Re: Restrict agenda view to multiple files matching a pattern?

[Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>]

Ross Patterson <me@rpatterson.net> writes:

> So far at least, I have my tasks broken up into multiple *.org files
> whose names reflect general categories.  Often I want to look at the
> agenda view for files starting with "work" to look at all my work
> tasks.
>
> Is there a way I can do this or a better way I should be organizing my
> tasks?  Putting all my tasks into one work file would just be way too
> much as I am a freelancer and have a lot to keep track of.  Similarly I
> don't really want to tag every work task just to support this.  Any
> suggestions?

Hi Ross,

For my setup I have multiple files that are work related.  Everything in
the file is work related (or not).  I put a #+FILETAGS: entry at the top
which tags all tasks for work - then I can limit the agenda to WORK
tasks easily.

,----[ norang.org ]
| #+FILETAGS: NORANG @Work
`----

I'm currently filtering stuff I'm supposed to do @Work with my @Work
tag.  There are other tags in the file (like NORANG above) that allows
me to limit it specifically to a single client etc.

Then I added a entry for @Work to org-tag-alist using 'W' so I can
filter by this tag easily.

Does that help?

-Bernt