Re: Persistent filters in Org mode

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl>]

On May 20, 2010, at 1:23 AM, Thomas Morgan wrote:

> Hi, Carsten,
>
>> I think this is good - so if you agree, I will apply your patch
>> and rename the variable to ...persistent-filter
>
> That would be great, thanks.
>
>>> The main thing I am missing now is a command to edit the filter
>>> in the minibuffer.  Or, if there's a separate persistent filter,
>>> perhaps the command could edit that if given an argument.
>>>
>>> It might also be useful to save filters to registers and restore
>>> them later.
>>
>> I guess a command to edit the filter, and a dedicated history  
>> variable
>> for that command would be good enough?  Would you like to make this
>> command and send me a combined patch with both changes?
>
> Alternatively, what do you think of the idea of saving
> a complete agenda view to a register (including the filter)?
> The register would contain all the information necessary to
> recreate the agenda view, and there would be a command to
> restore it.

That might be nice!  Or a way to interactively create a view and then  
turn it into a custom command with one key...

- Carsten