From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: listing tasks with no TODO keyword in global TODO list Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:17:59 +0530 Message-ID: References: <4B7F128D.1060106@jboecker.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NieSD-0004XN-S8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:48:21 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54598 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NieSD-0004XF-41 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:48:21 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NieSC-0005CY-6j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:48:21 -0500 Received: from mail-yx0-f175.google.com ([209.85.210.175]:61973) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NieSC-0005CT-3z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:48:20 -0500 Received: by yxe5 with SMTP id 5so821725yxe.24 for ; Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:48:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4B7F128D.1060106@jboecker.de> 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: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan_B=F6cker?= Cc: Org-Mode On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Jan B=F6cker wrote: > On 19.02.2010 16:44, Manish wrote: >> hello! >> >> i've been unable to find the variable that controls whether >> items/tasks with no TODO keyword should be treated like the >> ones with TODO so they can appear in the global TODO >> list. can someone please point me in the right direction? >> >> thanks > > Your question seems a bit confusing to me. Headlines without > TODO keywords are by definition not a todo item, so they should > not appear in the global todo list. i seem to recall that there was an instance where an item without a TODO keyword could be treated as if it was an unDONE item but i can't seem to find it anymore. > > You can schedule them or put a deadline on them, and they will > appear in the agenda view, but not in the todo list (C-c a t). > > Please clarify how you distinguish an "item/task with no TODO > keyword" from an ordinary headline used to structure the > outline. i understand what you're saying. imho, for those who use outlines solely for the purposes of defining the projects and tasks treating an item without TODO as if it was an unDONE one if configured with a variable and at least for the purposes of appearing in a global TODO list makes sense. > > Also, take a look at custom agenda views. You could define an > agenda view that lists the todo list, and additionally includes > the results of a search (e.g. all items with a certain tag) > below that. i'll look into how i can pull together such items/tasks with a search perhaps using FILETAGS. thanks --=20 manish