From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: non static deadlines Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:36:24 +0100 Message-ID: <8F23BCF7-58DC-4DF0-BDD7-15F36FE4F505@uva.nl> References: <20090319054607.GD17169@spendguard.yahoo-inc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ll7Lv-0007ca-94 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:59:31 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ll7Lq-0007aF-Dn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:59:30 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41361 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ll7Lq-0007aB-9T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:59:26 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f160.google.com ([209.85.219.160]:57401) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ll7Lp-0000d1-RH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:59:26 -0400 Received: by mail-ew0-f160.google.com with SMTP id 4so1545841ewy.42 for ; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:59:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090319054607.GD17169@spendguard.yahoo-inc.com> 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: Jim Barbour Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Jim, we do not have anything like this implemented. I guess this could be implemented as an add-on. If more hooks are needed to get this done, I will provide them. - Carsten On Mar 19, 2009, at 6:46 AM, Jim Barbour wrote: > Howdy folks, > > My name is Jim. I am a blind UNIX engineer currently working at > Yahoo. > > I use org-more quite a bit for planning. > > I'm curious if there's been any talk of allowing deadlines to be > expressed as delta times from either the start of the project or from > another deadline? > > As an example, I'd like to be able to say... > > * The project begins on 2009-03-01 > * Phase 1 will be complete 2 weeks later. > * Phase 2 will be completed 2 weeks after phase 1 > * A review will happen 1 week after phase 1 > * Phase 3 will be completed 5 weeks after phase 2. > > Then, when I export my org files, or view agendas, I would get actual > dates, based on the start date of the project and the delta dates for > each item. Then, I'd like to be able to change Phase 2 to say... > > * Phase 2 will be completed 2 months after phase 1 > > and have phase 3's dates update automatically. > > I've been thinking about quick and dirty ways to do this, and was > wondering if I was perhaps reinventing the wheel. > > All thoughts welcome, and thanks for an awesome tool! > > Jim > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode