Thorsten Jolitz <address@hidden> writes: > Jay Iyer <address@hidden> writes: > >> Hi Thorsten, >> The file entries are as follows and the task/note/project sub-heads >> generally don't have active/inactive timestamps except when a >> scheduling/deadline is specified. Thanks. >> ** 2014-10 October >> *** 2014-10-01 Wednesday >> **** TODO first task >> **** General note entry >> **** Project :prj: > > I just read the term 'datetree' again in another post, maybe I'm not > up-to-date and it is idiomatic Org-mode use, then sorry for the noise ... I don't think it's well documented (I couldn't find a reference in the manual) or well supported. org-capture does provide for it (see the doc for org-capture-templates) but afaict that's the only significant use of it - org-agend uses it for diary-related stuff and org-archive has to be able to archive it and that's it. The (rather thin) support for it is in org-datetree.el. If there are use cases out there, it might be worth collecting them and then thinking about how to support them better. If there aren't, maybe it should be thrown out. -- Nick
I think removing support for date tree would be very disruptive, at least for me. Datetree is the fundamental structure of my Org files (I have two Org files: work and a personal journal) as I use capture templates for almost everything with the captured items filed neatly in the date trees and this structure provides a better sense of life flow for me. I rely on Agenda and sparse trees to extract the info/tasks/projects list. Please keep date tree intact. Thank you.
-jay
Hi Thorsten,The file entries are as follows and the task/note/project sub-heads generally don't have active/inactive timestamps except when a scheduling/deadline is specified. Thanks.** 2014-10 October*** 2014-10-01 Wednesday**** TODO first task**** General note entry**** Project :prj:Jay Iyer <address@hidden> writes: Hi, > I have my Org files set up as date-trees containing a mix of notes, > tasks and projects. I now have a need to generate a list of projects > and tasks filed under specific date-tree or in a range of dates. Is it > possible to get this listing from the date-trees if the entries > themselves don't have date/time in timestamps or in properties > settings? I couldn't find a solution in the archives. Please advise. > Thank you. what is a date tree? This: ,---- | * <2014-10-28 Di> `---- ? If the date-tree is the parent and has a timestamp, then the entries are part of the contents of parent, and you can use this function to map over the parents ,----[ C-h f org-element-map RET ] | org-element-map is a compiled Lisp function in `org-element.el'. | | (org-element-map DATA TYPES FUN &optional INFO FIRST-MATCH | NO-RECURSION WITH-AFFILIATED) | | Map a function on selected elements or objects. [...] `---- and this to get their contents ,----[ C-h f org-element-contents RET ] | org-element-contents is a compiled Lisp function in `org-element.el'. | | (org-element-contents ELEMENT) | | Extract contents from an ELEMENT. `---- and then 'org-element-property' and 'org-element-put-property' to get and set timestamp info from the parent and any other info from the child entries. -- cheers, ThorstenOn Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:53 AM, Jay Iyer <jayiyer09@gmail.com> wrote:Hi,I have my Org files set up as date-trees containing a mix of notes, tasks and projects. I now have a need to generate a list of projects and tasks filed under specific date-tree or in a range of dates. Is it possible to get this listing from the date-trees if the entries themselves don't have date/time in timestamps or in properties settings? I couldn't find a solution in the archives. Please advise.Thank you.-jay