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To: Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>, John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>, emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 2:50 AM, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Thursday, 26 May 2016 at 20:04, John Hendy wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> Anyway, the point is that the repeater is built if there's any
>> repetition frequency/interval. You also capture the "until" into
>> rrend. So, the first date is going to feature a +unit, and this code
>> adds the end:
>>
>>         else if (rrend != "")
>>             date = date ">--<" rrend
>>
>> I just commented out both sections that add a "-- <date2>", the other
>> checking for time2 being "". Is that the correct way to go about this?
>
> Well, I would simply not add the end information as org does not
> understand an end date for a repeating item.  In other words, for a
> repeating item I would simply have the start date including the repeat
> directive.
>

Cool. Commenting has accomplished this for me and I don't get
repeating entries anymore.

>> Out of curiosity, how *is* the rrend code supposed to be handling
>> these? Or what's the use case for building a <date1 +unit>--<date2>?
>
> I should say that the awk codes have diverged.  My own version now
> differs significantly from what is on Worg, which is where I assume you
> got your copy.  I implemented repeating entries differently, it would
> seem.

Ah, that makes more sense. I was confused about agreeing that an end
date wasn't proper but the code having it. Is your original version
anywhere handy? I tried searching but don't seem to find it.


Thanks,
John

>
> HTH,
> eric
>
> --
> : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.94.1, Org release_8.3.4-869-gf2c421