From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: Repeating tasks with a time period? 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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: Chris McMahan Cc: Bernt Hansen , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Nov 13, 2008, at 8:24 PM, Chris McMahan wrote: > Just a thought.... > > Calendar/Diary already has a very sophisticated mechanism for > repeating appointments, blocks of time and such. > > Has any thought been given to using this same mechanism, and basically > making the org files almost like super calendar files that can also > handle tasks, outlining and such? You can insert diary sexp entries directly as they are into Org files, and also into the <...> timestamp brackets. Check the manual. http://orgmode.org/manual/Timestamps.html#Timestamps http://orgmode.org/manual/Weekly_002fdaily-agenda.html#Weekly_002fdaily-agenda > > > In addition, the remember code for items such as vm mail, gnus and > such could be standardized to generate links that work with both > planner and org-mode. That way, all of the work of generating links > will be with the remember package, and not rewritten for every > implementation that uses them. I think both package are too old and have too much legacy files in the hands of many users to change this. However, the link formats are actually similar enough to make the code following links understand both formats. - Carsten > > > Just some random musings. > > - Chris > > Bernt Hansen writes: >> "Oliver Charles" writes: >> >>> I'm starting to use org-mode more and more at the moment, and want >>> to >>> integrate my university schedule into my agenda, instead of >>> maintaining 2 separate calendars. >>> >>> Here's an real-world example of what I'd like to do, I'm not sure >>> it's >>> possible with org-mode though... >>> >>> I have a CSC243 practical every Tuesday, at 1100-1300. It repeats >>> weekly, starting on 28/10/2008 and the last one is on 16/12/2008. I >>> can get it repeating weekly from this date with just a start time, >>> but >>> cannot work out how to repeat the time region. >> >> ,----[ university.org ] >> | * Classes >> | ** TODO CSC243 Practical >> | SCHEDULED: <2008-10-28 Tue 11:00-13:00 +1w> >> | >> `---- >> >>> >>> Also, is there anyway to stop the repeating event when it gets to >>> that >>> date? If that's not possible, I don't mind having to go in and >>> manually remove the event - most changes happen at the end of a term >>> anyawy. >> >> No, repeating items go on forever (as far as I know) >> >> I normally deal with this with a second deadline item to kill the >> task. >> Something like this: >> >> ,----[ university.org ] >> | * Classes >> | ** TODO CSC243 Practical >> | SCHEDULED: <2008-10-28 Tue 11:00-13:00 +1w> >> | *** TODO Task ends >> | DEADLINE: <2008-12-16 Tue -7d> >> | >> `---- >> >> and then I just remove the +1w from the CSC243 task and mark it and >> the >> deadline task as done. >> >> I would also recommend putting these tasks in a separate org file and >> just adding it to your agenda with C-c [. Then it's easy to drop it >> from the agenda in the future with C-c ]. >> >> HTH, >> Bernt >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- > ================================ > Chris McMahan | cmcmahan@one.net > ================================ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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