Mueen Nawaz <mu...@nawaz.org> writes: > In the docs (10.3.3 Matching tags and properties), I see ways to do > tag searches that can also search TODO states. > > Can I also search TODO levels? For example, in one file covered by the > agenda, I use the usual DONE to denote done. In another, which is > focused on simply stuff that I have borrowed/lent, I have RETURNED as > my "DONE" state. > > I occasionally apply tags to headings with the name of the person > involved. So let's say that I've put :Jack: on some headings of items > that have been lent and returned. But I also have :Jack: in my other > .org files that are not about lending/borrowing. > > I want to search for all headlines that have :Jack: in them, but > exclude anything that is a "DONE" state - so exclude both DONE and > RETURNED. > > I know I can just do: > Jack-TODO="DONE"-TODO="RETURNED"
Provided DONE and RETURNED are inactive todos than the following should suffice: C-a M Jack [RET] AFAIK, C-a M returns only active TODOs that match the tag. Thus any inactive state will be excluded. (There may be a variable that controls this, but I'm not aware of it.) Best, Matt _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
