From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Question about agenda Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:48:23 -0400 Message-ID: <87prmbkrzs.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <48ECCA25.3080806@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 1KnbH8-0004JP-P0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:48:34 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KnbH7-0004GI-Vl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:48:34 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54444 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KnbH7-0004Fi-SZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:48:33 -0400 Received: from mho-02-bos.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.179]:54687) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KnbH8-0005he-31 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:48:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: <48ECCA25.3080806@sift.info> (Robert Goldman's message of "Wed\, 08 Oct 2008 09\:56\:37 -0500") 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: Robert Goldman Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Robert Goldman writes: > I have an org file which the agenda sees in which I put an outline item > with notes from a meeting. The header for this item is as follows: > > * Tasks > ... > * * Meeting with XXXX > SCHEDULED: <2008-10-06 Mon> > ... > > What I was somewhat surprised to see was that this continues to roll > down my agenda, e.g.: > > .... > Wednesday 8 October 2008 > smite: Sched. 3x: Meeting with XXXXX > .... > > I think this means that I don't really understand the meaning of > SCHEDULED, nor do I understand how the agendas are composed. But I'm > looking at the info manual now, and I'm not actually enlightened. > > Is there something I should do to tag something SCHEDULED like this so > that it no longer appears in my agenda view as something still to be > done? Is there a HAPPENED tag, or something like that? > > Or, is it the case that I should only use SCHEDULED with todo items? > > Any guidance much appreciated. > I make these things into TODO items so it's ** TODO Meeting with XXXX and when you mark it DONE it stops showing up on the agenda. If you don't do it when scheduled it starts carrying forward in the agenda. Alternatively you can just use a date without SCHEDULED: and it'll be only at the specific time you specify. I prefer using TODO/DONE so it's obvious when things are complete and I can archive them later without having to look at the date to see if it's in the future/past. -Bernt