From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Removing DEADLINE and SCHEDULED from a headline Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:15:49 +0200 Message-ID: <084B1B26-BCB0-4E42-92BF-7A9310452516@gmail.com> References: <873a7cyv5v.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh2FD-0002Mx-Ja for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:15:59 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh2F8-0002Gp-U1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:15:59 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43564 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh2F8-0002GI-GE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:15:54 -0400 Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.147]:30862) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mh2F8-0005RI-1U for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:15:54 -0400 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 3so450214eyh.34 for ; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:15:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <873a7cyv5v.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bernt Hansen Cc: Carsten Dominik , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Fixed, thanks. - Carsten On Aug 28, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: > Hi Carsten, > > I ran into this a few weeks ago and it's been bugging me. > > I reorganized a project which had a deadline on the main task and > moved > it down to multiple subtasks in the project. > > ,---- > | * TODO Project task > | DEADLINE: <2009-08-28 Fri> > | ** TODO Step 1 > | ** TODO Step 2 > | ... > | ** TODO Step n > `---- > > I decided the DEADLINE really doesn't belong at the top -- since the > deadline was for step 2 (and a few other tasks)... so I moved it the > hard way. Instead of cutting it out and pasting it back in the right > tree I just used C-c C-d and entered the same date on step 2 > (because I > was moving the date a bit from the original date). > > ,---- > | * TODO Project task > | DEADLINE: <2009-08-28 Fri> > | ** TODO Step 1 > | ** TODO Step 2 > | DEADLINE: <2009-08-28 Fri> > | ... > | ** TODO Step n > `---- > > Now to remove the deadline from the Project task I just did C-u C-c > C-d > on the Project task but this removed all the deadlines in the subtree > and my deadline in Step 2 (and others) is now gone. > > AFAICT SCHEDULED: works the same way. This doesn't feel natural to me > but I know it is documented this way. > > Does the way it works now really make sense or would just removing the > deadline from the task you are working on be better. > > C-c C-d sets a deadline just for this task, so it felt natural to me > that C-u C-c C-d would remove the deadline just for this task -- but > that's what I get for not reading the manual (or forgetting since I > read > it ;) > > Regards, > Bernt