Re: [Orgmode] Help with agenda-custom commands

[Robert Goldman]

> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:40:46 -0500
> From: Paul Holcomb <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Help with agenda-custom commands
> To: Carsten Dominik <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
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> On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 07:16:41AM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> 
>>> *) Is there a simple way to construct an agenda view that:
>>> -shows all past scheduled events for one TODO keyword only
>>> -skips for all others
> 
>> I have not tested this, but you might be able to use the general tags/ 
>> property/todo matcher
>> on `C-c a m' like this:
>>
>> SCHEDULED<"<today>"/!+MYTODOKEYWORD
> 
>  This works, but not for a day or week view.  
> 
>  On the positive side, while I was trying to figure out how to do
>  this, I've started to rethink how I'm using the different date
>  keywords.
> 
>  I was originally trying to overload the meaning of SCHEDULED.  Making
>  a TODO item that starts in the future and then will continue showing
>  up until done (as in the manual) for "WAITING" items, but also as a
>  TODO item that starts in the future, but then should become a normal
>  TODO item for everything not a "WAITING" item.
>  
>  I think a better approach to the second one is going to be using a
>  property like ACTIVEON, like so:
> 
>   :PROPERTIES:
>   :ACTIVEON:       <2008-10-01 Wed>
>   :END:
> 
>  I'm still at the idea stage here, but think it could work with a hook
>  similar to org-expiry.el or org-depend.el


I'm not entirely sure I follow this --- are you looking for something
that will be like a release time in scheduling?  I.e., the task would
effectively be invisible (at least on agenda view) until its ACTIVEON
date, and then act like a normal task from then on?