From: Viktor Rosenfeld <listuser36@googlemail.com>
To: Karl Maihofer <ignoramus@gmx.de>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to define a start date for a task?
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:41:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111218114144.GA18896@kenny.fritz.box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20111218T104618-501@post.gmane.org>
Hi,
you could enter the start using an inactive timestamp (optionally as a
property value). Then the entry would not show up on the agenda. The
"Advanced searching" tutorial on Worg explains how you can search for
inactive timestamps or property values:
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/advanced-searching.html#special-properties
Cheers,
Viktor
Karl Maihofer wrote:
> Hi Bernt,
>
> Bernt Hansen <bernt <at> norang.ca> writes:
> > I assume you have a few typos in the following description:
> > > I'm not sure if this helps. What I'd like to archive is that an unavailable
> > ^^^^^^^
> > achieve
>
> Of course, that is a typo. ;-)
>
> > > I do not want the task to show up on my daily agenda when it
> > > becomes available.
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > not want the task to show up [only] on my daily agenda
>
> But that is not a typo.
>
> Correct me, but with your solution, tasks become available
> (schedule date arrives) and then they will show up on the
> daily agenda. And they will show up there every day until
> I mark the task as done. That is not really what I'd like
> to achieve (not archive!) since tasks with start dates are
> tasks I can do when the start date arrived but do not have
> to do on a special date.
>
> My workflow is as follows: I have a look at my daily agenda
> to find out what I have to do that day. There I can find
> tasks that are scheduled or have a deadline. When I finished
> these tasks and still have time to do some more work, I do
> agenda searches for tags and/or todo keywords. So, tasks
> with only a start date should never show up on my daily
> agenda. They should be hidden from all agenda searches until
> the start date arrives. Until then they should be available
> for all agenda searches (but they should not show up on the
> daily agenda list until I define a schedule date).
>
> Is that also possible or am I the only person that has a
> need for this? ;-)
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Regards,
> Karl
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-18 11:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-17 20:14 How to define a start date for a task? Karl Maihofer
2011-12-17 20:36 ` Karl Voit
2011-12-17 21:04 ` Karl Maihofer
2011-12-17 21:57 ` Bernt Hansen
2011-12-18 10:25 ` Karl Maihofer
2011-12-18 11:41 ` Viktor Rosenfeld [this message]
2011-12-18 12:53 ` Karl Maihofer
2011-12-18 16:30 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-12-18 18:32 ` Karl Maihofer
2011-12-19 7:28 ` Viktor Rosenfeld
2011-12-18 13:46 ` Bernt Hansen
2011-12-18 14:37 ` Karl Maihofer
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