From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Richard G Riley Subject: Re: Re: Showing todos with inherited tags in agenda views Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:10:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: <48AE0BA4.5030603@real-time.com> <87k5e8yihk.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXtdy-0003aA-Hb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:11:14 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXtdx-0003Zy-Qd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:11:14 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51771 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KXtdx-0003Zv-LF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:11:13 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:25638) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KXtdw-00089k-QY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:11:13 -0400 Received: from qb-out-1314.google.com ([72.14.204.170]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KXtdv-0005l7-ME for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:11:11 -0400 Received: by qb-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id d2so2960236qbc.30 for ; Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:11:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87k5e8yihk.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> (Bernt Hansen's message of "Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:09:27 -0400") 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: Bernt Hansen Cc: Robert Goldman , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bernt Hansen writes: > Robert Goldman writes: > >> I hope that this isn't too much of an FAQ, but I searched the mailing >> list and couldn't find an answer (although I could find the question >> being asked): >> >> Is it possible to tailor the agenda view so that when it displays the >> TODO items it shows those todo items with their *inherited* tags? >> >> My display seems to show only the tags directly applied to the items. >> This isn't so great for me, since I put my TODO items in multiple files, >> one for each project, and put at the * Tasks level in those files a tag >> corresponding to the project. I'd really like to see those tags in the >> agenda view, so I know what project the TODOs belong to. > > Hi Robert, > > I use categories for this. I have multiple org files (normally one per > project) but some files (like todo.org) are catch-all org files which > have multiple categories. > > I set the category for a subtree using a property. > > All of my project tasks are level 2 tasks so they have a level 1 parent > task for organizing things. Such as > > ,----[ proj1.org ] > | * Support > | :PROPERTIES: > | :ARCHIVE: %s_archive::* Support > | :CATEGORY: PROJ1 > | :END: > | ** TODO First Project > | ** TODO Second Project > `---- > > so all tasks in this project show up in the agenda in the 'PROJ1' > category. You're free to set different categories for any subtree and I > find it very flexible. > > This works great for me. > I use this too. I would ask that the category name in the left column of the agenda view used its own face though. Is this possible?