Re: [O] Custom Agenda View for Projects

[Manish]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Christian Zang wrote:
> 2011/3/15 Manish:
>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 12:54 AM, Christian Zang wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I might be overlooking something very obvious, but I cannot find the
>>> solution: I have various org files, in which "projects" (anything
>>> requiring more than one action step...) are first level headings
>>> marked using the TODO kwd PROJ. If I tell my agenda to list all items
>>> with kwd PROJ (either via C-a T PROJ or as a custom agenda view via
>>> "tags-todo "LEVEL=1""), only the ones without siblings are returned.
>>> I've looked into "org-tags-match-list-sublevels" but this is not quite
>>> the right thing to calibrate...
>>
>> Could you show a sample outline please?
>>
>> --
>> Manish
>>
>
> Sure, here is a sample outline:
>
> * PROJ Write Proposal
>
> ** TODO write introduction
>
> * PROJ Clean Lab
>
> * PROJ Get Birthday Present
>
> ** TODO get dad's hat size
>
> From that list, only "Clean Lab" will show up in the list of projects.
> Below are my settings regarding custom agenda views:
>
> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
>      '(("W" "Weekly Review"
>         ((agenda "" ((org-agenda-ndays 7)))
>          (stuck "") ;; review stuck projects
>          (todo "PROJ") ;; review all projects
>          (todo "SDMB") ;; review someday/maybe items
>          (todo "WAIT"))) ;; review waiting items
>
>        ("P" "Projects" tags-todo "LEVEL=1"
>         ((org-agenda-overriding-header "List of Projects")))
>
>        ("O" "Today-View"               ; like OF "due & flagged"
>         ((agenda "Due or scheduled within next week"
>                  ((org-agenda-ndays 7)
>                   (org-agenda-start-on-weekday nil)
>                   (org-agenda-overriding-header "\nDue or scheduled
> within next week\n------------------\n")
>                   ))
>                                        ; due within next week
>          (tags-todo "+PRIORITY=\"A\""
>                     ((org-agenda-overriding-header "\nHigh
> priority\n------------------\n")))
>                                        ; pseudo-flagged items
>          ))
>        ))
>
> Neither "W" nor "P" shows all projects, but rather only the ones
> without siblings. This is what I use as TODO kwds:
>
> (setq org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO(t)" "WAIT(w@/!)" "|" "DONE(d!)")
>                          (sequence "STRT(s!)" "|")
>                          (sequence "|" "CNCL(address@hidden)")
>                          (sequence "FXME(f)" "|" "FIXD(x!)")
>                          (sequence "PROJ(p!)" "PRSC(u)" "PROH(o)" "|"
> "PRDN(r!)" "PRCL(o@/!)")
>                          (sequence "LIST(l)" "|")
>                          (sequence "SDMB(m)" "|")))
>
> And these are the agenda-relevant settings in custom.el:
>
>  '(org-agenda-compact-blocks t)
>  '(org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks (quote invisible))
>  '(org-stuck-projects (quote ("+LEVEL=1/+PROJ-PRDN-PROH-SDMB" ("TODO"
> "NEXT" "FXME" "STRT") nil "")))
>

Here's what I did:

I started Emacs with -Q, eval'ed the variables and custom agenda
commands you sent set up the org-agenda-files and ran the custom
commands `W' and `P'.  Both listed all the items marked PROJ where
they should have.  So it worked for me.. I am not sure what could be
wrong in your setup.  I know it's a non-answer but FWIW, removing
everything and add bits and pieces in steps could help.

HTH
-- 
Manish