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From: Mark Elston <m_elston@comcast.net>
To: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
Cc: org-mode emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Changing multiple dates en masse
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:30:34 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49E1443A.8020104@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <536DE85C-CB4E-426C-B5C5-9D5D0731A938@gmail.com>

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> there is nothing like that built-in.
> 
> However, here is how I would do this:
> 
> I am assuming that each of the classes has a SCHEDULED date, maybe
> you created the list of entries with `org-clone-subtree-with-timeshift'.
> I am also assuming that these are children from some parent like
> 
> * Course
> ** Lecture 1
>    SCHEDULED <..>
> ** Lecture 2
>    SCHEDULED <..>
> 
> 
> etc.
> 
> I would:
> 
> 1. put the cursor on the "Course" headline.
> 2. Press `C-c C-x <' to restrict agenda commands to that tree
> 3. Press `C-c a L' to get the time line view
> 4. Move the cursor to the first entry that should be shifted,
>    maybe "Lecture 5"
> 5. Press `C-x (' to start a keyboard macro.
> 6. Press `7 S-right' to shift the date.
> 7. Move the cursor down to the next lecture (still
>    all the time in the agenda)
> 8. Press `C-x )' to end the keyboard macro
> 9. Press `C-x e' to execute the keyboard macro
>    for the next entry, etc etc
> 10. Press `C-c C-x >' to remove the agenda restriction
> 

Barring a way of doing this in a single operation this is
really pretty cool.  I had not explored the 'interactive' uses
of the agenda views and this particular operation was something
I was unaware of.  Adding the power of a macro to it is even better.

Thanks.

Mark

      reply	other threads:[~2009-04-12  1:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-09 22:03 Changing multiple dates en masse Mark Elston
2009-04-10  8:40 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-04-12  1:30   ` Mark Elston [this message]

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