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To: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
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Hi Bernt,

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 3:20 AM, Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
>>> You can set the org-agenda-files and
>>> org-agenda-text-search-extra-files to point to the old project for
>>> some custom search.
>>>
>
> You can also restrict agenda to a single file with C-u C-c C-x <.
> Subsequent agenda commands and searches will only use the current file
> until you remove the restriction with C-c C-x >
>

My problem was I wanted to search a whole slew of files in a directory
tree. Also I was misreading some of the the org-agenda documentation.
After reading the article on custom agenda commands on Worg, many of my
misconceptions were resolved. Now I have written a function to find org
files recursively from a directory tree and I use this list to
selectively search project directories.

e.g.:

(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
      '(("W" "Search tutorials on Worg" search ""
	 ((org-agenda-files nil)
	  (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files
	   (find-org-file-recursively "~/org/Worg/org-tutorials"))))))

> -Bernt

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Suvayu

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