Neilen, One of my favorite agenda custom commands is the following:
-------snip--------start----------snip------------------ (("s" "Startup View" ((agenda "" ((org-agenda-ndays 3) (org-deadline-warning-days 1))) (agenda ""((org-agenda-time-grid nil) (org-deadline-warning-days 365) (org-agenda-entry-types (quote (:deadline))) (org-agenda-skip-entry-if (quote scheduled)) (org-agenda-ndays 1) (org-agenda-overriding-header "Unscheduled upcoming deadlines:"))) (todo "" (quote(org-agenda-overriding-header "Unscheduled No Deadline TODO: ")))))) -------snip--------end----------snip------------------ (org-agenda-ndays 3) gives me a 3 day calendar for this view (org-deadline-warning-days 1) gives me a 1 day warning for deadlines (you should be able to set it to 0 to get just today). Also, if you set a custom deadline warning on the individual task it overrides the 1 day. I also use a seperate section to show all my unscheduled TODO items down below so they are in a separate area but on the same agenda. If you had a custom command set to 0 and then added ----cut----- (todo "" (quote(org-agenda-overriding-header "Unscheduled No Deadline TODO: "))) -----cut----- it would give you a second section that has all your unscheduled TODO items at the bottom (at least it does for me in the agenda I have) Hope this helps. On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Neilen Marais <nmar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently switched from using tracks (http://getontracks.org/) to > org mode for GTD task management. One neat tracks feature that I am > struggling to reproduce is the "show task from date". If you add a > task with no date set, they show up immediately in the context next > action lists, but if you have a "show from" date in the future, it > only shows the task from that date onwards. > > Scheduling timestamps (http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-16-9) > seem like they should do exactly that, but they don't seem to work in > my custom org-agenda that I use to show only items with a NEXT todo > state and an assigned context. However, it shows all items > irrespective of the scheduling setting. > > (setq org-agenda-custom-commands > '( > ("c" "Context Next Tasks" > tags-todo (mapconcat 'car my-org-context-tag-alist "|") > ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if > 'nottodo '("NEXT"))) > (org-agenda-sorting-strategy '(tag-up)) > (org-agenda-overriding-header "Context Next Tasks") > )) > )) > > How can I make this custom agenda skip items that are scheduled in the > future, while also keeping unscheduled tasks? I have also tried adding > (org-agenda-entry-types '(:scheduled)) > but that did not seem to make any difference. > > >