From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Norbert Zeh Subject: Deadline->scheduled workflow Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:56:08 -0400 Message-ID: <20100215095608.GL6068@cs.dal.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NgxgZ-0004Cf-Id for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:56:11 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48949 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NgxgY-0004CH-WF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:56:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NgxgY-000801-D9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:56:10 -0500 Received: from hammer.cs.dal.ca ([129.173.22.32]:42449) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NgxgY-0007zu-9n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:56:10 -0500 Received: from monad.zehub.ca (NZeh.CS.Dal.Ca [129.173.213.24]) by hammer.cs.dal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A59655042C for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:56:07 -0400 (AST) Received: from nzeh by monad.zehub.ca with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NgxgW-0004bz-TU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:56:08 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi folks, I have a question whether the following workflow is possible in orgmode: - I create a task with a given deadline some time in the future. I don't want to worry about scheduling it. - I configure deadline warnings to I get a warning that a deadline is coming up, say 4 weeks before the deadline. When I see this warning, I know I will have to schedule the task to work on it. - Now, with the 4-weeks warning, it would be rather annoying to have the task show up on every day for the 4 weeks before the task needs to be completed. So I would like upcoming deadlines to show up in my agenda view only if the task is not scheduled yet. Ideally, I think a 2-layered warning system for deadlines would be useful above. Warn 4 weeks in advance for unscheduled tasks that have a deadline coming up. Warn, say, 7 days in advance for scheduled but not completed tasks that have a deadline coming up. Is there any way to do any of this in orgmode, possibly with some lisp hacking? Thanks, Norbert -- "And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all." -- Neal Stephenson, Anathem