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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Subject: Re: Inverse matching with '/' in agenda view?
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:16:34 -0400
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James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:

> Maybe a useful feature request, if it hasn't already been proposed.
>
> I just recently discovered '/' in the agenda view, but sometimes I would like to use it to remove tags from a to do list, e.g.
>
> / (tab) -Docs
>
> ... to show everything in the to-do list that is not about writing documentation. But as far as I can see, it treats "-Docs" as a literal string to match exactly, so all the items are removed.
>
> Currently, it seems my options are:
>
> 1. Use the standard todo-tags-match, which doesn't use my custom sorting and block structure.
>
> 2. Or, define a new custom agenda command every time I want a different set of tags. (Not so interactive.)
>
> Any tips? Thanks!

Hi James,

Try 

/ - TAB Docs RET

Regards,
Bernt