"Mark A. Hershberger" <m...@everybody.org> writes: > Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@posteo.net> writes: > >> You need to put tag into quotes. >> I guess we may document this, but I am not sure where. > > I did figure this out and meant to follow up. > > As far as documentation, in the infodoc under "7.5.3 Capturing column > view", we have this: > > ‘:match’ > When set to a string, use this as a tags/property match filter to > select only a subset of the headlines in the scope set by the ‘:id’ > parameter.
So, we clearly say that :match should be set to a string here. Is it confusing for you? > And, under "8.4.2 The clock table": > > ‘:match’ > A tags match to select entries that should contribute. See *note > Matching tags and properties:: for the match syntax. I guess we may specify that the value must be a string here. Would you be interested to write a small patch that improves the description? > I'm looking through "11.3.3 Matching tags and properties" and the only > reference there to double-quotes is this: > > • If the comparison value is enclosed in double-quotes, a string > comparison is done, and the same operators are allowed. > > and > > • If the comparison value is enclosed in double-quotes _and_ angular > brackets (like ‘DEADLINE<="<2008-12-24 18:30>"’), both values are > assumed to be date/time specifications in the standard Org way, and > the comparison is done accordingly. Valid values also include > ‘"<now>"’ for now (including time), ‘"<today>"’, and ‘"<tomorrow>"’ > for these days at 0:00 hours, i.e., without a time specification. > You can also use strings like ‘"<+5d>"’ or ‘"<-2m>"’ with units > ‘d’, ‘w’, ‘m’, and ‘y’ for day, week, month, and year, > respectively. This is not related. This part is talking about quoting value _inside_ the match syntax. Like :match "DEADLINE>=\"+1d\"". -- Ihor Radchenko // yantar92, Org mode contributor, Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>. Support Org development at <https://liberapay.com/org-mode>, or support my work at <https://liberapay.com/yantar92>
