Hi Myles, thanks for this piece of code. I've integrated that into mine and it seems to do exactly what I wanted to achieve.
many thanks .d. Myles English <mylesengl...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi David, > > da...@belohrad.ch writes: > >> Dear All, >> >> could someone help me with following problem? >> >> - have multiple org files, where I tag by names, e.g. @Erik >> >> - I want to construct a timeline of all items having this tag through >> all the org files (as @Erik can be dispersed everywhere) >> >> Example: >> >> I use tag @Erik to note at which times my son has school holidays. Hence >> one such entry would be e.g.: >> >> ** TODO erik autumn holidays :@Erik: >> :PROPERTIES: >> :ID: 26f5503f-3db6-481a-b384-395625e39333 >> :END: >> <2013-10-17 Thu>--<2013-10-27 Sun> >> >> there are many entries like this. Now, my wife asks me: I wonder when >> Erik has holidays. >> >> I enter org-agenda, press 'm', type @Erik and voila - I get list of his >> holidays (and other stuff). >> >> Trouble is, that this list does not show it in timeline, but only >> headings without these dates. Hence to get each datum I have to _open_ >> the item, which is not desired. >> >> Any hint how to solve it? > > This is how I do something similar. Essentially you treat an > event/appointment differently to a task (TODO) and store it in the diary > file (with the help of a capture template) so it looks like this: > > * 2013 > ** 2013-05-30 Thursday > **** Might go fishing :event: > <2013-06-22 Sat>--<2013-06-23 Sun> [2013-05-30 Thu 23:57] > > > and in the init file you have this: > > > ;; not sure which of these are necessary: > (setq org-agenda-include-diary t) > (setq org-agenda-diary-file "~/org/org/diary.org") > > ;; so any time strings in the heading are shown in the agenda > (setq org-agenda-insert-diary-extract-time t) > > (setq org-capture-templates (quote ( > ("a" " - Appointment (compulsory)" entry > (file+datetree (concat org-directory "/diary.org")) "* %? > :appt:\n%^T %U %a") > ("e" " - Event (optional)" entry > (file+datetree (concat org-directory "/diary.org")) "* %? > :event:\n%^T %U %a")))) > > (setq org-agenda-custom-commands > (quote (("v" "Events" agenda "" > ((org-agenda-span 28) > (org-agenda-files '((concat org-directory "/diary.org"))))) > > > If your diary.org has at the top: > > #+FILETAGS: diary > > > Then a C-a v gives you: > > Wednesday 19 June 2013 > Thursday 20 June 2013 > Friday 21 June 2013 > Diary: 6:03...... Summer Solstice (BST) > Saturday 22 June 2013 > diary: (1/2): Might go fishing :diary::event: > Sunday 23 June 2013 > diary: (2/2): Might go fishing :diary::event: > Monday 24 June 2013 W26 > Tuesday 25 June 2013 > Wednesday 26 June 2013 > > Myles