From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Removing DEADLINE and SCHEDULED from a headline Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:34:04 -0400 Message-ID: <873a7cyv5v.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh0eo-0006AO-LW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:34:19 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh0ej-00068e-CC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:34:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40111 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mh0eh-00068C-EJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:34:11 -0400 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:54404) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mh0eg-0003Vh-R2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:34:11 -0400 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Carsten, I ran into this a few weeks ago and it's been bugging me. I reorganized a project which had a deadline on the main task and moved it down to multiple subtasks in the project. ,---- | * TODO Project task | DEADLINE: <2009-08-28 Fri> | ** TODO Step 1 | ** TODO Step 2 | ... | ** TODO Step n `---- I decided the DEADLINE really doesn't belong at the top -- since the deadline was for step 2 (and a few other tasks)... so I moved it the hard way. Instead of cutting it out and pasting it back in the right tree I just used C-c C-d and entered the same date on step 2 (because I was moving the date a bit from the original date). ,---- | * TODO Project task | DEADLINE: <2009-08-28 Fri> | ** TODO Step 1 | ** TODO Step 2 | DEADLINE: <2009-08-28 Fri> | ... | ** TODO Step n `---- Now to remove the deadline from the Project task I just did C-u C-c C-d on the Project task but this removed all the deadlines in the subtree and my deadline in Step 2 (and others) is now gone. AFAICT SCHEDULED: works the same way. This doesn't feel natural to me but I know it is documented this way. Does the way it works now really make sense or would just removing the deadline from the task you are working on be better. C-c C-d sets a deadline just for this task, so it felt natural to me that C-u C-c C-d would remove the deadline just for this task -- but that's what I get for not reading the manual (or forgetting since I read it ;) Regards, Bernt