From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
Subject: Re: Is there a way to get all agenda TODOs programmatically?
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2017 18:43:39 +0200
Message-ID: <87r2ue29j8.fsf@mbork.pl>
References: <87376v36up.fsf@mbork.pl> <87a813rqdx.fsf@fastmail.fm>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Return-path: <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42070)
	by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <mbork@mbork.pl>) id 1e0sCj-0007pG-W0
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Oct 2017 12:43:58 -0400
Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <mbork@mbork.pl>) id 1e0sCg-0005Iw-T0
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Oct 2017 12:43:58 -0400
Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([195.110.48.8]:38276)
	by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71)
	(envelope-from <mbork@mbork.pl>) id 1e0sCg-0005IG-L5
	for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Oct 2017 12:43:54 -0400
In-reply-to: <87a813rqdx.fsf@fastmail.fm>
List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode.gnu.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/>
List-Post: <mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
List-Help: <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>,
	<mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe>
Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org
Sender: "Emacs-orgmode"
	<emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org>
To: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Cc: Org-Mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>


On 2017-10-07, at 16:20, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:

> Hi Marcin,
>
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> writes:
>
>> I'd like to get a list of all agenda TODOs, with titles and due dates.
>> Is there something ready in Org/contrib/blogosphere to help me?
>
> This functionality is built into org-mode. The simplest way to get such
> a list is to use the agenda (specifically M-x org-todo-list). To display
> scheduling information you can customize the variable
> org-agenda-prefix-format.

I know (and use) that.  What I want is not /display/, but a /data
structure/ containing that info.

>> The problem I'm trying to solve is to make some kind of a metric of how
>> I'm doing with my TODO list, like "how many overdue tasks do I have", or
>> even better, such a sum weighted by the time after the deadline, or
>> something similar.
>
> If you use the "DEADLINE" keyword (M-x org-deadline, bound to C-c C-d),
> then the daily/weekly agenda (M-x org-agenda-list) will display any
> overdue tasks.
>
> Finally, if you want simply to gather the todo data programmatically for
> further processing you can use the function org-map-entries.

Thanks, that seems to be a good pointer.  I'll check it out.

> Best,
> Matt

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski