Agenda not working or am I misunderstanding how it works?

Agenda not working or am I misunderstanding how it works?

[U Avalos]

I have the following completed todo item:

** DONE pay Yolanda
   DEADLINE: <2009-11-24 Tue> CLOSED: [2009-11-25 Wed 11:18]

Yet it still appears in the weekly agenda. Is it not working right or is that 
how it's supposed to work? 

Also, when I hit C-c C-w (show deadlines in current buffer), I get ALL todo 
items, even completed items that are really old. Restricting it with a numeric 
prefix (ex: Esc 5 C-c C-w), doesn't work either. I just get all items plus or 
minus the number of days.

Re: Agenda not working or am I misunderstanding how it works?

[Bernt Hansen]

U Avalos <amscopub-mail@yahoo.com> writes:

> I have the following completed todo item:
>
> ** DONE pay Yolanda
>    DEADLINE: <2009-11-24 Tue> CLOSED: [2009-11-25 Wed 11:18]
>
> Yet it still appears in the weekly agenda. Is it not working right or is that 
> how it's supposed to work? 

A variable controls that - see org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done.
There's a similar one for scheduled items and timestamped items.

-Bernt

Re: Agenda not working or am I misunderstanding how it works?

[U Avalos]

Someone suggested I use the variable org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done.
It works on "standard" org files using the default todo keywords -- if I give 
a TODO item a deadline and then set it to DONE, it doesn't show up in agenda. 
Yay!

HOWEVER, if I use custom todo keywords per file, it stops working for that 
file. I'm using these keywords:

#+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED

Todo items set to PUBLISHED and REJECTED still show up in the agenda. Any 
ideas?

On Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:54:19 U Avalos wrote:
> I have the following completed todo item:
>
> ** DONE pay Yolanda
>    DEADLINE: <2009-11-24 Tue> CLOSED: [2009-11-25 Wed 11:18]
>
> Yet it still appears in the weekly agenda. Is it not working right or is
> that how it's supposed to work?
>
> Also, when I hit C-c C-w (show deadlines in current buffer), I get ALL todo
> items, even completed items that are really old. Restricting it with a
> numeric prefix (ex: Esc 5 C-c C-w), doesn't work either. I just get all
> items plus or minus the number of days.
>
>
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Re: Agenda not working or am I misunderstanding how it works?

[Matt Lundin]

U Avalos <amscopub-mail@yahoo.com> writes:

> Someone suggested I use the variable org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done.
> It works on "standard" org files using the default todo keywords -- if I give 
> a TODO item a deadline and then set it to DONE, it doesn't show up in agenda. 
> Yay!
>
> HOWEVER, if I use custom todo keywords per file, it stops working for that 
> file. I'm using these keywords:
>
> #+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED
>
> Todo items set to PUBLISHED and REJECTED still show up in the agenda. Any 
> ideas?

I cannot replicate this. With the above setting scheduled items marked
PUBLISHED and REJECTED do not show up in the agenda. 

- Matt

Re: Agenda not working or am I misunderstanding how it works?

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi U,

my guess is that you did type these keyword but that you did not
update the internal keyword lists by restarting Emacs, or by
pressing `C-c C-c' on the line.

- Carsten

On Dec 4, 2009, at 4:01 PM, U Avalos wrote:

> Someone suggested I use the variable org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done.
> It works on "standard" org files using the default todo keywords --  
> if I give
> a TODO item a deadline and then set it to DONE, it doesn't show up  
> in agenda.
> Yay!
>
> HOWEVER, if I use custom todo keywords per file, it stops working  
> for that
> file. I'm using these keywords:
>
> #+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED
>
> Todo items set to PUBLISHED and REJECTED still show up in the  
> agenda. Any
> ideas?
>
> On Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:54:19 U Avalos wrote:
>> I have the following completed todo item:
>>
>> ** DONE pay Yolanda
>>   DEADLINE: <2009-11-24 Tue> CLOSED: [2009-11-25 Wed 11:18]
>>
>> Yet it still appears in the weekly agenda. Is it not working right  
>> or is
>> that how it's supposed to work?
>>
>> Also, when I hit C-c C-w (show deadlines in current buffer), I get  
>> ALL todo
>> items, even completed items that are really old. Restricting it  
>> with a
>> numeric prefix (ex: Esc 5 C-c C-w), doesn't work either. I just get  
>> all
>> items plus or minus the number of days.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list
>> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Emacs-orgmode mailing list
> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
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- Carsten

Re: Agenda not working or am I misunderstanding how it works?

[Uriel Avalos]

Thanks for replying. I tried that before as well... Restarted emacs and
C-c C-c on the line. I think I figured out what's going on... it may be
a bug!

If I have this simple file:

#+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED
* PUBLISHED test
  DEADLINE: <2009-12-05 Sat>

it works! (It doesn't show up in the agenda.) However, if I put the
completed TODO item under a subheading, it stops working! The following
simple file doesn't work:

#+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED
* [2009-12-05 Sat]
** PUBLISHED test
  DEADLINE: <2009-12-05 Sat>

The test TODO item shows up in the agenda. Is this a bug? I'm using
Emacs 23.0.0.1 on Windows and whatever version of org-mode that came
with it -- 5.03b

 On Fri, 4 Dec 2009 17:00:17 +0100
Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi U,
> 
> my guess is that you did type these keyword but that you did not
> update the internal keyword lists by restarting Emacs, or by
> pressing `C-c C-c' on the line.
> 
> - Carsten
> 
> On Dec 4, 2009, at 4:01 PM, U Avalos wrote:
> 
> > Someone suggested I use the variable
> > org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done. It works on "standard" org files
> > using the default todo keywords -- if I give
> > a TODO item a deadline and then set it to DONE, it doesn't show up  
> > in agenda.
> > Yay!
> >
> > HOWEVER, if I use custom todo keywords per file, it stops working  
> > for that
> > file. I'm using these keywords:
> >
> > #+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED
> >
> > Todo items set to PUBLISHED and REJECTED still show up in the  
> > agenda. Any
> > ideas?
> >
> > On Wednesday 25 November 2009 11:54:19 U Avalos wrote:
> >> I have the following completed todo item:
> >>
> >> ** DONE pay Yolanda
> >>   DEADLINE: <2009-11-24 Tue> CLOSED: [2009-11-25 Wed 11:18]
> >>
> >> Yet it still appears in the weekly agenda. Is it not working
> >> right or is
> >> that how it's supposed to work?
> >>
> >> Also, when I hit C-c C-w (show deadlines in current buffer), I
> >> get ALL todo
> >> items, even completed items that are really old. Restricting it  
> >> with a
> >> numeric prefix (ex: Esc 5 C-c C-w), doesn't work either. I just
> >> get all
> >> items plus or minus the number of days.
> >>
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Emacs-orgmode mailing list
> >> Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
> >> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> >> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Emacs-orgmode mailing list
> > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
> > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
> 
> - Carsten
> 
> 
> 

Re: Agenda not working or am I misunderstanding how it works?

[Matt Lundin]

Uriel Avalos <amscopub-mail@yahoo.com> writes:

> Thanks for replying. I tried that before as well... Restarted emacs and
> C-c C-c on the line. I think I figured out what's going on... it may be
> a bug!
>
> If I have this simple file:
>
> #+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED
> * PUBLISHED test
>   DEADLINE: <2009-12-05 Sat>
>
> it works! (It doesn't show up in the agenda.) However, if I put the
> completed TODO item under a subheading, it stops working! The following
> simple file doesn't work:
>
> #+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED
> * [2009-12-05 Sat]
> ** PUBLISHED test
>   DEADLINE: <2009-12-05 Sat>

I can't replicate this. In neither case does the todo item appear in the
agenda. 

> The test TODO item shows up in the agenda. Is this a bug? I'm using
> Emacs 23.0.0.1 on Windows and whatever version of org-mode that came
> with it -- 5.03b

That's a very old version of org-mode. Emacs 23 shipped with version
6.21b. Could you confirm your version of org-mode by typing "M-x
org-version".

- Matt

Re: Agenda not working or am I misunderstanding how it works?

[Uriel Avalos]

Ah... that was the problem. I updated Emacs to a more recent version. I'm now running version 6.30c of org-mode. The problem went away, all is well now. Thanks for your help.

On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:44:09 -0500
Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:

> Uriel Avalos <amscopub-mail@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > Thanks for replying. I tried that before as well... Restarted emacs and
> > C-c C-c on the line. I think I figured out what's going on... it may be
> > a bug!
> >
> > If I have this simple file:
> >
> > #+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED
> > * PUBLISHED test
> >   DEADLINE: <2009-12-05 Sat>
> >
> > it works! (It doesn't show up in the agenda.) However, if I put the
> > completed TODO item under a subheading, it stops working! The following
> > simple file doesn't work:
> >
> > #+SEQ_TODO: TODO WAITING | PUBLISHED REJECTED
> > * [2009-12-05 Sat]
> > ** PUBLISHED test
> >   DEADLINE: <2009-12-05 Sat>
> 
> I can't replicate this. In neither case does the todo item appear in the
> agenda. 
> 
> > The test TODO item shows up in the agenda. Is this a bug? I'm using
> > Emacs 23.0.0.1 on Windows and whatever version of org-mode that came
> > with it -- 5.03b
> 
> That's a very old version of org-mode. Emacs 23 shipped with version
> 6.21b. Could you confirm your version of org-mode by typing "M-x
> org-version".
> 
> - Matt
> 
> 


-- 
--Thanks!
Uriel