From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Scatter-gather idea Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:19:04 -0400 Message-ID: <87a87tqr87.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> References: <87o9wgf376.fsf@bobnewell.net> <87d1cvga4r.fsf@bobnewell.net> <87shlqgldv.fsf@bobnewell.net> <87mvburi99.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> <87a87tgzlj.fsf@bobnewell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51866) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cwCwL-0007V6-7h for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:19:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cwCwI-0004Ni-1K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:19:29 -0400 Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=54314 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cwCwH-0004N8-R3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:19:25 -0400 Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cwCvw-0004pP-Th for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 06 Apr 2017 21:19:04 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bob Newell writes: >>> mark them with tags, and do org-tags-view.  Or, you can use regex or other >>> criteria if you like. >>> >> >> That was my first thought too: I didn't think any extra functionality is needed. > > I looked into this earlier but agenda bulk marking doesn't seem to work > in an arbitrary org-mode buffer; it must be an agenda buffer, and you > can only mark certain entries. > > The tag idea may be the best way. Thanks to all for the replies. Yes, sorry: I was talking about tags, not about agenda bulk-marking. Although you can add an arbitrary org file to the agend with `C-c [', do what you need to do, and then remove it with `C-c ]'. -- Nick