From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Lundin Subject: Re: Pull items from another file (by tag) and show them in another Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:55:19 -0400 Message-ID: <871vb6jk94.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=42682 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OZ1O9-0003Ad-GX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:48:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZ1O7-0008N4-Hu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:48:37 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:55466) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZ1O7-0008Mi-Eu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:48:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Marcelo de Moraes Serpa's message of "Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:31:54 -0500") 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: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Cc: Org Mode Hi Marcelo, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa writes: > This might sound crazy, but here's what I'd like to do: > > I have a reference.org file full of interesting notes I take during > the day. It even includes saying that I tag as mantras, such as this > one, from Paulo Coelho: "Be the best, but get prepared to be > attacked. Only mediocrity is safe" ;) > > I also have a horizons_of_focus.org (from GTD) a file I review every > week or so, and it has a list of MANTRAS I want to internalize. So, > when I capture a mantra, I just want it to go to my reference, but I > want to refer to it on horizons_of_focus. Is there a way (using babel > or some other crazy elisp) to pull entries tagged as (in this > case :MANTRA:) and list them under a headline? This would be akin to a > custom view of data stored in other source (another org file). Perhaps the simplest solution would be to use the agenda to view all items tagged :PITHY_SAYING_A: and to view them in succession with follow mode. Best, Matt