In org-mode, I like to run org-todo-list, which displays the global todo list including all my org-agenda files. How do I view a TODO list for only the current buffer, ignoring my other org-agenda files?
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You can use < from the agenda menu to restrict the current agenda call to the buffer that the agenda was invoked from. To restrict to that file for more than one call, you can use C-c C-x < (org-agenda-set-restriction-lock). See (info "(org) Agenda files") for more information.
You can use org-show-todo-tree to get a sparse tree view of the current buffer's TODO items. It's bound to C-c / t by default.
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You could bind org-agenda-files dynamically to the current buffer's file and call org-todo-list from there:
(defun org-todo-list-current-file (&optional arg)
"Like `org-todo-list', but using only the current buffer's file."
(interactive "P")
(let ((org-agenda-files (list (buffer-file-name (current-buffer)))))
(if (null (car org-agenda-files))
(error "%s is not visiting a file" (buffer-name (current-buffer)))
(org-todo-list arg))))
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I am having following message:
Global list of TODO items of type: ALL Available with ‘N r’: (0)[ALL]– alperCommented Jun 1, 2020 at 10:42 -
The let-binding of
org-agenda-filesis only good for this command and will be reverted for any additional searches, so in particularN rfor some number N will not limit itself to the current file: it will be a global search through the default value oforg-agenda-files.– NickDCommented Apr 26, 2021 at 18:57