From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Loris Bennett" Subject: Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:59:55 +0100 Message-ID: <87zj95edms.fsf@hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51666) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFm5D-0003f3-11 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:00:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFm57-0003oC-67 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:00:10 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:44146) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YFm57-0003lo-0B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:00:05 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YFm55-0004UU-8l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:00:03 +0100 Received: from hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de ([160.45.11.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:00:03 +0100 Received: from loris.bennett by hornfels.zedat.fu-berlin.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:00:03 +0100 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Sagar Shankar writes: > Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled into > something that I cannot still figure out how to implement. > > I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a specific > time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task to repeat for > 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be tracked for those 7 days. > The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a base case, I'd be happy to > just get the task automatically marked TODO 7 times in my Agenda till the 7 days > are over. > > Right now, I've tried using the following syntax: > > ** TODO Work on XYZ > SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30> > > When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are also > marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that instead of > counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which is another thing > I'd love to get explained) Wednesday to Wednesday is 8 days. I guess you really want Wednesday to Tuesday. I would set up 7 separate tasks, by creating the first and then using C-c C-x c to make 6 clones of the task shifted by a day. Cheers, Loris > I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot find > anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows me to > track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to be inserted > into the agenda at a specific time only. > > Would really appreciate some advice! > > Thanks for your time, > Sagar > -- This signature is currently under construction.