From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: A puzzle to solve: saved categories vs. tags Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:06:45 +0200 Message-ID: <7d35f35162f6ebeb8ed2fbdbe2a151d4@science.uva.nl> References: <87zlyv3yaz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IenMW-0001uG-6r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:49:12 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IenMP-0001hp-0X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:49:05 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IenML-0001gq-II for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:49:02 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IenML-00007q-12 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:49:01 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87zlyv3yaz.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> 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: Bastien Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Oct 7, 2007, at 14:27, Bastien wrote: > If Carsten implements this, I think all the search facilities in Org > will need a bit of uniformization/clarification. Admittedly the search functions are one of the areas that demonstrate most clearly how Org-mode has grown and evolved, adding little things. Could use a complete re-write, but there is no time for this. > For now we have: > > | key | function | knows about | C-u | > |---------+----------------------+----------------+------------------| > | C-c / | org-occur | regexp | | > | C-c \ | org-tags-sparse-tree | tags, and more | restrict to TODO | > | C-c C-v | org-show-todo-tree | todo keywords | ask for keyword | > > A few ideas about this: > > 1. I tend to use C-c \ a lot than C-c / -- but I find the C-c / key > much > more convenient. I guess it's far too late to switch, but still. I guess you use a French keyboard? On mine both are equally easily accessed. > 2. AFAIK org-tags-sparse-tree is more powerful than org-show-todo-tree. > If we add the possibility to build interactive queries, it will > definitely become *the* universal search interface for Org. That is true, but newbies will start with simple things, and it is good to have simple commands to start off. Thanks for the list of search options, a good start. - Carsten