From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Wales Subject: Re: Newbie Questions Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 13:35:47 -0700 Message-ID: <20524da70908031335l5e77faf1x579d013660ddd798@mail.gmail.com> References: <4A565502.1000808@up.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MY4GA-0000qi-Ln for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:35:54 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MY4G5-0000hX-Lz for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:35:53 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38269 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MY4G5-0000h6-Do for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:35:49 -0400 Received: from mail-yx0-f172.google.com ([209.85.210.172]:57664) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MY4G5-0006QX-52 for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:35:49 -0400 Received: by yxe2 with SMTP id 2so6272663yxe.14 for ; Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:35:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A565502.1000808@up.edu> 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: "Andrew M. Nuxoll" Cc: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Andrew, On 2009-07-09, Andrew M. Nuxoll wrote: > 3. Once I set a deadline for a task, it'd be nice if the priority would > increase as the deadline approached. Ideally the criteria for > increasing the priority could be specified via a customizable formula. > Does this functionality (or anything like it) exist? I do not use priority-as-calculated. That is, I don't sort by closeness to deadline, etc. That way, everything is in a consistent order, which I find pleasing. I sort by my fixed urgency and priority-as-set-by-user. This almost certainly violates GTD, but priorities and urgencies work for me. Org flexibly supports any method you want. I do, however, rely on the agenda's built-in faces, and the second colum that says "Deadline" etc., for status. These are very useful. I have a thorough testcase for this and found several potential bugs that I will report on in a separate post.