Cool.  I didn't know about indirect buffers; I can see that my Emacs
knowledge is pretty dated!

Thanks,
Sam

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira <darcamo@gmail.com
> wrote:

>
> Use M-x clone-indirect-buffer to create another buffer that points to the
> org
> file and then C-c C-v (org-show-todo-tree) in one of the buffers to show
> the
> TODO items.
>
> If all your TODO items are in a subtree you can also go to that subtree and
> use
> C-c C-x b (org-tree-to-indirect-buffer) to create an indirect buffer
> narrowed to
> that subtree.
>
> - Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
>
> At Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:15:32 -0800,
> Sam Cramer <samcramer@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm a new org-mode user.  It's a really nice piece of work, and I'm
> having a
> > good time using it to organize a bunch of work-related tasks!
> >
> > I can't figure out how to create a list of all the TODO items in an org
> file
> > in a new buffer.  I'd like to have the TODO list in one buffer and the
> org
> > file in another, so I can refer to the TODO list while editing the org
> file.
> >  I looked through the manual and didn't see a way to do this, though it's
> > possible that I overlooked a relevant section.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sam
>