Re: [O] Custom Agenda View for Projects

[Christian Zang]

2011/3/15 Manish <address@hidden>:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Christian Zang wrote:
>> 2011/3/15 Manish:
>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Christian Zang wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I might be overlooking something very obvious, but I cannot find the
>>>> solution: I have various org files, in which "projects" (anything
>>>> requiring more than one action step...) are first level headings
>>>> marked using the TODO kwd PROJ. If I tell my agenda to list all items
>>>> with kwd PROJ (either via C-a T PROJ or as a custom agenda view via
>>>> "tags-todo "LEVEL=1""), only the ones without siblings are returned.
>>>> I've looked into "org-tags-match-list-sublevels" but this is not quite
>>>> the right thing to calibrate...
>>>
>>> Could you show a sample outline please?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Manish
>>>
>>
>> Sure, here is a sample outline:
>>
>> * PROJ Write Proposal
>>
>> ** TODO write introduction
>>
>> * PROJ Clean Lab
>>
>> * PROJ Get Birthday Present
>>
>> ** TODO get dad's hat size
>>
>> From that list, only "Clean Lab" will show up in the list of projects.
>> Below are my settings regarding custom agenda views:
>>
>> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
>>      '(("W" "Weekly Review"
>>         ((agenda "" ((org-agenda-ndays 7)))
>>          (stuck "") ;; review stuck projects
>>          (todo "PROJ") ;; review all projects
>>          (todo "SDMB") ;; review someday/maybe items
>>          (todo "WAIT"))) ;; review waiting items
>>
>>        ("P" "Projects" tags-todo "LEVEL=1"
>>         ((org-agenda-overriding-header "List of Projects")))
>>
>>        ("O" "Today-View"               ; like OF "due & flagged"
>>         ((agenda "Due or scheduled within next week"
>>                  ((org-agenda-ndays 7)
>>                   (org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil)
>>                   (org-agenda-overriding-header "\nDue or scheduled
>> within next week\n------------------\n")
>>                   ))
>>                                        ; due within next week
>>          (tags-todo "+PRIORITY=\"A\""
>>                     ((org-agenda-overriding-header "\nHigh
>> priority\n------------------\n")))
>>                                        ; pseudo-flagged items
>>          ))
>>        ))
>>
>> Neither "W" nor "P" shows all projects, but rather only the ones
>> without siblings. This is what I use as TODO kwds:
>>
>> (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t)" "WAIT(w@/!)" "|" "DONE(d!)")
>>                          (sequence "STRT(s!)" "|")
>>                          (sequence "|" "CNCL(address@hidden)")
>>                          (sequence "FXME(f)" "|" "FIXD(x!)")
>>                          (sequence "PROJ(p!)" "PRSC(u)" "PROH(o)" "|"
>> "PRDN(r!)" "PRCL(o@/!)")
>>                          (sequence "LIST(l)" "|")
>>                          (sequence "SDMB(m)" "|")))
>>
>> And these are the agenda-relevant settings in custom.el:
>>
>>  '(org-agenda-compact-blocks t)
>>  '(org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks (quote invisible))
>>  '(org-stuck-projects (quote ("+LEVEL=1/+PROJ-PRDN-PROH-SDMB" ("TODO"
>> "NEXT" "FXME" "STRT") nil "")))
>>
>
> Here's what I did:
>
> I started Emacs with -Q, eval'ed the variables and custom agenda
> commands you sent set up the org-agenda-files and ran the custom
> commands `W' and `P'.  Both listed all the items marked PROJ where
> they should have.  So it worked for me.. I am not sure what could be
> wrong in your setup.  I know it's a non-answer but FWIW, removing
> everything and add bits and pieces in steps could help.
>
> HTH
> --
> Manish
>

Thanks, Manish,

I'll try that. Thanks a lot for your efforts!

Best,
Christian