From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Timestamp, deadline and scheduling clarification Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 08:50:53 -0400 Message-ID: <15087.1338295853@alphaville> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56694) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZLtI-0000tg-HP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2012 08:51:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZLtC-0000Ry-1H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2012 08:51:12 -0400 Received: from g5t0008.atlanta.hp.com ([15.192.0.45]:28982) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZLtB-0000Q8-Sa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2012 08:51:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from SW of "Tue, 29 May 2012 08:35:49 -0000." 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: SW Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org SW wrote: > I'd like to clarify some of the usage of timestamps. Preceeding a timestamp with > DEADLINE or SCHEDULE gives extra functionality in the agenda. Omitting these > keywords produces a normal timestamp which *appears* in the agenda but does not > trigger advanced warning before and does not continue to remind afterwards -- is > this correct? So such a normal timestamp appears and disappears off the agenda > and could therefore be missed. What is the use-case of a normal timestamp -- one > without DEADLINE or SCHEDULE? > > I use them for appointments (and they can have a repeater so they can be used for periodic meetings e.g.). As you note they appear in the agenda, so I can get a quick but comprehensive look for what's in store for the day, but with a bit of configuration (see org-agenda-to-appt), they can provide reminders using appt.el. Various setups have been described on worg and on the ML, but they mostly differ in how they deliver the notification: the basic mechanism is the same. Nick