From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nuutti Kotivuori Subject: Re: Set timestamp duration Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:14:00 +0300 Message-ID: <87vea5s9uf.fsf@aka.i.naked.iki.fi> References: <87r6kvt2ki.fsf@aka.i.naked.iki.fi> <87ir67nepm.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> 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 1IYMnb-0004uM-Vp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:14:36 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IYMnb-0004u7-7w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:14:35 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IYMnb-0004u4-3H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:14:35 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IYMna-0003DE-LE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:14:34 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IYMnR-0004qC-6L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:14:25 +0200 Received: from naked.iki.fi ([62.142.249.112]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:14:25 +0200 Received: from naked by naked.iki.fi with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:14:25 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bastien wrote: > For new appointments, I cannot think of an easier way to insert > duration than inserting it at the prompt. > > For example, to set a appointment for tomorrow from 20:00 to 22:00, you > would do this: > > C-c . | org-time-stamp > S-right | select tomorrow date > "20:00-22:00" | insert the duration > return | you're done! Yes, I have used this often. > For existing appointments, just put the point on the timestamp and edit > it as if you were creating it. I didn't remember that you could "edit" timestamps so easily - so that's in improvement. The problem with that is that when I press C-c . it defaults to the current date and time when over a timestamp, instead of the time that is specified on the timestamp - so to modify it, I have to do as much work as I did when creating it. > Does that help? That helped some, but missed an important point. For me, the *duration* of an appointment is the main piece of information I usually have - not when it is going to end. So I don't want to spend my measly brain cells to consider what's 5 and a half hours from 11:40, but just say 5:30 as the duration (or 5h30 or 5.5 or whatever). But that's not such a biggie. -- Naked