From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Marius Hofert <marius.hofert@math.ethz.ch>
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Emacs help <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to define repeating events that do not show up after there dates are passed?
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:01:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <11742.1320876110@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Marius Hofert <marius.hofert@math.ethz.ch> of "Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:51:35 +0100." <F3AC8EA4-804A-40AB-93E1-07B8B273FD4E@math.ethz.ch>
Marius Hofert <marius.hofert@math.ethz.ch> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently, Jan explained to me the difference about a <date> and a
> "SCHEDULED: <date>"; see
> http://osdir.com/ml/emacs-orgmode-gnu/2011-11/msg00200.html
>
> I'm wondering about what is the best way to put in repeating events in
> org-mode. For example, image you visit your friends every Thursday at
> 16:00. Now putting the event in as
>
> TODO Visit friends
> SCHEDULED: <2011-11-10 Thu +1w>
>
> Now if I fire up C-c a L, I see that visit/meeting for this Thursday
> and also for the following Thursday. However, it also appears when
> doing C-c a a on Friday, namely as an event that happened in the past
> (on Thu) and which is still scheduled. So for this repeating event, I
> don't want it to appear on Friday as something I forgot on Thursday.
> Well, then one shouldn't (?) use SCHEDULED. Okay, so just put it in
> like this:
>
> TODO Visit friends
> <2011-11-10 Thu +1w>
>
> Now on Friday it does not appear anymore. However, if I fire up C-c a
> L it also disappeared showing "[... 12 empty days omitted]" although
> on the Thursdays within the 12 days, there's clearly the meeting with
> the friends.... So getting "12 empty days" is not right, since I
> actually have a meeting on Thursdays...
>
> How can I put in repeating events so that they show up on C-c a L but
> they shouldn't show up after the corresponding date passed?
>
The timeline functionality is, if not obsolete, a second-class citizen in org.
see Carsten's history lesson at
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/39368/focus=40038
Nick
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2011-11-09 21:51 How to define repeating events that do not show up after there dates are passed? Marius Hofert
2011-11-09 22:01 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2011-11-09 22:14 ` Marius Hofert
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