From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: question about org-agenda-files Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:30:20 +0200 Message-ID: <87zkx087oj.fsf@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42524 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OhIJu-0008WI-Hi for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:30:27 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OhIJt-0001rR-B6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:30:26 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:54342) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OhIJt-0001rF-0Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 04:30:25 -0400 Received: by wyg36 with SMTP id 36so8447412wyg.0 for ; Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:30:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Rustom Mody's message of "Sun, 1 Aug 2010 23:20:28 +0530") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Rustom Mody writes: > Why is it that if org-agenda-files is a list the list should have > absolute file names whereas when it (points to) a single file > containing the names those names are allowed to be relative to > org-directory? I guess this is a small historical contingency. We might indeed allow relative filenames when `org-agenda-files' is a list. -- Bastien