Re: Adding Org Files to org-agenda-files

[daniela-spit@gmx.it]

> Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2020 at 5:46 AM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: daniela-spit@gmx.it
> Cc: "Org-Mode mailing list" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Adding Org Files to org-agenda-files
>
> * daniela-spit@gmx.it <daniela-spit@gmx.it> [2020-11-29 02:30]:
> > > What you see as a problem some see as a solution. For instance, it depends how many
> > > org-files you want to add to the agenda. Some users including me have 2
> > > or three files in  org-agenda-files so I never interact with this
> > > variable directly.
> >
> > I have many and they change quite frequently, depending on project.
> > So often torture emacs hard.  Have sent a bug-report about it.  Keen
> > for a change to go through.
>
> You may customize any Emacs variables yourself. Just define your
> agenda files yourself in your init file. Then do:
>
> {M-x customize-variables RET org-agenda-files RET} and erase what you
> find there.
>
> Anything before the `custom' section in your init file will be then
> defined by you and not by the built in system.
>
> In that case you should take care as user over time not to use
> org-agenda-file-to-front command as that would again start adding
> agend files to init file. Then just use your own settings.
>
> As long as you have your own settings hard coded you may erase the
> variable org-agenda-files

That worries me because I do not want to change the behaviuor of Emacs
for users.  Otherwise when people ask for help they will become confused.