Create a more beautiful (and hopefully more helpful) agenda view

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@@ -945,6 +945,43 @@ TODO: What is FIELD for?"
   (or (abbrev--before-point) (yasnippet-can-fire-p)))
 #+END_SRC
 
+** Filter out tasks from the Org agenda if they have a specific priority
+
+The whole idea comes from [[https://blog.aaronbieber.com/2016/09/24/an-agenda-for-life-with-org-mode.html][here]], which i use almost verbatim.  This is also the reason it has the
+~air-~ prefix.
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+(defun air-org-skip-subtree-if-priority (priority)
+  "Skip an agenda subtree if it has a priority of PRIORITY.
+
+PRIORITY may be one of the characters ?A, ?B, or ?C."
+  (let ((subtree-end (save-excursion (org-end-of-subtree t)))
+        (pri-value (* 1000 (- org-lowest-priority priority)))
+        (pri-current (org-get-priority (thing-at-point 'line t))))
+    (if (= pri-value pri-current)
+        subtree-end
+      nil)))
+#+END_SRC
+
+** Filter out habits from the Org agenda
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+(defun air-org-skip-subtree-if-habit ()
+  "Skip an agenda entry if it has a STYLE property equal to \"habit\"."
+  (let ((subtree-end (save-excursion (org-end-of-subtree t))))
+    (if (string= (org-entry-get nil "STYLE") "habit")
+        subtree-end
+      nil)))
+#+END_SRC
+
+** Wrapper around ~org-agenda~ to open my own custom list
+
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+(defun gpolonkai/org-agenda-list (&optional arg)
+  (interactive "P")
+  (org-agenda arg "c"))
+#+END_SRC
+
 * UI preferences
 
 ** Tweak window chrome
@@ -2428,7 +2465,18 @@ This is a big one; I use a lot of customisation here.
                 org-refile-targets '((org-agenda-files :maxlevel . 3))
                 org-refile-use-outline-path 'file
                 org-outline-path-complete-in-steps nil
-                org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes 'confirm)
+                org-refile-allow-creating-parent-nodes 'confirm
+                org-agenda-custom-commands '(("c" "Simple agenda view" ((tags "PRIORITY=\"A\""
+                                                                              ((org-agenda-skip-function '(org-agenda-skip-entry-if 'todo 'done))
+                                                                               (org-agenda-overriding-header "High priority unfinished tasks")))
+                                                                        (agenda "")
+                                                                        (alltodo ""
+                                                                                 ((org-agenda-skip-function
+                                                                                   '(or (air-org-skip-subtree-if-habit)
+                                                                                        (air-org-skip-subtree-if-priority ?A)
+                                                                                        (org-agenda-skip-if nil '(scheduled deadline))))
+                                                                                  (org-agenda-overriding-header "ALL normal priority tasks"))))
+                                              ((org-agenda-compact-blocks t)))))
   :config
   ;; Load the markdown exporter
   (require 'ox-md)
@@ -2450,7 +2498,7 @@ This is a big one; I use a lot of customisation here.
   (add-hook 'ediff-unselect-hook 'f-ediff-org-fold-tree)
   :bind
   (:map gpolonkai/pers-map
-   ("a" . org-agenda-list)
+   ("a" . gpolonkai/org-agenda-list)
    ("c" . org-capture)
    ("l" . org-store-link)
    :map org-mode-map