Hi Max, thanks for the reply.

That is amazing. Works like a charm - just what I needed.

This should definitely be merged back to the main org distribution!



On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Max Mikhanosha <max@openchat.com> wrote:

> Check out my multiple-agenda-buffers branch from
> http://github.com/7max/org-mode
>
> Its designed exactly for that (multiple independent agenda buffers
> living together). to enable it use, M-x org-toggle-sticky-agenda
>
> You will have to set different agenda names for different agenda views
> in your org-agenda-custom-commands variable like so:
>
>  (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
>       '(("a" "Agenda and NEXT (priority)"
>          ((agenda ""
>                   ((org-agenda-span 'day)))
>           (tags-todo "/!NEXT"
>                      ((org-agenda-overriding-header "Next Tasks")
>                       (org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options t)
>                       (org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled t)
>                       (org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines t)
>                       (org-tags-match-list-sublevels t)
>                       (org-agenda-sorting-strategy
>                        '(priority-down category-keep)))))
>          ((org-agenda-buffer-name "*Agenda*")))
>         ("t" "TODO entries"
>          todo ""
>          ((org-agenda-buffer-name "*Todo List*")))))
>
> Carsten suggested that this will eventually get merged, but I think
> people may be afraid, as it's a bit of a major change, converting most
> agenda related variables to buffer local, and at least initially had a
> several bugs, which took me a few weeks to catch and fix.
>
> But I've been running on this branch for a month+, and quality of
> my org-moding had greatly improved, since now all my agendas pop-out
> immediately instead of rebuilding for several seconds.
>
> At Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:38:39 -0600,
> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > So, I would like to keep a sort of dashboard in a osx virtual desktop -
> basically having emacs frames with different todo lists
> > for reference at quick glance:
> >
> > http://minus.com/mlgjv21R4
> >
> > The problem is that the agenda is global to the emacs instance and won't
> allow me to show a filter view in one frame and another
> > in the other (i.e: One frame showing all my personal TODOs and the other
> showing all TODOs related to my job.).
> >
> > I could have those lists in separate files, but my configuration now has
> all todos in a big gtd.org file.
> >
> > Is there a way to have differente filters in different frames? If not,
> any thoughts on how I could accomplish this idea?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marcelo.
> >
> >
>