From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Barton Subject: Re: Newbie Questions Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:06:04 +0100 Message-ID: <4A56E85C.6000102@manor-farm.org> References: <4A565502.1000808@up.edu> <9547.1247195772@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> <4A56BEBF.2080702@up.edu> Reply-To: lists@manor-farm.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MPABW-0003qM-Je for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:06:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MPABT-0003ln-L0 for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:06:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49427 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MPABT-0003lP-Eh for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:06:15 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:65283) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MPABS-0002sJ-T6 for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:06:15 -0400 Received: from li40-130.members.linode.com ([72.14.178.130]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MPABR-0007PT-8s for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:06:13 -0400 Received: from localhost (mail.wilkesley.org [127.0.0.1]) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B173CC67 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:06:10 +0100 (BST) Received: from li40-130.members.linode.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (wilkesley.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id UYnkdthX2LjI for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:06:09 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.0.55] (unknown [217.146.125.41]) by li40-130.members.linode.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E4E06CC64 for ; Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:06:07 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: <4A56BEBF.2080702@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: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Andrew M. Nuxoll wrote: > Nick Dokos wrote: >> Just an FYI (a nice one since Carsten said so :-): Carsten is the first >> name, Dominik (no c) is the surname of the creator of Org-mode. And I >> promise we'll be nice even after he comes back :-) >> > Err, whoops! >> So let me turn the question around: why do you need to both SCHEDULE >> and DEADLINE the same item? >> > In my mind, there is no conflict between scheduling and deadlining. So, > I may be missing something. In my case, I am scheduling myself to work > on an item that has a deadline. I don't think that's an unusual > scenario. For example, I have a grant proposal I need to have a draft > of by Monday (DEADLINE) but I've scheduled Thursday afternoon to work on > it. By putting SCHEDULED on it means that it gets attention on that day > unless Murphy steps in. If Murphy does, then I still have the benefit > of the DEADLINE to keep me apprised of my dire situation. > > An alternative (which I don't like) is to not use DEADLINE on a > SCHEDULED item. Instead, I can just attach a second date to the item > and label it "deadline" or "drop dead date." So, the best option I have > now is to ignore the double entry. I was hoping there was a magic > variable(TM) for this like there was with the other issue. >> You could specify a per deadline warning period. The example for the manual: DEADLINE: <2004-02-29 Sun -5d>, which will start prompting you 5 days before the deadline. I use this to remind me that I need to start working on something which has a fixed deadline. Ian.