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From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Daya Atapattu <atapattud@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org-mode Habit with Varying Description
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:52:08 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mw8qequf.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMaREXYajGgfuX69Z44+NzLW7tBi6PAMdRHTjobqBcndR8My=Q@mail.gmail.com> (Daya Atapattu's message of "Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:33:19 -0400")

Hi Daya,

Daya Atapattu <atapattud@gmail.com> writes:

> Is there a way to create a habit that picks-up the description from a
> list?
>
> I like to schedule studying a book:  It would be scheduled as "Read
> pages 100-125."  Then the next day it should read "Read pages
> 126-150."  The description of the habit varies; org-mode picks that
> up sequentially from a list.
>
> Is that possible?

No.  Also, a habit with a varying description is not really a habit
anymore.  You really have several recurring tasks, each is different.

-- 
 Bastien

  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-20 14:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-20 14:33 Org-mode Habit with Varying Description Daya Atapattu
2014-10-20 14:52 ` Bastien [this message]
2014-10-20 15:46   ` Daya Atapattu
2014-10-20 16:02 ` Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo
2014-10-20 17:37 ` Pete Ley
2014-10-21  0:34   ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-21 12:21     ` Samuel Loury
2014-10-21 16:29       ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-24  3:42         ` Pete Ley
2014-10-26 15:51           ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-28 13:28             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-10-28 13:41               ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-28 15:01               ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-28 16:22                 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-10-28 16:38                   ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-29 20:48                     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-10-20 19:13 ` Melleus
2014-10-20 20:03 ` Brady Trainor
2014-10-21 15:37 ` Michael Brand

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