On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 4:35 AM, Georg Otto <g.o...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: > On 01/11/2015 21:49, Brenda Butler wrote: > > > > On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Georg Otto <g.o...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: > >> Thanks for your answer! Unfortunately, it does not work for me as >> described in the manual. >> >> For example I have an entry with the Property "Test" >> >> * TODO test >> SCHEDULED: <2015-11-01 Sun> >> :PROPERTIES: >> :CATEGORY: Test >> :END: >> >> >> C-c am >> >> Match: Category=Test >> > > Try putting the value in double-quotes: > > Match: Category="Test" > > > I should have mentioned that I tried quotes and upper case/ lower case, > but no avail... >
I tried a few times with different case in the keyword and in the value - it seems both are case-sensitive and must match the item in the entries exactly. And the double-quotes around the value are required. Now that I look back at your example, I see the search term should be CATEGORY="Test" > My impression given the message > > Headlines with TAGS match: Category="Test" > Press `C-u r' to search again with new search string > > is that for some reason it only searches for tags. > But, on the prompt before you get to this one, it says: m match a TAGS/PROP/TODO query bjb
