* Shifting only past timestamps
@ 2015-07-24 19:33 Edward Guyatt
2015-07-25 17:04 ` Richard Lawrence
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From: Edward Guyatt @ 2015-07-24 19:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hello,
I like to be reminded to check my post on Mondays and Thursdays, every week.
When I've done it on Monday, I mark it 'DONE' so that I can stop org-mode
reminding me until Thursday. Here's how I used to achieve this:
*** URGENT [#A] Check post :important:
DEADLINE: <2015-07-27 Mon +1w -0d>
DEADLINE: <2015-07-30 Thu +1w -0d>
In org-mode 8.2.10, if I mark 'Check post' as 'DONE', both timestamps will be
moved forward one week. This is no good, as I need to be reminded to check my
post on Thursday.
I think I got the desired behaviour in the last version of org-mode I used,
which I think was this 7.8.11 from this package:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/org-mode
How can I make org-mode shift only the timestamps from the past?
Thanks in advance,
Ed
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* Re: Shifting only past timestamps
2015-07-24 19:33 Shifting only past timestamps Edward Guyatt
@ 2015-07-25 17:04 ` Richard Lawrence
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From: Richard Lawrence @ 2015-07-25 17:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Hi Edward,
Edward Guyatt <edwardguyatt@gmx.co.uk> writes:
> I like to be reminded to check my post on Mondays and Thursdays, every
> week. When I've done it on Monday, I mark it 'DONE' so that I can stop
> org-mode reminding me until Thursday. Here's how I used to achieve
> this:
>
> *** URGENT [#A] Check post :important:
> DEADLINE: <2015-07-27 Mon +1w -0d>
> DEADLINE: <2015-07-30 Thu +1w -0d>
This is, I believe, technically invalid by the current standards of Org
syntax. See http://orgmode.org/worg/dev/org-syntax.html under "Clock,
Diary Sexp, and Planning"; planning elements have to be on the same
line, and I am pretty sure you can't have two deadlines. I am surprised
Org operates on the second one at all.
I solve this problem by just having two different headlines, each with
their own deadline, like:
*** URGENT [#A] Check post :important:
DEADLINE: <2015-07-27 Mon +1w -0d>
*** URGENT [#A] Check post :important:
DEADLINE: <2015-07-30 Thu +1w -0d>
I know it may not seem terribly elegant, but it's simple, and it's the
only way I can think of to have the deadlines recur on fixed days of the
week. (If that's not important to you, you could use habits instead of
two headlines.)
Best,
Richard
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