Fwd: [Orgmode] Trouble with Properties and Sparse Trees/Agenda View

[Carsten Dominik]

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> From: Carsten Dominik <address@hidden>
> Date: April 5, 2009 8:56:13 AM GMT+02:00
> To: Tom Shannon <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Trouble with Properties and Sparse Trees/ 
> Agenda View
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2009, at 2:41 AM, Tom Shannon wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Carsten Dominik
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > It would certainly help if you showed us what exactly you
> > > are entering at the prompt.
> >
> > No problem.  Here's the sample file again:
> >
> > * Tasks
> > :PROPERTIES:
> > :TaskStatus_ALL: "Not Started" "In Progress" Waiting
> > :END:
> > ** Shannon, Thomas R.
> > :PROPERTIES:
> > :ContactName: Shannon
> > :TaskStatus: Waiting
> > :END:
> > *** TODO This is a task
> > *** TODO Task 4
> > **** TODO Task 2
> > **** TODO Task  
> > 3                                                       :Tag1:
> >
> > * This is a heading
> > ** TODO This is a task
> > ** TODO Task 4
> > *** TODO Task 2
> > *** TODO Task 3
> >
> > I press the key combination C-c a m.  I am prompted for "Match:"  At
> > that point I'm not real sure what to type.  The name of any tag, for
> > instance "Tag1", certainly gives the expected list of headings in the
> > indirect buffer.  The name of a value, for instance "Waiting" or
> > "Shannon" gives no matches.  Typing in the name of a property, for
> > instance, "TaskStatus" gives no match and, of course, no further
> > prompts for a value.
>
> This description makes me wonder if you really got
> property-based sparse tree to work :-)  Maybe you used `C-c / p'?
> Because `C-c / m' uses the same syntax as `C-c a m'.
>
> The basic syntax would be for C-c a m
>
> TaskStatus="Waiting"
>
> The syntax of tag/property searches is described here:
>
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Matching-tags-and-properties.html#Matching-tags-and-properties
>
>
> HTH
>
> - Carsten