From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Repeating tasks in an interval Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:29:12 +0000 Message-ID: <87vdeeg4l3.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> References: Reply-To: e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nca9G-0002Qp-6u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:59:42 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56088 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nca9D-0002Po-PF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:59:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nca9D-0003cf-1n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:59:39 -0500 Received: from vscane-c.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.43]:61795) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nca9C-0003cL-Rv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:59:38 -0500 In-Reply-To: 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 P. Goldman" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.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