[Orgmode] Re: tags-tree question

[Carsten Dominik]

On Jun 23, 2009, at 12:52 AM, Pete Phillips wrote:

> Evening to you all
>
> > > > > > "Carsten" == Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
>
>    Carsten> Pete, what exactly do you meam by "custom agenda" here.
>
> I mean it's one of my org-agenda-custom-commands. This is my (probably
> overly) complex setup to list any of the things I do at home, which  
> have
> a TODO="NEXT" action associated with them.
>
>  ("h" "Home Stuff (Next)"
>   ((tags-todo "Home//NEXT" nil)
>    (tags-todo "DIY//NEXT" nil)
>    (tags-todo "Karen//NEXT" nil)
>    (tags-todo "PhoneH//NEXT" nil)
>    (tags-todo "LaptopH//NEXT" nil)
>    (tags-todo "WaitingH//NEXT" nil)
>    (tags-todo "SometimeH//NEXT" nil))
>   nil)
>
> Some of these actions will have SCHEDULED or DEADLINE dates associated
> with them and I only want to see those actions 30 days (or perhaps 60
> days) before the date. Anything without a DEADLine or SCHEDULED date I
> want to see in the list.
>
>    Carsten> It is a tags/property/todo search?  In that case you could
>    Carsten> try something like
>    Carsten>       TODO="TODO"+DEADLINE<"<+1m>"
>    Carsten> as a search string
>
> OK - promising - this looks like it may do what I want:
>
> ("h" "Home Stuff (Next)"
> (
>  (tags-todo "TODO=\"NEXT\"+Home+DEADLINE<\"<+1m>\"" nil)
>  (tags-todo "TODO=\"NEXT\"+Home+DEADLINE=\"\"" nil)
>  (tags-todo "TODO=\"NEXT\"+Home+SCHEDULED<\"<+1m>\"" nil)
>  (tags-todo "TODO=\"NEXT\"+Home+SCHEDULED=\"\"" nil)
>
> etc
>
> I.e., find me NEXT items with the tag of Home, with a deadline within
> the next month, AND find me NEXT items with the Home tag, where  
> there is
> no DEADLINE, AND ....
>
> But that does seem very complex. (it also feels slow).
>
>    Carsten> HTH
>
> It does. At least i know there is a way to do it.  The question now  
> is -
> is there an easier way ?

Not currently, no.  And yes, it will be slow because of accessing  
properties
(DEADLINE counts as a property in this case).

You could construct a faster way by using org-agenda-skip and looking  
for
the deadline yourself.  That might actually work quite well and  
reasonably fast.

Let me know if you need help to put this together.

- Carsten

>    Carsten> - Carsten
>
>    Carsten> P.S. Nice to know you are still around, still using Org
>    Carsten> ... :-)
>
> :-)
>
> I haven't stopped using org-mode - it is the lubricant which oils the
> wheels of my life.  I have just reduced the time I can spend reading  
> and
> responding to mailing list emails. :-( Still grazing on the list  
> though.
>
> Cheers
> Pete