Re: [O] Hiding "future" tasks in tags-todo agenda view

[Matthew Sauer]

Neilen,

One of my favorite agenda custom commands is the following:

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(("s" "Startup View" ((agenda "" ((org-agenda-ndays 3)
(org-deadline-warning-days 1))) (agenda ""((org-agenda-time-grid nil)
(org-deadline-warning-days 365) (org-agenda-entry-types (quote
(:deadline))) (org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote
scheduled)) (org-agenda-ndays 1) (org-agenda-overriding-header
"Unscheduled upcoming deadlines:"))) (todo ""
(quote(org-agenda-overriding-header "Unscheduled No Deadline TODO:
"))))))
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(org-agenda-ndays 3) gives me a 3 day calendar for this view
(org-deadline-warning-days 1) gives me a 1 day warning for deadlines
(you should be able to set it to 0 to get just today).  Also, if you
set a custom deadline warning on the individual task it overrides the
1 day.
I also use a seperate section to show all my unscheduled TODO items
down below so they are in a separate area but on the same agenda.
If you had a custom command set to 0 and then added
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 (todo "" (quote(org-agenda-overriding-header "Unscheduled No Deadline
TODO: ")))
-----cut-----
it would give you a second section that has all your unscheduled TODO
items at the bottom (at least it does for me in the agenda I have)

Hope this helps.


On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Neilen Marais <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently switched from using tracks (http://getontracks.org/) to
> org mode for GTD task management. One neat tracks feature that I am
> struggling to reproduce is the "show task from date". If you add a
> task with no date set, they show up immediately in the context next
> action lists, but if you have a "show from" date in the future, it
> only shows the task from that date onwards.
>
> Scheduling timestamps (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-16-9)
> seem like they should do exactly that, but they don't seem to work in
> my custom org-agenda that I use to show only items with a NEXT todo
> state and an assigned context. However, it shows all items
> irrespective of the scheduling setting.
>
> (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
>      '(
>        ("c" "Context Next Tasks"
>         tags-todo (mapconcat 'car my-org-context-tag-alist "|")
>         ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if
>                                      'nottodo '("NEXT")))
>          (org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(tag-up))
>          (org-agenda-overriding-header "Context Next Tasks")
>          ))
> ))
>
> How can I make this custom agenda skip items that are scheduled in the
> future, while also keeping unscheduled tasks? I have also tried adding
>          (org-agenda-entry-types '(:scheduled))
> but that did not seem to make any difference.
>
>
>