* Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks
@ 2015-01-26 13:13 Sagar Shankar
2015-01-26 13:19 ` Christopher Witte
2015-01-26 15:59 ` Loris Bennett
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sagar Shankar @ 2015-01-26 13:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled
into something that I cannot still figure out how to implement.
I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a
specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task
to repeat for 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be
tracked for those 7 days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a
base case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked TODO 7
times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.
Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
** TODO Work on XYZ
SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30>
When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are also
marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that
instead of counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which
is another thing I'd love to get explained)
I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot
find anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows
me to track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to
be inserted into the agenda at a specific time only.
Would really appreciate some advice!
Thanks for your time,
Sagar
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* Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks
2015-01-26 13:13 Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks Sagar Shankar
@ 2015-01-26 13:19 ` Christopher Witte
2015-01-27 5:56 ` Sagar Shankar
2015-01-26 15:59 ` Loris Bennett
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Christopher Witte @ 2015-01-26 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sagar Shankar; +Cc: Org Mode
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Hi Sagar,
I think you either want a repeating task see
http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html
or to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift see
http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-editing.html#Structure-editing
I think repeated tasks repeat for ever, so from your description
org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift might be better.
I hope that helps,
Chris.
On 26 January 2015 at 14:13, Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> wrote:
> Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled
> into something that I cannot still figure out how to implement.
>
> I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a
> specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task
> to repeat for 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be
> tracked for those 7 days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a
> base case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked TODO 7
> times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.
>
> Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>
> ** TODO Work on XYZ
> SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30>
>
> When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are also
> marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that
> instead of counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which
> is another thing I'd love to get explained)
>
> I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot
> find anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows
> me to track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to
> be inserted into the agenda at a specific time only.
>
> Would really appreciate some advice!
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Sagar
>
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* Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks
2015-01-26 13:19 ` Christopher Witte
@ 2015-01-27 5:56 ` Sagar Shankar
2015-01-27 6:09 ` Andreas Leha
2015-01-27 10:25 ` Samuel Loury
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Sagar Shankar @ 2015-01-27 5:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christopher Witte; +Cc: Org Mode
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Thanks Christopher, the latter option seems to accomplish what I require
though not very elegant
With Regards,
Sagar
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Christopher Witte <chris@witte.net.au>
wrote:
> Hi Sagar,
>
> I think you either want a repeating task see
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html
>
> or to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift see
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-editing.html#Structure-editing
>
> I think repeated tasks repeat for ever, so from your description
> org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift might be better.
>
> I hope that helps,
> Chris.
>
> On 26 January 2015 at 14:13, Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> wrote:
>
>> Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled
>> into something that I cannot still figure out how to implement.
>>
>> I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a
>> specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task
>> to repeat for 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be
>> tracked for those 7 days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a
>> base case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked TODO 7
>> times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.
>>
>> Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>>
>> ** TODO Work on XYZ
>> SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30>
>>
>> When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are
>> also marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that
>> instead of counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which
>> is another thing I'd love to get explained)
>>
>> I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot
>> find anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows
>> me to track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to
>> be inserted into the agenda at a specific time only.
>>
>> Would really appreciate some advice!
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Sagar
>>
>
>
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* Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks
2015-01-27 5:56 ` Sagar Shankar
@ 2015-01-27 6:09 ` Andreas Leha
2015-01-27 10:25 ` Samuel Loury
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andreas Leha @ 2015-01-27 6:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Sagar,
Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> writes:
> Thanks Christopher, the latter option seems to accomplish what I
> require though not very elegant
I though so first, too. But by now I came to like that approach a lot.
It provides so much flexibility with the individual instances (like
moving, keeping notes, cancellation, etc.).
Give it some time and maybe you'll like it in the end ;-)
Regards,
Andreas
>
> With Regards,
> Sagar
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Christopher Witte
> <chris@witte.net.au> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi Sagar,
>
> I think you either want a repeating task see
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html
>
>
> or to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift see
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-editing.html#Structure-editing
>
>
> I think repeated tasks repeat for ever, so from your description
> org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift might be better.
>
>
>
> I hope that helps,
> Chris.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 26 January 2015 at 14:13, Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have
> stumbled into something that I cannot still figure out how to
> implement.
>
>
> I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2
> hours) at a specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a
> specific task. I want this task to repeat for 7 days and for
> state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be tracked for those 7
> days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a base
> case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked
> TODO 7 times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.
>
>
> Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>
>
>
> ** TODO Work on XYZ
> SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed
> 20:30-21:30>
>
>
> When I mark this as complete for today, all the other
> occurrences are also marked as DONE, which I do not want.
> Another confusing factor is that instead of counting 7
> occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which is another
> thing I'd love to get explained)
>
>
> I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits
> but I cannot find anywhere in the documentation for that
> module, a parameter that allows me to track habits for only 7
> times or 8 times say, and for that habit to be inserted into
> the agenda at a specific time only.
>
>
> Would really appreciate some advice!
>
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Sagar
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* Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks
2015-01-27 5:56 ` Sagar Shankar
2015-01-27 6:09 ` Andreas Leha
@ 2015-01-27 10:25 ` Samuel Loury
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Samuel Loury @ 2015-01-27 10:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Sagar Shankar, Christopher Witte; +Cc: Org Mode
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Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> writes:
> Thanks Christopher, the latter option seems to accomplish what I require
> though not very elegant
This discussion is also about this issue. I think you'll find it
interested.
http://mid.gmane.org/871tp74ic2.fsf@konixwork.incubateur.ens-lyon.fr
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* Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks
2015-01-26 13:13 Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks Sagar Shankar
2015-01-26 13:19 ` Christopher Witte
@ 2015-01-26 15:59 ` Loris Bennett
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Loris Bennett @ 2015-01-26 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> writes:
> Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled into
> something that I cannot still figure out how to implement.
>
> I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a specific
> time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task to repeat for
> 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be tracked for those 7 days.
> The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a base case, I'd be happy to
> just get the task automatically marked TODO 7 times in my Agenda till the 7 days
> are over.
>
> Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>
> ** TODO Work on XYZ
> SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30>
>
> When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are also
> marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that instead of
> counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which is another thing
> I'd love to get explained)
Wednesday to Wednesday is 8 days. I guess you really want Wednesday to
Tuesday.
I would set up 7 separate tasks, by creating the first and then using
C-c C-x c
to make 6 clones of the task shifted by a day.
Cheers,
Loris
> I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot find
> anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows me to
> track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to be inserted
> into the agenda at a specific time only.
>
> Would really appreciate some advice!
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Sagar
>
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