From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcelo de Moraes Serpa Subject: Re: Pull items from another file (by tag) and show them in another Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:40:47 -0500 Message-ID: References: <871vb6jk94.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=53979 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OZ50s-0001UO-Ol for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:40:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZ50r-0006in-9n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:40:50 -0400 Received: from mail-pv0-f169.google.com ([74.125.83.169]:57526) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZ50r-0006ig-5L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:40:49 -0400 Received: by pvc30 with SMTP id 30so6851038pvc.0 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:40:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <871vb6jk94.fsf@fastmail.fm> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Matt Lundin Cc: Org Mode Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for the suggestion! I'll do that. Marcelo. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Hi Marcelo, > > Marcelo de Moraes Serpa writes: > >> This might sound crazy, but here's what I'd like to do: >> >> I have a reference.org file full of interesting notes I take during >> the day. It even includes saying that I tag as mantras, such as this >> one, from Paulo Coelho: =A0"Be the best, but get prepared to be >> attacked. Only mediocrity is safe" ;) >> >> I also have a horizons_of_focus.org (from GTD) a file I review every >> week or so, and it has a list of MANTRAS I want to internalize. So, >> when I capture a mantra, I just want it to go to my reference, but I >> want to refer to it on horizons_of_focus. Is there a way (using babel >> or some other crazy elisp) to pull entries tagged as (in this >> case :MANTRA:) and list them under a headline? This would be akin to a >> custom view of data stored in other source (another org file). > > Perhaps the simplest solution would be to use the agenda to view all > items tagged :PITHY_SAYING_A: and to view them in succession with follow > mode. > > Best, > Matt > > >