From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Recurring events/tasks Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:02:52 -0500 Message-ID: <87tz7ccoxv.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <1e5bcefd0902021555y5da6fc6ob1af0fbeacc56881@mail.gmail.com> <49879359.90806@advantest-ard.com> 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 1LU9gx-0007Rm-I7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:03:07 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LU9gx-0007Ra-2q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:03:07 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40595 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LU9gw-0007RX-Uh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:03:06 -0500 Received: from mho-02-bos.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.179]:51423) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LU9gw-0003GV-Gh for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:03:06 -0500 In-Reply-To: <49879359.90806@advantest-ard.com> (Mark Elston's message of "Mon\, 02 Feb 2009 16\:44\:09 -0800") 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: m.elston@advantest-ard.com Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Mark Elston writes: > * Marcelo de Moraes Serpa wrote (on 2/2/2009 3:55 PM): >> Firstly, I would like to congratulate Carsten and everyone else who >> helped making org-mode this killer software it is. Kudos! >> >> So here's my doubt -- I was scheduling a task in my org gtd list and >> felt the need for scheduled events that would show-up automatically >> every n time (recurring). Is there a way to do that in org? >> > Here is what I have for two meetings that occur weekly: > > ** Weekly Review Meeting > <2009-01-26 Mon 13:30-14:30 +1w> > ** OPR > <2009-01-20 Tue 11:00-12:00 +1w> > > Notice these are not "Scheduled" but have a date entry where the last > element is "+1w". This is used to put it on the agenda every week after > the first date. There are other such things you can do. From the > manual: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > A time stamp may contain a @emph{repeater interval}, indicating that it > applies not only on the given date, but again and again after a certain > interval of N days (d), weeks (w), months(m), or years(y). The > following will show up in the agenda every Wednesday: > > @example > * Pick up Sam at school <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w> > @end example > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here's the org mode manual page about repeated tasks http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html#Repeated-tasks You can use repeaters like +1w, ++1w, .+1w, etc -Bernt