Hi John, It works like a charm.
Thank you so so so much cheers, M > On Oct 10, 2015, at 8:06 AM, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: > > sure, if you make an interactive function that takes a search argument. > Something like this > > (defun some-name (search-arg) > (interactive "sQuery: ") > ; insert code below and change "TODO=\"DONE\"" to search-arg > ) > > > Doyley, Marvin M. writes: > >> Is there anyway of making the search term a variable ? >> >>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 1:24 PM, John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote: >>> >>> You can do something like this: >>> >>> By TODO keyword to grab the DONE entries. >>> >>> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp >>> (let ((entries (org-map-entries >>> (lambda () >>> (save-restriction >>> (org-narrow-to-subtree) >>> (buffer-string))) >>> "TODO=\"DONE\""))) >>> (switch-to-buffer (get-buffer-create "new")) >>> (org-mode) >>> (mapcar 'insert entries)) >>> #+END_SRC >>> >>> >>> >>> Doyley, Marvin M. writes: >>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> I have a huge org-file with notes I have taken on various topics (my >>>> commonplace org file). Is there an easy way to grab all the entires with a >>>> given tag or keyword to a new org-file ? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> M >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Marvin Doyley Ph.D. >>>> University of Rochester >>>> Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering >>>> Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering >>>> 333 Hopeman Engineering Building >>>> Rochester NY 14627 >>> >>> -- >>> Professor John Kitchin >>> Doherty Hall A207F >>> Department of Chemical Engineering >>> Carnegie Mellon University >>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >>> 412-268-7803 >>> @johnkitchin >>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu&d=BQIBAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=T41F_5QsIVBGYhPPUkgYHUp9iPHgs2rOCjs7rfKaTMU&m=ZjP3xZzVOvLNMInBTkxBhV_-2rP9uP3owADCIadxXxk&s=ry0y4fD4NMUUCHUpPSK5djnyUZWt57fxbXHuhqUfSls&e= > > -- > Professor John Kitchin > Doherty Hall A207F > Department of Chemical Engineering > Carnegie Mellon University > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 > 412-268-7803 > @johnkitchin > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu&d=BQIBAg&c=kbmfwr1Yojg42sGEpaQh5ofMHBeTl9EI2eaqQZhHbOU&r=T41F_5QsIVBGYhPPUkgYHUp9iPHgs2rOCjs7rfKaTMU&m=hnMwDGuA_hdr-MPhQEOOEcDQ7Wd1eLgQFHotHKPOM2Y&s=KAVoqsDi0jWRU6Ilqh5eq16troIjU6lPlk-AQ99ZTv8&e= >
