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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
Subject: Re: Projects+Next Actions view
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:56:24 -0400
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To: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com>
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Marcelo de Moraes Serpa <celoserpa@gmail.com> writes:

> Another thing that I like about Things
> (http://culturedcode.com/things/) is the "Next Actions" view. It
> basically lists all projects plus the very first next action for each
> of them. When you need some perspective, having quick access to a view
> like this is very useful. It also shows any "orphan" tasks (tasks that
> don't belong to a project), so you have a nice overview of what you
> can do based on your own input.
>
> With org, I have created a Projects view, a tags agenda filter
> filtering for non-todo items. I could use follow mode, which is quite
> useful, but doesn't give the same uncluttered view Things does with
> its next actions view. I was wondering if it would be possible, even
> if more elisp would be needed, to create a view like this?
>
> E.x:
>
> * Keep the cat alive :PROJECT:HOME:
>  ** TODO Feed the cat
>   ...
>
> * Feature 2 :PROJECT:FEATURE:
> ** TODO Run the script
>  ...
>

You could use a sparse tree view:

(add-to-list 'org-agenda-custom-commands
	     '("x" "PROJECT+N/A" tags-tree "PROJECT|TODO=\"TODO\""
	       ((org-show-siblings nil)
		(org-show-entry-below nil))))

Best,
Matt