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From: Michael C Gilbert <mcg@gilbert.org>
To: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Release 7.7
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:33:48 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BA11FFD9-2AE1-42D2-8B57-A207C6B6A8FF@gilbert.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y5zi1y2d.fsf@gnu.org>

On Jul 28, 2011, at 3:47 AM, Bastien wrote:

> Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline 
> ======================================================
> 
> You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
> when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
> (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
> today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
> 
> You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
> will work on the current entry.
> 
> You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
> (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
> 
> Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!

Thank you to both Memnon and Bastien. This feature alone has already made a difference to me and my colleagues.

Orgmode and its contributors continue to astound me.

— Michael

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-07-28 14:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-28 10:47 Release 7.7 Bastien
2011-07-28 11:10 ` suvayu ali
2011-07-28 14:33 ` Michael C Gilbert [this message]
2011-07-28 17:55   ` Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-07-28 22:00   ` Nathan Neff
2011-07-28 23:02     ` suvayu ali
2011-07-29 10:29 ` Alvar Maciel
2011-07-29 10:35 ` Torsten Wagner
2011-08-16 13:29   ` Bastien

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