From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Beck Subject: Re: "Recent items" Agenda view? Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 08:43:13 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87vc13ddl5.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46091) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VVdkc-0002x0-Bm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 04:43:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VVdkW-0006Co-Hu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 04:43:42 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46725) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VVdkW-0006Cc-BQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 04:43:36 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VVdkV-0000bX-1u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:43:35 +0200 Received: from mail.polytec.de ([213.144.13.178]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:43:35 +0200 Received: from elwood151 by mail.polytec.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2013 10:43:35 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Eric S Fraga ucl.ac.uk> writes: > > Martin Beck web.de> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm often having the problem that I want to quickly attach an information to > > an item I've created or I've been working on during the last days and then > > have to invoke a keyword search. > > > > How could I create an agenda with a list of headlines which have any > > timestamp in the last 7 days (as they were created, clocked, changed their > > status etc.?), sorted by the most recent timestamp? > > I don't know how to do this in an agenda view (although I'm sure, given > that we are talking about org, that it is possible but you can use a > sparse view (org-sparse-tree, C-c /) to get what you want for any given > file. > > I found I needed to change the default date option to "all timestamps" > in the menu that comes up with org-sparse-tree to get the kind of output > I think you want. Thanks - great to know about that very useful possibility! I've not been working with sparse trees yet, but I'll certainly do more often now. For my purpose I would have to jump to the right org-file first (I have many of them), so Samuel's Agenda solution below fits better. Martin