From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sebastien Vauban" Subject: How to allow for no-date when prompting for a DEADLINE? Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 16:49:46 +0200 Message-ID: <8062oqx6ut.fsf@somewhere.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Hello, I would like my TODO capture template to prompt me for a due date, as this is often an "intrinsic" property of the task (fill your tax report, answer for presence at birthday party, etc.). However, some tasks don't have or don't need a due date. But the prompt does not allow me to answer "none": #+begin_src emacs-lisp (setq org-capture-templates `(("t" "Task" entry (file+headline ,org-default-notes-file "Tasks") "* NEW %^{Task Name}%? %^g DEADLINE: %^{Due Date?|}t :PROPERTIES: :Effort: %^{Time Estimate|0|10|30|60|120} :END: %i" :empty-lines 1))) #+end_src You can see, here above, that I tried to change the prompt label, and to include an empty default value, but that does not make it... In fact, it is a bit worse than that: I'd like no DEADLINE line to be inserted in this case. Maybe the way I try to solve my problem is getting too complex. Any idea? Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban