Actually, what I want is to show the path to the item, it arealdy does it when I have the item on focus, but maybe an option to display it on the todo list would be nice :) On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 1:35 AM, Marcelo de Moraes Serpa < celoserpa@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you for the replies ;) > > One thing that I miss, is a way to make org-todo-list where each todo item > would, somehow, show its parent until the topmost (or with configurable > levels). Is it possible somehow? It would make it more easier to keep > projects in only one file (GTD.org for example). I can use follow mode, but > this would be nice. > > Thanks, > > Marcelo. > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Carsten Dominik < > carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On Apr 17, 2010, at 3:50 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: >> >> Hi Marcelo, >>> >>> Marcelo de Moraes Serpa writes: >>> >>> This is a thread to share your org dir (you have one right) file >>>> structure. The title is because I see many of org users prefer having >>>> big monolithic files, and I have a slightly different line of thought. >>>> >>> >>> I have a handful of central files: e.g, inbox.org, reading.org, >>> computer.org, writing.org, and so on. I've found, however, that on my >>> relatively modest machines org/outline buffers slow down at appr. >>> 12,000+ lines and become more or less unnavigable at appr. 30,000+ lines >>> (especially if they have a deeply nested structure). Whenever a file >>> gets too large, I simply create new files for sub-projects and >>> sub-topics (e.g., perl.org, emacs.org, etc.) and link to them from the >>> main file (e.g., computer.org). I also do a lot of archiving. >>> >>> FWIW, I've found it quite convenient to rely on filetags to organize my >>> notes. I've written a few functions that allow me to limit my agenda to >>> a subset of agenda files that share a filetag (e.g., "emacs" or >>> "writing"). This is a bit quicker than calling agenda commands on all >>> agenda files and then filtering afterward. It also allows for greater >>> focus on a particular area of work. >>> >>> Here are the functions: >>> >>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-hacks.php#set-agenda-files-by-filetag >>> >> >> >> Hi Matt, >> >> this is very interesting! >> >> One idea: Instead of setting the value of org-agenda-files, >> you can also restrict in the following way: >> >> (org-agenda-remove-restriction-lock) >> (put 'org-agenda-files 'org-restrict my-file-list) >> (setq org-agenda-overriding-restriction 'files) >> >> The restriction sticks until you remove it with `C-c C_x >' >> >> I am not sure this will work better for your case - but maybe it will. >> >> - Carsten >> >> >