From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos 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 Message-ID: <11742.1320876110@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51042) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ROGDS-0004mG-7a for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:01:55 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ROGDQ-0000cx-MU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:01:54 -0500 Received: from g1t0028.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.35]:41208) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ROGDQ-0000ct-Hp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:01:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message from Marius Hofert of "Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:51:35 +0100." List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Marius Hofert Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, Emacs help Marius Hofert wrote: > Hi, > > Recently, Jan explained to me the difference about a and a > "SCHEDULED: "; 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