[O] Re: "Tag hierarchy" idea

[Matt Lundin]

John Tait <address@hidden> writes:

> Thanks for that. But then what are #-FILETAGS for?
>

FILETAGS are primarily used in the agenda -- i.e., filetags are
inherited by the entire file, so when you filter the agenda by tags, the
filetags are also considered.

Not much work has been done to integrate filetags with export.

Perhaps this should be a feature request?

Best,
Matt

> John
>
>
>> Alas, I believe exclude tags only work with trees (not filetags).
>> According to the docstring of org-export-handle-export-tags, "If any of
>> SELECT-TAGS is found, all *trees* not marked by a SELECT-TAG will be
>> removed (emph. mine)."