On Sunday, 19 Nov 2017 at 10:54, James Harkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Two questions about deadline items in the agenda.
>
> 1. The default warning period for upcoming deadlines is 14 days. There
> must be a variable to control this, but I'm having trouble finding it
> in the manual.

org-deadline-warning-days

> 2. Is there a property to override the warning period for specific
> headlines? For example, if I have a project due on a certain date, a
> two-week warning makes sense. But, for paying the rent, a two-week
> warning means that I see the warning for half the month, which is a
> bit too much. I'd like to make that one 7 days.

you can specify the warning time directly in the time stamp.  See
example in the info manual (section 8.3: deadlines and scheduling).

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