Added: filtering by category for org mode

SidharthArya · SidharthArya · commit c36cf313e4e7 · 2019-07-01T17:46:32.000+05:30
diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ To show agenda for the upcoming seven days set the variable ~show-week-agenda-p~
 
 Note that setting list-size for the agenda list is intentionally ignored; all agenda items for the current day will be displayed.
 
+To customize which categories from the agenda items should be visible in the dashboard set the ~dashboard-org-agenda-categories~ to the list of categories you need.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC elisp
+(setq dashboard-org-agenda-categories '("Tasks" "Appointments"))
+ #+END_SRC
+
 ** Faces
 
 It is possible to customize Dashboard's appearance using the following faces:
diff --git a/dashboard-widgets.el b/dashboard-widgets.el
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ to the specified width, with aspect ratio preserved."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'dashboard)
 
+(defcustom dashboard-org-agenda-categories nil
+  "Specify the Categories to consider when using agenda in dashboard.
+Example:
+'(\"Tasks\" \"Habits\")"
+  :type 'list
+  :group 'dashboard)
+
 (defconst dashboard-banners-directory
   (concat (file-name-directory
            (locate-library "dashboard"))
@@ -99,11 +106,6 @@ The format is: 'icon title help action face prefix suffix'.
 Example:
 '((\"☆\" \"Star\" \"Show stars\" (lambda (&rest _) (show-stars)) 'warning \"[\" \"]\"))")
 
-(defvar dashboard-org-agenda-categories nil
-  "Specify the Categories to consider when using agenda in dashboard.
-Example:
-'(\"Tasks\" \"Habits\")")
-
 
 
 (defvar dashboard-init-info
