Re: [Orgmode] FAQ incorrect

[Carsten Dominik]

On Oct 27, 2009, at 3:56 PM, Nick Dokos wrote:

> W.Bentley MacLeod <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > FAQ on how to include all org files in a directory is incorrect  
> > (view 85).
> > Correct code is:
> > (setq org-agenda-files (file-expand-wildcards "~/org-files/*.org"))
>
> If you are talking about this entry:
>
>    How can include all org files in a directory in my agenda?
>
>    You can simply set the value of org-agenda-files to a directory  
> rather than a list of files:
>
>    (setq org-agenda-files "~/my/special/path/org/")

Does that really work?  I believe it should be

   (setq org-agenda-files '("~/my/special/path/org/"))

i.e. each member of this list can be a file or a
directory.  If it is a directory, the org files in
it will be used.

- Carsten

> it is correct as it stands: unless you are using a really ancient
> version, org figures out that it's a directory and sets org-agenda- 
> files
> to the contents of the directory (filtered by org-agenda-file-regexp,
> which by default matches filenames ending in ".org").
>
> HTH,
> Nick
>
>
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- Carsten