From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sven Bretfeld" Subject: Re: Final Question: Usage Date: 29 Apr 2010 10:43:37 +0200 Message-ID: <87aasmk5s6.fsf@gmx.ch> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O7PLW-0006uP-Oz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:43:46 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36122 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O7PLU-0006sw-Ti for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:43:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7PLS-0004dm-Af for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:43:44 -0400 Received: from mx4.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de ([134.147.64.53]:57815) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7PLR-0004dD-WA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:43:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: (David Frascone's message of "Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:57:51 -0600") 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: emacs-orgmode David Frascone writes: > Organization:=C2=A0 I'm using one monolithic file now.=C2=A0 And, agenda = mode > doesn't know about it till I add it.=C2=A0 Should I be using agenda mode = to > track todos?=C2=A0 (This goes with my calendar questions a bit in the oth= er > mail).=C2=A0 If I do use agenda mode, how do I add multiple files? You can define a variable for this. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (defvar org-gtd-file "~/aktuell/mygtd.org") (defvar org-gtd-other-files) (setq org-gtd-file "~/aktuell/mygtd.org") (setf org-gtd-other-files (list "~/aktuell/notes.org")) (setf org-agenda-files (cons org-gtd-file org-gtd-other-files)) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The fourth line can contain as many files as you want to be evaluated by the agenda-view, separated by space. > How do I work with multiple files?=C2=A0 Is there an easy way to jump back > and forth from them, if I start making one file for Bugs, one for > Escalations, one for projects, one for notes, etc? You can use bookmarks, buffer-cycling, links or just define keys to find the files. Greetings, Sven