Re: Automatic noexport tag based on rules?

From: Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>
To: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Automatic noexport tag based on rules?
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 20:58:50 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTik3jgcOhRy=L0qGECtQAhgP3V=1wuggfigh50sM@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimJK63-O7sAOpjVwKcUMaL1hMbtvpZJUq90m+xi@mail.gmail.com>

I'm not handy with emacs-lisp, but perhaps someone could whip up a
handy function that iterates org-refile over each TODO heading to move
it into a new, top-level * Tasks headline?

Then you can tag the tasks headline with :noexport:. This would
destroy the "context", but I find keeping tasks in a separate heading
fine for most of *my* medium sized projects. YMMV.

On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 7:29 PM, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My apologies if this has been discussed. I couldn't find it. I write
> everything from work in org-mode for several reasons. Primarily, it's my
> documentation system for research in order to properly document Intellectual
> Property (IP) information. It's also for todos and contacts. When it comes
> to exporting my notes into PDF for use in an IP notebook... I dont' want my
> todos in there.
> Is there a way to automatically tag TODOs with :noexport:?
> Or simply add the TODO category to the noexport category altogether?
> I haven't turned up anything quite along these lines. One post suggested
> using "TODO keyword COMMENT" [1], but that just seems to perhaps exclude
> from export (didn't try) but I know for sure it removes it from agenda view.
> I want TODOs in agenda but don't want them showing up with my LaTeX export.
> I typically print out my work to-date each month or so and have to comb
> through my org file for that month, manually adding :noexport: to my TODOs.
> Even if I still do this for a few things here and there... it will save me a
> lot of time.
> I suppose I could keep a separate "TODO.org" file, but I really like the
> process of being able to add them anywhere -- it seems more natural to do
> that in the flow, particularly in meetings, than to constantly switch
> buffers or even use remember to keep sending things related to the current
> topic away to their own island.
> I'm 80% confident that the answer is ridiculously simply and I just haven't
> searched the right thing. Thanks for enlightening me!
>
> Thanks,
> John
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