Re: omitting done TODOs from custom agenda

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

On Tue, Sep 14 2010, Matt Lundin wrote:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> I'm having a bit of confusion: I've created my own TODO sequences with
>> org-todo-keywords, in this case (sequence "CONTACT(n)" "REPLY(r)" "|"
>> "CONTACTED(e@)"). Then I've got a custom agenda defined using
>> org-agenda-custom-commands, where there's a weekly view on top and some
>> TODO items below. When I start this agenda view, and mark one of the
>> TODO items as CONTACTED, it doesn't disappear from the agenda view. It's
>> very clearly marked as done in the original org file, but it stays in
>> agenda. I've looked at all the extra variables for a custom agenda
>> command, and there doesn't seem to be one that say "don't show completed
>> items".
>
> A simple question: Are you refreshing the agenda after marking the item
> done (i.e., CONTACTED)? Similarly, do the inactive items (i.e.,
> CONTACTED) remain when you invoke the agenda view the again.
>
> Inactive todos do not disappear from the agenda until it is refreshed
> (r).

Hi Matt,

Yup, I am refreshing the agenda with r, or usually g. In the agenda,
when I first mark the item as done, the text of the heading turns green,
but when I next refresh, the text turns back to black. These completed
todos are still there even if I close the agenda and re-invoke it.

>
>> These items are part of a tag-todo statment, where the selecting regexp
>> is a tag, not a particular todo keyword, so I wouldn't think I've done
>> anything to force it to display these todo keywords.
>
> Would you mind sharing your custom agenda command?

Of course:

'(org-agenda-custom-commands (quote (("c" "Agenda plus contacts"
((agenda "" nil) (tags-todo "TODO=\"CONTACT\"" nil) (tags-todo
"TODO=\"REPLY\"" nil)) nil nil) ("g" "Get It Louder" ((agenda "" nil)
(tags-todo "Gil" nil)) nil))))

The problem occurs in both my "Agenda plus contacts" and "Get It
Louder", so maybe it's something with my custom todos?

(org-todo-keywords (quote ((sequence "TODO(t)" "WAITING(w@)" "|"
"DONE(d)" "CANCELLED(c@)") (sequence "CONTACT(n)" "REPLY(r)" "|"
"CONTACTED(e@)"))))

But I don't see how that could be interpreted as anything but CONTACTED
= done...

Thanks!

>
> Best,
> Matt