ` Thorsten Jolitz [this message]
2014-10-28 17:28 ` Thorsten Jolitz
2014-10-29 2:59 ` Nick Dokos
2014-10-29 8:24 ` Detlef Steuer
2014-10-29 12:20 ` Nick Dokos
2014-10-29 15:15 ` Detlef Steuer
2014-10-29 12:27 ` Alexander Baier
2014-10-29 15:28 ` Jay Iyer
2014-10-29 19:34 ` Robert Horn
2014-11-02 21:00 ` Alan Schmitt
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