On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to build a custom agenda that works with the current buffer.
>
> I've succeeded in getting the agenda to display with the
> current buffer like this:
>
> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
>       (quote (
>          ("c" "Current Buffer" agenda "" ((org-agenda-files (list
> (buffer-file-name)))))
>          ("f" "Home Buffer" agenda "" ((org-agenda-files
> '("~/Documents/personal/nate.org"))))
>          )
>       )
> )
>
> However, when I view the agenda for the current buffer (by pressing "c",
> every key I press gives me "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil".
>
>
I fixed it!  I found a fairly slick workaround for the problem.
Before calling (org-agenda), I set a variable called
njn/current-buffer-file-name, and refer to that variable in my custom agenda
view.

(defun njn/org-agenda ()
  (interactive)
  (setq njn/current-buffer-name (buffer-file-name))
  (org-agenda)
)

I have an example of the fixed and broken custom agenda commands below:

(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
      '(
         ("c" "Current Buffer" agenda ""
           ((org-agenda-files (list njn/current-buffer-name)))
         )
         ("x" "This doesn't Work.  It gets the right data, but wont
      let you issue any other agenda commands" agenda ""
           ((org-agenda-files (list (buffer-file-name))))
         )
       )
)

Instead of calling (org-agenda), I just call (njn/org-agenda)

(global-set-key (kbd "<f5>") 'njn/org-agenda)

Thanks,
--Nate