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From: | Jonathan Leech-Pepin |
Subject: | Re: [O] Hotlist agenda view: how to simplify its expression? |
Date: | Fri, 9 Aug 2013 11:54:55 -0400 |
Hello,
On Aug 9, 2013 10:57 AM, "Sebastien Vauban" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Suppose I want a convenient way to see my most important tasks, the ones
> which:
>
> - are due soon (in the next 7 days), or
> - have a high priority (#A), or
> - are FLAGGED.
>
> If I don't mind having the entries mixed, this is quite simple and short:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (add-to-list 'org-agenda-custom-commands
> '("H" "Hotlist"
> tags-todo "DEADLINE<=\"<+1w>\"|PRIORITY=\"A\"|FLAGGED"
> ((org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled 'future))) t)
> #+end_src
>
> Though, if I want 3 different blocks (in the above order) with *no repetition*
> of entries, I need to write such a monster _expression_:
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (add-to-list 'org-agenda-custom-commands
> '("I" "Hotlist"
> ((tags-todo "DEADLINE<=\"<+1w>\""
> ((org-agenda-overriding-header "Due in next 7 days")))
> (tags-todo "PRIORITY=\"A\"+DEADLINE=\"\"|PRIORITY=\"A\"+DEADLINE>\"<+1w>\""
> ((org-agenda-overriding-header "High priority")))
> (tags-todo "FLAGGED+PRIORITY=\"\"+DEADLINE=\"\"|FLAGGED+PRIORITY=\"\"+DEADLINE>\"<+1w>\"|FLAGGED+PRIORITY<>\"A\"+DEADLINE=\"\"|FLAGGED+PRIORITY<>\"A\"+DEADLINE>\"<+1w>\""
> ((org-agenda-overriding-header "Starred"))))
> ((org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled 'future))) t)
> #+end_src
>
> Do you see a way to optimize it (make it shorter)? On the problems relies in
> the fact that the inverse of
>
> DEADLINE<="<+1w>"
>
> is
>
> DEADLINE=""|DEADLINE>"<+1w>"
>
> that is 2 tests to be done.
>
> The same applies for the priorities: the inverse of
>
> PRIORITY=\"A\"
>
> is
>
> PRIORITY=""|PRIORITY<>"A"
>
> Hence, an exponential number of checks every time you want to remove
> duplicated entries (which would have been displayed in the previous block):
> you double the number of subexpressions in the next block...
>
Could you use (org-agenda-skip-regexp "...") combined with (org-agenda-skip-function (org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches))
Just change the ... in the above to the deadline/priority you want to exclude in the block.
Sorry if this is at all unclear, sending from my phone so hard to write out the code blocks.
Regards,
Jon
> Any better idea?
>
> Best regards,
> Seb
>
> --
> Sebastien Vauban
>
>
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