From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira Subject: Re: How to "snooze" a repeating item Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:04:53 -0300 Message-ID: <4b15aff3.0807c00a.4c65.1d09@mx.google.com> References: <4B1599F6.9080302@up.edu> <9151.1259708957@alphaville.usa.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFclf-0000Wr-7O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:08:27 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFclZ-0000Vr-NW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:08:25 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39770 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFclZ-0000Vo-H8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:08:21 -0500 Received: from mail-yw0-f172.google.com ([209.85.211.172]:58045) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFclZ-0002QF-7I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:08:21 -0500 Received: by ywh2 with SMTP id 2so5025370ywh.27 for ; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:08:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9151.1259708957@alphaville.usa.hp.com> 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: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: "Andrew M. Nuxoll" , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org That's what I would do too. Also, I suggest making this entry an "habit" with org-habit to see if you like it. At Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:09:17 -0500, Nick Dokos wrote: > > Andrew M. Nuxoll wrote: > > > I've been using org-mode for four months now and I just love it. So I > > think I'm post-newb but still very amateur. > > > > Anyway, my to-do list has several repeating scheduled items like this > > contrived example: > > > > ***** TODO [#B] Lunch date with Sarah at 12pm > > SCHEDULED: <2009-12-08 Tue +1w> > > > > Or, in English, I meet with Sarah for lunch once a week on Tuesdays. > > > > Now, let's say that Sarah calls on Monday afternoon and says, "Can we do > > lunch on Wednesday this week?" and I say "Sure thing." > > > > Now I have a problem. I could shift the date to Wednesday like this: > > > > ***** TODO [#B] Lunch date with Sarah at 12pm > > SCHEDULED: <2009-12-09 Wed +1w> > > > > But that will mean that the following week it will *still* be scheduled > > for Wednesdays (specifically Dec 16 instead of Dec 15). I miss my > > regular lunch date with Sarah and catch ire for standing her up. > > > > How do I handle situations like this? > > > > It seems like I either need a time stamp "stack" or I need a temporary > > flag that "self destructs" after a prescribed time. > > > > :AMN: > > > > If you are looking for an exclusively org solution, this won't satisfy. > But here's how I would do it: > > o go to the agenda, move to the item and press to visit it. > > o copy/paste the subtree (C-c C-x M-w and C-c C-x C-y). > > o In one copy, advance the date by a week (to skip tomorrow's reminder). > > o In the other, advance the date to Wed and delete the repeater. > > HTH, > Nick > > PS. To paraphrase Bernt: "Repeat after me: It's just text." > Every time I start thinking of all kinds of Rube-Goldbergesque > solutions to simple problems, I whack myself on the head with > Bernt's reminder and my sanity is restored !-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode