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From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com>
Cc: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>,
	Dustin Hoffman <dustinhhoffman@gmail.com>,
	emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Recurring scheduled items appearing in schedule
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 08:36:22 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87iq1a443d.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=WBahEZN-h0pOAuOFwemmmL+S8Be3Tao0_ZZYZ@mail.gmail.com> (Jeff Horn's message of "Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:33:55 -0400")

Jeff Horn <jrhorn424@gmail.com> writes:

> I used scheduling to put all such items in my agenda, and I also
> tagged them as todo's or appointments. I just mark them as done and
> they're automatically rescheduled. No scheduler multiplier shows up as
> long as I stay on top of marking the items as done.
>
> I didn't realize notes with an active timestamp would be included in
> the agenda. It makes sense, and nowhere in the manual mentioned a note
> having to have a TODO keyword to show up... I just sort of imposed the
> structure on my file.
>
> I think I'll drop the TODO keywords from these sorts of items.
>
> My question is, will headings with TODO keywords and an active
> timestamp show up, even /without/ scheduling?

Yes (as you have noted). Anything with an active timestamp (SCHEDULED,
DEADLINE, and appointments) will show up in the agenda. Each type,
however, has a different behavior. There is an FAQ on this:

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#scheduled-vs-deadline-vs-timestamp

Best,
Matt

>
> (And I realized I could easily answer my own question. Posting here
> for posterity.)
>
> The answer is yes. But if one is going to all the trouble of a TODO
> keyword (which enables nifty features like logging, so I can tell when
> a class was cancelled by using "DEFER" instead of "DONE"), one might
> as well use scheduling, too. Only if you don't want to keep track of
> marking items as done should one drop scheduling and keywords.
>

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2010-10-10 12:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-09 23:00 Recurring scheduled items appearing in schedule Dustin Hoffman
2010-10-10  0:16 ` Bernt Hansen
2010-10-10  0:45   ` Dustin Hoffman
2010-10-10  4:33   ` Jeff Horn
2010-10-10 12:36     ` Matt Lundin [this message]
2010-10-14 11:27       ` Sébastien Vauban
2010-10-14 11:39         ` Carsten Dominik

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