Re: Syntax for tags-todo in org-agenda-custom-commands

["Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de>]

"Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:

> Hi Bastien,
>
> Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
>
>> Hi Loris,
>>
>> "Loris Bennett" <loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de> writes:
>>
>>> In my org-agenda-custom-commands I've got two block entries:
>>>
>>> tags-todo "office&(project|task)"
>>>
>>> and 
>>>
>>> tags-todo "home&(project|task)"
>>>
>>> Items with :office:project: and :home:project: are separated properly,
>>> but :office:task: and :home:task: end up in both lists.
>>
>> Can you send a test file, with actual results and expected results?  
>
> Test file:
>
>    * Tasks                                                            :task:
>    ** TODO Mow lawn                                                   :home:
>    ** TODO Install R                                                :office:
>
>
>    * Projects                                                      :project:
>    ** TODO Set up cluster                                           :office:
>    ** TODO Sort out backup                                            :home:
>
> Actual Results:
>
>    ==========================================================================
>    Office
>      agendatest: TODO Mow lawn                                   :task::home:
>      agendatest: TODO Install R                                :task::office:
>      agendatest: TODO Set up cluster                        :project::office:
>
>
>    ==========================================================================
>    Home TODOs
>      agendatest: TODO Mow lawn                                   :task::home:
>      agendatest: TODO Install R                                :task::office:
>      agendatest: TODO Sort out backup                         :project::home:
>
> Expected Results:
>
>    ==========================================================================
>    Office
>      agendatest: TODO Install R                                :task::office:
>      agendatest: TODO Set up cluster                        :project::office:
>
>
>    ==========================================================================
>    Home TODOs
>      agendatest: TODO Mow lawn                                   :task::home:
>      agendatest: TODO Sort out backup                         :project::home:
>
>
> I hope this is complete. I don't quite know what the best way to test
> something like this is without disturbing my configuration too much.
>
>> I _guess_ the problem you have, but I'd like to see/test it.
>>
>>> What should the correct syntax be and where is it described?
>>
>> Did you look in the manual?  What is missing?
>
> I looked here
>
>    http://orgmode.org/manual/Block-agenda.html#Block-agenda
>
> but there is no complex example with and-ing and or-ing tags.
>

I see that I should also have looked here:

http://orgmode.org/manual/Matching-tags-and-properties.html

>> Thanks!
>
> Thank you for taking the time.
>
> Cheers
>
> Loris

-- 
Dr. Loris Bennett (Mr.)
ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin         Email loris.bennett@fu-berlin.de