A quick follow-up to this: I've also started investigating whether, instead
of logging state changes, I could just use the org-log-done setting to
generate the "Closed: [date]" stamps. The problem is the same: I can
display closed entries in the timeline view, but I can't omit the Scheduled
and Deadline entries.

On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Yuri Niyazov <yuri.niyazov@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I am trying to figure out how to configure a timeline agenda view that
> would show only state changes, rather than SCHEDULED or DEADLINE entries. I
> customized the "Org Agenda Log Mode Items:" entry have only the "state"
> checkbox on, and "closed" and "clock" are off, and that seems to imply that
> only the "state" entries would show up, but, unless I am doing something
> wrong, both "state" and scheduling/deadline information shows up. I am
> happy to configure a custom agenda view if that's what it would take, I am
> not clear on what the incantation for that would be.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> PS This is my first time posting to the list: sorry if it doesn't follow
> some conventions. I am not quite clear what they are around here - for
> example, I noticed that quite a few subject lines start with [O], so did
> the same, but I am unclear on what that means. I am also unclear on what
> the other accepted subject line indicators are. If there's a FAQ on using
> the mailing list, I missed it.
>