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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
To: Manuel Hermenegildo <herme@fi.upm.es>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: done-ing a repeating scheduled task now inserts closed timestamp?
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:15:12 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ljrlv38f.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9062-Tue03Mar2009095608+0100-herme@clip.dia.fi.upm.es> (Manuel Hermenegildo's message of "Tue\, 3 Mar 2009 09\:56\:08 +0100")

Manuel Hermenegildo <herme@fi.upm.es> writes:

> Repeating tasks do not appear in the future or the past. Cyclic
> appointments are close. If I have:
>
> ** TODO Check backups     <2009-03-05 Thu 11:00 +2d>
>
> And pass from TODO to DONE this happens:
>
> ** TODO Check backups     <2009-03-07 Sat 11:00 +2d>
>    CLOSED: [2009-03-05 Tue 07:57]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2009-03-03 Tue 07:57]
>
> An then, with "l" this entry will appear in the agenda, but:
>
> - It appears as TODO (rather than DONE) and with the current date,
>   (even though it also does say "Closed:") all of which can be
>   confusing.
>
> - Non-repeating tasks with a timestamp behave differently: if such a
>   task is marked as done a CLOSED line is also generated (provided the
>   right flags are on) but it does not actually disappear from the
>   agenda (at least for me, even if the manual seems to imply
>   otherwise), independently of the logging ("l") state.
>

<snip>

>
> Thoughts?

I think it will work better if you use SCHEDULED: dates like this:

** TODO Check backups
   SCHEDULED: <2009-03-05 Thu 11:00 +2d>

-Bernt

next prev parent reply	other threads:[~2009-03-04 13:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-03-03  1:29 done-ing a repeating scheduled task now inserts closed timestamp? Samuel Wales
2009-03-03  8:56 ` Manuel Hermenegildo
2009-03-04 13:03   ` Carsten Dominik
2009-03-04 14:26     ` Bernt Hansen
2009-03-06 16:49       ` Carsten Dominik
2009-03-07 21:26         ` Bernt Hansen
2009-03-08 18:25         ` Manuel Hermenegildo
2009-03-09  7:41           ` Carsten Dominik
     [not found]             ` <18870.13851.387945.968246@clip.dia.fi.upm.es>
2009-03-11 14:15               ` Carsten Dominik
2009-03-04 13:15   ` Bernt Hansen [this message]
2009-03-04 13:30   ` Carsten Dominik
2009-03-04  6:17 ` Carsten Dominik

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