From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Showing todos with inherited tags in agenda views Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:09:27 -0400 Message-ID: <87k5e8yihk.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <48AE0BA4.5030603@real-time.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KWc10-0008O1-VJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:09:43 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KWc10-0008Nd-Dd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:09:42 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43867 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KWc10-0008NV-Af for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:09:42 -0400 Received: from mho-02-bos.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.179]:61108) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KWc10-0005ff-BX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:09:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: <48AE0BA4.5030603@real-time.com> (Robert Goldman's message of "Thu\, 21 Aug 2008 19\:43\:16 -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: Robert Goldman Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Robert Goldman writes: > I hope that this isn't too much of an FAQ, but I searched the mailing > list and couldn't find an answer (although I could find the question > being asked): > > Is it possible to tailor the agenda view so that when it displays the > TODO items it shows those todo items with their *inherited* tags? > > My display seems to show only the tags directly applied to the items. > This isn't so great for me, since I put my TODO items in multiple files, > one for each project, and put at the * Tasks level in those files a tag > corresponding to the project. I'd really like to see those tags in the > agenda view, so I know what project the TODOs belong to. Hi Robert, I use categories for this. I have multiple org files (normally one per project) but some files (like todo.org) are catch-all org files which have multiple categories. I set the category for a subtree using a property. All of my project tasks are level 2 tasks so they have a level 1 parent task for organizing things. Such as ,----[ proj1.org ] | * Support | :PROPERTIES: | :ARCHIVE: %s_archive::* Support | :CATEGORY: PROJ1 | :END: | ** TODO First Project | ** TODO Second Project `---- so all tasks in this project show up in the agenda in the 'PROJ1' category. You're free to set different categories for any subtree and I find it very flexible. This works great for me. -Bernt