From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pete Phillips Subject: Re: tags-tree question Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:19:35 +0100 Message-ID: <6724.1245583175@localhost> References: <7171.1225288853@localhost> <30084876-7A14-42DA-93C6-B434BE43162F@uva.nl> <10913.1225668040@localhost> <874p2p4lw0.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MIL6c-0004ju-0q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:21:02 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MIL6b-0004iq-0y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:21:01 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59646 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MIL6a-0004iW-P6 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:21:00 -0400 Received: from mailhost.smtl.co.uk ([95.177.8.150]:1360) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MIL6Y-0000IR-HB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:20:59 -0400 In-reply-to: <874p2p4lw0.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> 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: Bernt Hansen Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Carsten Dominik Afternoon all. Last Nov I asked on the list if it was possible to have TODO items with a scheduled/deadline date more than 30 (or some fixed number) of days in the future to NOT show up on my custom agenda. The reason being that I don't want to be distracted when I look at my custom Home list by a task for next January until closer to the time. I have added my original email to the bottom of this in case you have forgotten it! :-) Bernt's reply was: >>>>> "Bernt" == Bernt Hansen writes: Bernt> Hi Pete, Bernt> For this do something like the following: Bernt> Set a deadline date on Bernt> *** NEXT Cut pampass grass :DIY: DEADLINE: <2009-01-12 Thu> Bernt> and Bernt> (setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t) Bernt> This keeps all tasks with a schedules or deadline date out of Bernt> the list of tasks when searching for next tasks and by Bernt> default deadlines show up on the agenda 30 days before they Bernt> need to be done. Bernt> I find I'm using DEADLINE: a lot more then SCHEDULED: in my Bernt> tasks. Bernt> In this case your custom agenda command to match NEXT tasks Bernt> will not list the tasks with dates (ever) and those tasks Bernt> will show up on the agenda 30 days before they need to be Bernt> complete. I couldn't get this to work at the time but have been trying to sort this issue out again over the last few days. Having set: (setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t) I can see that scheduled items for next January (cutting my pampas grass) are kept out of the pre-configured ^C a t command (list of all TODO entries) - so this does in fact work - my pampas grass entry doesn't show. However, my custom agenda command for Home does show it. (see my orig email below for details on the custom agenda). So it appears to me that there is a difference in how the org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date variable behaves in the pre-configured TODO list and my custom view. Is there something simple I'm missing or is this a bug ? Cheers Pete --------------------------------------------------- Pete Phillips writes: Pete> > On a related question, is it possible to set up an Pete> > org-agenda-custom-command to pick out a set of tags, all of which have Pete> > NEXT as a todo-type, and which either have no scheduled date, OR which Pete> > have a scheduled or deadline date less than or equal to 1 month in the Pete> > future. Pete> > Pete> > For example, show lines with Pete> > Pete> > NEXT and (Home | LaptopH | DIY) Pete> > Pete> > where either there is no scheduled (or perhaps, deadline) date OR Pete> > Pete> > Scheduled Date <= today + 1 month Pete> > Pete> > My thinking on this is that sometimes I have next actions (such as Pete> > cutting my pampas grass every january), which would be set up like this: Pete> > Pete> > *** NEXT Cut pampass grass :DIY: Pete> > SCHEDULED: <2009-01-12 Thu> Pete> > Pete> > My current setup uses this: Pete> > Pete> > ("h" "Home Stuff (Next)" Pete> > ((tags "Home//NEXT" nil) Pete> > (tags "DIY//NEXT" nil) Pete> > (tags "LaptopH//NEXT" nil) Pete> > nil) Pete> > Pete> > The problem at the moment is that it shows up all year in my Home Stuff Pete> > (Next) list (which searches for Home|LaptopH|DIY with NEXT todotypes), Pete> > but I only want it to start showing up about a month before the date I Pete> > have decided I need to do it. At the moment, NEXT items which I will Pete> > need to do, but which I can't do anything about until nearer the time, Pete> > clutter up my action lists. Pete> > Pete> > Is there any way to do this ? Bernt> Hi Pete, Bernt> Bernt> For this do something like the following: Bernt> Bernt> Set a deadline date on Bernt> Bernt> *** NEXT Cut pampass grass :DIY: Bernt> DEADLINE: <2009-01-12 Thu> Bernt> Bernt> and Bernt> Bernt> (setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t) Bernt> Bernt> This keeps all tasks with a schedules or deadline date out of the list Bernt> of tasks when searching for next tasks and by default deadlines show up Bernt> on the agenda 30 days before they need to be done. Bernt> Bernt> I find I'm using DEADLINE: a lot more then SCHEDULED: in my tasks. Bernt> Bernt> In this case your custom agenda command to match NEXT tasks will not Bernt> list the tasks with dates (ever) and those tasks will show up on the Bernt> agenda 30 days before they need to be complete. You can control when Bernt> they show up individually using dates such as Bernt> Bernt> DEADLINE: <2009-01-12 Thu -60d> Bernt> Bernt> This works great for me. Bernt> Bernt> Regards, Bernt> Bernt