From: Eric S Fraga <esflists@gmail.com>
To: "Christopher W. Ryan" <cryan@binghamton.edu>
Cc: Org-mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: how do I search state change dates?
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2019 14:59:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pntfxg08.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5a27130f-1c88-8fee-cd9b-0d46c138e0d1@binghamton.edu> (Christopher W. Ryan's message of "Tue, 1 Jan 2019 14:16:27 -0500")
On Tuesday, 1 Jan 2019 at 14:16, Christopher W. Ryan wrote:
> I try to keep track of books I want to read, and when I eventually read
> them. I use TODO keyword for books I intend to read, and I change the
> state to READING and then DONE, as appropriate. Each state change gets a
> date/time stamp.
[...]
> How can I retrieve all the entries for the books I've read in 2018? In
> other words, all those that changed state to DONE in 2018?
Well, a start would be to use the agenda view on that file and ask for a
full log view (v L in the default dispatcher).
Alternatively, remember that org files are simply text so you could use
"M-x occur RET" on your file with a suitable pattern. This seems to
work for me:
- State "DONE".*\[2018
Of course, if your book entries are intermixed with other entries in the
same file, you may need to be a bit more creating (e.g. include
"READING" in your pattern).
--
Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, Org release_9.1.14-1035-gfeb442
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-01-02 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-01-01 19:16 how do I search state change dates? Christopher W. Ryan
2019-01-02 14:59 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2019-01-02 19:24 ` Michael Welle
2019-01-12 23:43 ` Christopher W. Ryan
2019-01-13 6:02 ` Michael Welle
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