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From: Nick Bell <mail@nickbell.org>
Subject: Re: Using SCHEDULED to indicate task start date
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:47:00 +0000
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To: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
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Bernt Hansen wrote:
> No, the reason for using any of
> 
>    org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled
>    org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines
>    org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date
> 
> is to get those tasks off the global todo list.  They show up in your
> agenda at the appropriate time and you don't need them in the global
> todo list at all.
> 
> I work off my agenda first, and when that's clear then I go to the
> global todo list for other tasks - and I don't want to see anything that
> has a date there - since they're already set up to show up at the
> appropriate time on my agenda.
> 
> You might be able to set up a column view that shows the
> scheduled/deadline date and then ignore tasks with dates in the past but
> I've never tried that.
> 
> HTH,
> Bernt

Thanks, that was helpful - I was overcomplicating things.


Nick