Re: [Orgmode] property searches for #+CATEGORY

[Mario E. Munich]

Dear Matt,

thanks a lot for the tips... I have settled down on using FILETAGS and
then using C-c a M to get the TODO lists for either personal or work.

Thanks a lot for all the help!

Best regards,

-Mario

Matthew Lundin wrote:
> Hi Mario,
>
> I find the easiest way to filter for personal and professional tasks
> is to use a filetag at the top of each file, e.g.,
>
> #+FILETAGS: prof
>
> I use filetags because the agenda has a wonderful shortcut for
> filtering by tags. When I call the agenda, I simply hit "/" and then
> the shortcut for either my "prof" or "per" tag to filter the items.
> It's lightning quick and does the job painlessly (i.e., without any
> custom agenda searches). I have org-use-tag-inheritance set to t, but
> if you want fine-grained control of what tags are inherited, Org 6.14
> has some nice new options.
>
> Of course, if you'd prefer to use categories instead of filetags, they
> also work just fine for custom agenda searches. For example,
>
> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
>       '(("w" tags-todo "CATEGORY=\"work\"")
>         ("h" tags-todo "CATEGORY=\"home\"")))
>         
> Finally, you can always search by category using C-c a m or C-c a M
> and then typing the following:
>
> CATEGORY="work"
>
> In short, there are lot of nice ways to achieve the functionality
> you're looking for. 
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Best,
>
> Matt
>        
> "Mario E. Munich" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>   
>> Dear Carsten,
>>
>> I am really sorry for not having been clear... let me explain myself a
>> little bit and hopefully you would be able to point me in the right
>> direction.
>>
>> First of all, I would like to mention that I am a planner-el convert
>> given the flexibility that org-mode provides. I have converted all my
>> planner files into org-mode files and I am moving forward using org-mode.
>>
>> My particular use-case scenario (that seemed to be the same scenario
>> that Adam mentioned in this thread) is that I would like to have two set
>> of org files stored in separated directories: one set for the office
>> (work) and another set for home (personal). I am able to run agenda
>> commands in both sets of files using org-agenda-files and I am able to
>> see all the TODO items using the basic C-a a commands. However, I would
>> like to search for TODO items that correspond only to my work or only to
>> my home (basically, have two emacs buffers, one with work TODO lists and
>> another with personal TODO lists to avoid cluttering).
>>
>> From this thread of emails of about a year ago, I thought that the
>> solution to my use-case was to add a #+CATEGORY indicator on the files.
>> I have added the following lines:
>>
>> #+CATEGORY: work my-work-project
>>
>> or
>>
>> #+CATEGORY: personal my-personal-project
>>
>> accordingly in the work and the personal files.
>> So, I am now at the point in which I would like to customize the
>> org-agenda-custom-commands to search for CATEGORY work or personal TODO
>> items. I have looked in the mailing list and in the org-mode
>> documentation and I have not been able to find a good example on how to
>> do this (I should add that my lisp skills are not that great and
>> therefore that might be the root cause of the problem).
>>
>> I have several questions:
>>
>> 1) Given my use-case, is this the right approach? Should I be using
>> something else like FILETAGS?
>>
>> I think that this use-case might be rather common for people working in
>> industry in which you would like to have a separation between work and
>> personal files due to IP and ownership issues. Things might be even
>> worse if you use SVN at work and GIT at home (my case). So, I would
>> think that it would be useful to have a simple skeleton setup in the
>> documentation. In planner, I used to have a way of switching between
>> pointing at work or personal files, but this setup was less than ideal.
>>
>> 2) If using CATEGORY is the right thing to do, how should I write the
>> search function?
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your help and support... And not that you need any more
>> praise for org-mode, but, man, it is really, really good!!!!
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> -Mario
>>
>> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi Mario,
>>>
>>> the fact that you "have read all the postings" almost contradicts
>>> your other statement that you "have implemented *the* method".
>>> I guess you need to tell us more about your detailed setup
>>> to get a useful reply.
>>>
>>> - Carsten
>>>
>>> On Dec 8, 2008, at 12:35 AM, Mario E. Munich wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> I am sorry to bother you with a silly question, but I have read all the
>>>> postings on the orgmode list on how to separate files for work and
>>>> personal using the CATEGORY stuff. I have implemented the method, but I
>>>> cannot get org-agenda-custom-commands to search properly in each
>>>> category. Any pointers/help would be highly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>>
>>>> -Mario
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Mario E. Munich, PhD
>>>> VP of Engineering
>>>> Principal Scientist
>>>> Evolution Robotics
>>>> Ph: (626) 993-3317
>>>> Fax: (626) 993-3301
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>>>> http://www.evolution.com
>>>>
>>>>
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