org-mode: List of all TODO entries is empty

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I have a number of agenda files with TODO keywords. Hitting C-c-a-t brings up an empty agenda. However, C-c-a-T then selecting TODO keyword does what is expected and shows all TODO items in the agenda.

Why does C-c-a-t not work as expected?

I use org-mode 8.2.9.

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Both of these are supposed to call org-todo-list (without and with an argument resp.). Maybe C-c a t has been reboud somehow? I would put a breakpoint using edebug on org-todo-list, do C-c a t and see if it stops at the function. Or check with C-h c C-c a to make sure that's still a prefix key that's bound to org-agenda (if that is the case, then both t and T should work fine). - NickD
Actually 'org-todo-list' does what is expected. It seems that <kbd>t</kbd> in the agenda dispatcher is doing something else. - user3156459
Just checked org-agenda-custom-commands, and I see that I have remapped t there. - user3156459
I think I should delete this question, and will do so soon, unless anybody objects. - user3156459
IMO, you should keep it: maybe post an answer and accept it, just to mark it done, but it is a common enough problem, so it might be helpful to future questioners. - NickD

2 Answers

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Another way to see what the C-c a t binding is would be to call M-x describe-key (bound to C-h k).

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In my case I had copied my Org configuration from one machine to another and my username had changed, so check that the contents of the org-agenda-files variable is correct (which might point to an org-files.txt file containing a list of filenames.)