[Orgmode] Re: How to do Properties search by define an agenda command

[Matt Lundin]

Chao LU <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear all,
>
> I'm trying to figure out how  to do Properties search by define an
> agenda command.
>
> Here is my item in org file:
>
> *** Franz Schwabl / Quantum Mechanics
>     :PROPERTIES:
>     :TITLE: Quantum Mechanics
>     :AUTHOR: Franz Schwabl
>     :CATEGORY: Quantum Mechanics
>     :TAGS: Quantum Mechanics, Group Theory
>     :KEYWORD: Quantum Mechanics, Perturbation, Second Quantization
>     :LOCATION: iTune
>     :END:
>
> And I want to define a agenda command to search this item out. I've
> tried this one, but did not work:
>      ("19" "TEST" occur-tree "Title="Quantum Mechanics"")
>      ("19" "TEST" tags "Title="Quantum Mechanics"")
>
> So is there anyone knows how to do this correctly?

Two things: 

1. You need to escape the inner quote marks in the custom command.

2. AFAICT Properties are case sensitive. Your drawer includes a "TITLE"
   property but your custom command searches for "Title".

This custom command worked for me:

(setq org-agenda-custom-commands 
      '(("x" "TEST" tags "TITLE=\"Quantum Mechanics\"")))

You could also just type the following:

C-a m TITLE="Quantum Mechanics"

Note: you can also use regexps in property searches. E.g.,

C-a m TITLE={quantum.*mechanics}

Best,
Matt