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[Orgmode] Re: Lazy project definitions
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Matt Lundin |
Subject: |
[Orgmode] Re: Lazy project definitions |
Date: |
Tue, 18 May 2010 00:18:14 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Hi Bernt,
Bernt Hansen <address@hidden> writes:
> I've been beating my head against the wall for hours on this now. I
> tried the example from the manual and have similar results to the
> description below.
>
> Here's what I came up with as my skip function
>
> ,----
> | (defun bh/skip-non-stuck-projects ()
> | "Skip trees that are not projects"
> | (let* ((subtree-end (save-excursion (org-end-of-subtree t)))
> | (is-project (save-excursion (re-search-forward "^\\*\\{3,\\}"
> subtree-end t)))
> | (has-next (save-excursion (re-search-forward "^\\*\\** NEXT "
> subtree-end t))))
> | (if (and is-project (not has-next))
> | nil ; a stuck project, has subtasks but no next task
> | subtree-end)))
> `----
>
> and my custom agenda command is 'x' for testing
>
> ,----
> | ("x" "Stuck Projects" tags-todo "LEVEL=2-REFILE/!-DONE-CANCELLED"
> | ((org-agenda-skip-function
> | (bh/skip-non-stuck-projects)))))
> `----
>
> but this doesn't work at all like I expect. I lost a bunch of time when
> I had the 'stuck projects' selection instead of tags-todo -- it seems
> the skip function doesn't do anything useful with the stuck-projects
> setting.
>
> My returned list of tasks is still incorrect -- it contains level 2
> tasks with no children. Sometimes it throws an error -- depending on
> what buffer is displayed and where (point) is when I run C-c a x.
The custom command (and the skip function) works for me when written as
follows:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
'(("x" "Stuck Projects" tags "LEVEL=2-REFILE/-DONE-CANCELLED"
((org-agenda-skip-function 'bh/skip-non-stuck-projects)))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I made a couple of changes: (a) I quoted the function name and (b) I
changed tags-todo to tags and removed the exclamation point. Both
tags-todo and the exclamation point limited the results to entries with
active states, whereas (if I understand correctly) you are interested in
all level 2 headings.
When I tested the command/skip function on the following tree, only the
first 2nd level entry (** Testing) showed up in the agenda. Is this the
desired result?
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Example
** Testing
*** Nothing
** Testing two
*** NEXT A todo
** Testing three
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Best,
Matt