Hi Pete,
That works for todo list searches only (not tags). There is a new
variable org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options which you can set
which I think does what you are looking for. I have this set to t in my
setup.
HTH,
Bernt
Pete Phillips <p...@smtl.co.uk> writes:
> Afternoon all.
>
> Last Nov I asked on the list if it was possible to have TODO items with
> a scheduled/deadline date more than 30 (or some fixed number) of days in
> the future to NOT show up on my custom agenda. The reason being that I
> don't want to be distracted when I look at my custom Home list by a task
> for next January until closer to the time. I have added my original
> email to the bottom of this in case you have forgotten it! :-)
>
> Bernt's reply was:
>
>>>>>> "Bernt" == Bernt Hansen <be...@norang.ca> writes:
>
> Bernt> Hi Pete,
> Bernt> For this do something like the following:
> Bernt> Set a deadline date on
>
> Bernt> *** NEXT Cut pampass grass :DIY: DEADLINE: <2009-01-12 Thu>
>
> Bernt> and
>
> Bernt> (setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t)
>
> Bernt> This keeps all tasks with a schedules or deadline date out of
> Bernt> the list of tasks when searching for next tasks and by
> Bernt> default deadlines show up on the agenda 30 days before they
> Bernt> need to be done.
>
> Bernt> I find I'm using DEADLINE: a lot more then SCHEDULED: in my
> Bernt> tasks.
>
> Bernt> In this case your custom agenda command to match NEXT tasks
> Bernt> will not list the tasks with dates (ever) and those tasks
> Bernt> will show up on the agenda 30 days before they need to be
> Bernt> complete.
>
> I couldn't get this to work at the time but have been trying to sort
> this issue out again over the last few days.
>
> Having set:
>
> (setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t)
>
> I can see that scheduled items for next January (cutting my pampas
> grass) are kept out of the pre-configured
>
> ^C a t
>
> command (list of all TODO entries) - so this does in fact work - my
> pampas grass entry doesn't show. However, my custom agenda command for
> Home does show it.
>
> (see my orig email below for details on the custom agenda).
>
> So it appears to me that there is a difference in how the
> org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date variable behaves in the pre-configured
> TODO list and my custom view.
>
> Is there something simple I'm missing or is this a bug ?
>
> Cheers
> Pete
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> Pete Phillips <p...@smtl.co.uk> writes:
>
> Pete> > On a related question, is it possible to set up an
> Pete> > org-agenda-custom-command to pick out a set of tags, all of which
> have
> Pete> > NEXT as a todo-type, and which either have no scheduled date, OR
> which
> Pete> > have a scheduled or deadline date less than or equal to 1 month in
> the
> Pete> > future.
> Pete> >
> Pete> > For example, show lines with
> Pete> >
> Pete> > NEXT and (Home | LaptopH | DIY)
> Pete> >
> Pete> > where either there is no scheduled (or perhaps, deadline) date OR
> Pete> >
> Pete> > Scheduled Date <= today + 1 month
> Pete> >
> Pete> > My thinking on this is that sometimes I have next actions (such as
> Pete> > cutting my pampas grass every january), which would be set up like
> this:
> Pete> >
> Pete> > *** NEXT Cut pampass grass :DIY:
> Pete> > SCHEDULED: <2009-01-12 Thu>
> Pete> >
> Pete> > My current setup uses this:
> Pete> >
> Pete> > ("h" "Home Stuff (Next)"
> Pete> > ((tags "Home//NEXT" nil)
> Pete> > (tags "DIY//NEXT" nil)
> Pete> > (tags "LaptopH//NEXT" nil)
> Pete> > nil)
> Pete> >
> Pete> > The problem at the moment is that it shows up all year in my Home
> Stuff
> Pete> > (Next) list (which searches for Home|LaptopH|DIY with NEXT
> todotypes),
> Pete> > but I only want it to start showing up about a month before the date
> I
> Pete> > have decided I need to do it. At the moment, NEXT items which I will
> Pete> > need to do, but which I can't do anything about until nearer the
> time,
> Pete> > clutter up my action lists.
> Pete> >
> Pete> > Is there any way to do this ?
>
> Bernt> Hi Pete,
> Bernt>
> Bernt> For this do something like the following:
> Bernt>
> Bernt> Set a deadline date on
> Bernt>
> Bernt> *** NEXT Cut pampass grass :DIY:
> Bernt> DEADLINE: <2009-01-12 Thu>
> Bernt>
> Bernt> and
> Bernt>
> Bernt> (setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t)
> Bernt>
> Bernt> This keeps all tasks with a schedules or deadline date out of the list
> Bernt> of tasks when searching for next tasks and by default deadlines show
> up
> Bernt> on the agenda 30 days before they need to be done.
> Bernt>
> Bernt> I find I'm using DEADLINE: a lot more then SCHEDULED: in my tasks.
> Bernt>
> Bernt> In this case your custom agenda command to match NEXT tasks will not
> Bernt> list the tasks with dates (ever) and those tasks will show up on the
> Bernt> agenda 30 days before they need to be complete. You can control when
> Bernt> they show up individually using dates such as
> Bernt>
> Bernt> DEADLINE: <2009-01-12 Thu -60d>
> Bernt>
> Bernt> This works great for me.
> Bernt>
> Bernt> Regards,
> Bernt> Bernt
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