Re: Specialized sparse-tree via hook to show specific view in org mode

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Kevin Layer <layer@known.net> writes:

> My main todo file defines various TODO keywords and initial state like this:
>
> #+STARTUP: indent overview
> #+TODO: @NOW @NEXT @WIP @PENDING
>
> What I really want is to initially only see items noted with those TODO
> keywords and also due items.  Everything else should be hidden.

I think you can use `org-match-sparse-tree'. It supports the general
match syntax. See 11.3.3 Matching tags and properties section for the
match syntax.

> If this is the right way and the maintainer wants me to submit a patch, I
> would include these functions to get a new optional for keep-previous,
> since they could all plausibly be used for the same thing that
> org-check-before-date was:
> * org-show-todo-tree
> * org-check-deadlines
> * org-check-before-date
> * org-check-after-date
> * org-check-dates-range

I think that it does make sense to support KEEP-PREVIOUS in these
functions. `org-occur' does support it and there is no reason not to
allow the same toggle in the listed functions.


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