From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Detlef Steuer Subject: Re: how to schedule over a range of dates? Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:05:12 +0200 Message-ID: <20120422190512.0273df93@vknecht-intel.unibw-hamburg.de> References: <20120422145808.GA13490@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:33871) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SM0EN-0007sy-5P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:05:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SM0EK-00028G-1k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:05:46 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46910) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SM0EJ-00027c-Q8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:05:43 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SM0EE-0008CO-3L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:05:38 +0200 Received: from vknecht-intel.unibw-hamburg.de ([139.11.181.51]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:05:38 +0200 Received: from detlef.steuer by vknecht-intel.unibw-hamburg.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:05:38 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:28:08 +0530 Mandar Mitra wrote: > I understand that "SCHEDULED" is intended to only specify a start date, > but I'd like to be able to use a range of dates with SCHEDULED, and get > consistent behaviour in the Agenda view. This helps when I'm looking at > the Agenda view and trying to find free days to schedule other stuff. > > Currently (version 7.8.09), if I have something like > > SCHEDULED: <2012-04-21 Sat>--<2012-04-24 Tue> I use it without the SCHEDULED keyword and it does exactly what I need. HTH Detlef > > then the agenda view gives me 2 lines of the form: > > TODO: Sched. 2x: [#0] > TODO: (2/4): [#0] > > I have org-agenda-skip-additional-timestamps-same-entry set to t, but > perhaps I've misunderstood the intention of this variable? > > If I leave just the timestamp (no SCHEDULED), then the behaviour is > almost like what I want, with two exceptions: > > 1. Once the end date is past, the item disappears from the agenda > irrespective of whether I've marked it DONE. > (I have org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-done set to nil.) > This does not happen for a SCHEDULED item (which I have to explicitly > mark DONE). > > 2. (minor) The corresponding line in the agenda view does not have any > face associated with it, so I can't customise its appearance. > > Is there an easy way of achieving something like the following in the > agenda view? > > Sunday 22 April 2012 > TODO: Sched. 2x (or 2/4): [#0] > Monday 23 April 2012 W17 > TODO: Sched. 3x (or 3/4): [#0] > > And later, if I've left the work not done, > > On some future date > TODO: Sched. Nx (or N/4, or similar): [#0] > > > Haven't found an answer in TFM. Grateful for any pointers. > > Thanks, > Mandar. > >