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From: Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk>
To: "Robert P. Goldman" <rpgoldman@sift.info>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Repeating tasks in an interval
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:29:12 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vdeeg4l3.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20100203T055926-803@post.gmane.org>

At Wed, 3 Feb 2010 05:02:51 +0000 (UTC),
Robert P. Goldman wrote:
> 
> Is there some way to specify a repeating task over an interval?  That is a task
> that is done, for example, every month, over a finite period?
> 
> Here's an example that I tried:
> 
> DEADLINE: <2009-12-01 Tue +1m>--<2009-11-01 Sun>
> 
> But this one doesn't work --- the tasks keep appearing after November ended.
> 
> Is this possible?  Do I just have the wrong syntax?  Or must I do this with C-c
> C-x c (cloning)?

You can use sexp diary constructs for this: see the Timestamps section
in the org manual, specifically the DIARY-STYLE SEXP ENTRIES heading.

HTH,
eric

  reply	other threads:[~2010-02-03  7:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-03  5:02 Repeating tasks in an interval Robert P. Goldman
2010-02-03  7:29 ` Eric S Fraga [this message]
2010-02-03 13:44   ` Matt Lundin
2010-02-04  4:18     ` Robert Goldman
2010-02-04  7:39       ` Ryan Thompson

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