Can I limit the number of TODO entries in my org-todo-list ?
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copperbranch · 2022-03-03 18:45

I often get overwhelmed at the number of things in my TODO list, and
end up avoiding looking at it at all.

I would like to be able to limit the number of TODO's displayed there
(say 5 TODO's), and some way of moving to next/previous 5.

Is it possible to do it in the regular org-todo-list view?

Do I need a custom view? if so, how would I do it?

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ajgrf · 2022-03-03 20:25

Check out [org-super-agenda](https://github.com/alphapapa/org-super-
agenda). It gives you a bunch of tools to organize your agenda,
including the `:take` keyword which does what you want.

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Evil_Yves · 2022-03-03 20:55

You can limit the number of elements presented in your org-agenda view
with the variable `org-agenda-max-todos`. For example:

    (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
      '(("d" "Dashboard"
         ((agenda "" (todo "TODO" ((org-agenda-max-todos 10))))))))

For examples and a good video you can watch this:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNE-
mgkZ6HM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNE-mgkZ6HM)

Take a look in the show-notes (there is a link to the org-file in the
description)

If you want to customize even further take a look at the org manual:
[https://orgmode.org/manual/Agenda-
Views.html](https://orgmode.org/manual/Agenda-Views.html)

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copperbranch · 2022-03-04 01:05

>(setq org-agenda-custom-commands
  '(("d" "Dashboard"
((agenda "" (todo "TODO" ((org-agenda-max-todos 10))))))))

Cool, thanks! I tried it, and it does limit the number of todo's like
I want. But I also need to be able to have some kind of "show next 5",
otherwise it will not be useful for me. I'll take a further look at
it.

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copperbranch · 2022-03-04 01:06

Nice! I'll take a look at it

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github-alphapapa · 2022-03-04 07:54

See also: https://github.com/alphapapa/org-ql