From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Fwd: Trouble with Properties and Sparse Trees/Agenda View Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 08:59:42 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LqMKe-0006Dt-Fy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:59:52 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LqMKZ-00063U-GN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:59:51 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35149 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LqMKZ-00063K-5v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:59:47 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:4133) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LqMKY-0000GJ-GQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:59:46 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f160.google.com ([209.85.219.160]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LqMKX-0000l7-PN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:59:46 -0400 Received: by ewy4 with SMTP id 4so1700505ewy.42 for ; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:59:43 -0700 (PDT) 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: Org-Mode emacs-orgmode Begin forwarded message: > From: Carsten Dominik > Date: April 5, 2009 8:56:13 AM GMT+02:00 > To: Tom Shannon > Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Trouble with Properties and Sparse Trees/ > Agenda View > > > On Apr 5, 2009, at 2:41 AM, Tom Shannon wrote: > >> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Carsten Dominik >> wrote: >> >>> It would certainly help if you showed us what exactly you >>> are entering at the prompt. >> >> No problem. Here's the sample file again: >> >> * Tasks >> :PROPERTIES: >> :TaskStatus_ALL: "Not Started" "In Progress" Waiting >> :END: >> ** Shannon, Thomas R. >> :PROPERTIES: >> :ContactName: Shannon >> :TaskStatus: Waiting >> :END: >> *** TODO This is a task >> *** TODO Task 4 >> **** TODO Task 2 >> **** TODO Task >> 3 :Tag1: >> >> * This is a heading >> ** TODO This is a task >> ** TODO Task 4 >> *** TODO Task 2 >> *** TODO Task 3 >> >> I press the key combination C-c a m. I am prompted for "Match:" At >> that point I'm not real sure what to type. The name of any tag, for >> instance "Tag1", certainly gives the expected list of headings in the >> indirect buffer. The name of a value, for instance "Waiting" or >> "Shannon" gives no matches. Typing in the name of a property, for >> instance, "TaskStatus" gives no match and, of course, no further >> prompts for a value. > > This description makes me wonder if you really got > property-based sparse tree to work :-) Maybe you used `C-c / p'? > Because `C-c / m' uses the same syntax as `C-c a m'. > > The basic syntax would be for C-c a m > > TaskStatus="Waiting" > > The syntax of tag/property searches is described here: > > http://orgmode.org/manual/Matching-tags-and-properties.html#Matching-tags-and-properties > > > HTH > > - Carsten