Hi Richard Fantastic, thx alot for the code snippet and detailed explanation, it really helps to understand what goes on. unfortunately i get an error: Wrong type argument: commandp, (lambda nil (org-agenda nil "s" "<")) any clue? best Z. On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Richard Lawrence < richard.lawrence@berkeley.edu> wrote: > Xebar Saram writes: > > > Thank you both Thorsten and Seb, i really appreciate the help! > > > > Seb, you wrote: The programming equivalent to C-c a s is: > > > > (org-agenda nil "s") > > > > That's what you'd have to bind to a key (using a "lambda" function). > > > > im a complete neewb and dont really have any idea on how to do the above, > > can you show me an example? > > I think you're looking for something like: > > (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-M-h") (lambda () (org-agenda nil "s" > "<"))) > > You could put a line like that in your .emacs. Here's what it does: > #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp > (define-key ;; insert a new keybinding > org-mode-map ;; into the Org mode map (so this won't affect bindings in > non-Org buffers) > > ;; This is the key we're binding: C-M-h, for "headline" search > ;; You can use whatever key you like, but you might want to check first > that it isn't > ;; already bound to something else (e.g., via C-h k from an Org buffer). > ;; The kbd macro converts a string representation to the appropriate key > code. > (kbd "C-M-h") > > ;; This is the function to run when the key is pressed. The lambda > ;; form creates an anonymous function which calls org-agenda with > ;; the "s" argument and a restriction to current buffer. > (lambda () (org-agenda nil "s" "<"))) > #+END_SRC > > Best, > Richard > > >