From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Hide-until (release time) for todos? Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:37:19 -0500 Message-ID: <877i59jea8.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <4962AD11.1040101@sift.info> 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 1LK2ky-0004kZ-Bn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:37:28 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LK2kw-0004kN-PX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:37:26 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49862 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LK2kw-0004kK-Jt for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:37:26 -0500 Received: from mho-02-bos.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.179]:55880) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LK2kw-0001od-Am for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:37:26 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Matthew Lundin's message of "Mon\, 05 Jan 2009 19\:45\:40 -0600") 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: Matthew Lundin Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Robert Goldman Matthew Lundin writes: > Robert Goldman writes: > >> Has anyone implemented a property that's the opposite of deadline for >> Org TODOs? >> >> What I'd like is a property I could put on a TODO that would hide it >> from agenda display (probably with some preference that would permit >> unfiltered display) until a specified date. >> > > I've wondered the same thing a couple times. But I usually end up > asking myself: How would this be different from scheduling something > in the future? I've found that the easiest solution to this problem is > to schedule something in the future (e.g., C-c C-s +2w) and to get rid > of the TODO keyword (C-c t , or t in the agenda). That way, > the item will appear in my agenda on the date scheduled (and on every > day thereafter), but won't show up in your global TODO list. (I > suppose this use of the agenda is like a GTD style "tickler file.") > >> This would keep me from being overwhelmed by tasks that I have >> deferred. I push tasks into the future with scheduled / deadline dates and prevent them from showing up in the agenda too early with something like DEADLINE: <2009-02-04 Wed -3d> I also have the following settings (setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date t) that keeps any task with a scheduled/deadline date out of the global todo lists - they're on the agenda and I don't need to see them in multiple places. I also have a DEFERRED todo keyword for things that just aren't going to get done anytime soon (if ever). I review the DEFERRED tasks weekly. C-5 C-c a t lists all of my deferred tasks (since for me DEFERRED is the 5th todo keyword) -Bernt