From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: Repeat three times a week Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 08:53:40 -0700 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="089e082ce80c881b7c05691bf180" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37705) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f47Cq-0008EM-3q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:53:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f47Cp-0004Ux-7K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:53:44 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-x22b.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::22b]:36914) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f47Co-0004Ul-Rz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:53:43 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id r131so8509130wmb.2 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2018 08:53:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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" To: Cecil Westerhof Cc: org-mode-email --089e082ce80c881b7c05691bf180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" You can use diary sexps ( https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sexp-Diary-Entries.html). For example: * TODO something Mon, Wed and Fri SCHEDULED: <%%(memq (calendar-day-of-week date) '(1 3 5))> See the bottom of https://orgmode.org/manual/Deadlines-and-scheduling.html I don't use this, so I don't know what the practical limitations are. John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 12:11 AM, Cecil Westerhof wrote: > I have an event that I like to repeat three times a week: on Monday, > Wednesday en Friday. Do I need three entries like: > * TODO Do It > SCHEDULED: <2018-04-06 Fri ++1w> > * TODO Do It > SCHEDULED: <2018-04-09 Mon ++1w> > * TODO Do It > SCHEDULED: <2018-04-11 Wed ++1w> > > Or is there a better way? > > -- > Cecil Westerhof > --089e082ce80c881b7c05691bf180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
You can use diary sexps (https://www.gn= u.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sexp-Diary-Entries.html). F= or example:

* TODO something Mon, Wed and Fri
=
=C2=A0 SCHEDULED: <%%(memq (calendar-day-of-week date) '(1 3 5)= )>


I do= n't use this, so I don't know what the practical limitations are.

John

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On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 12:11 AM, Cecil Weste= rhof <cldwesterhof@gmail.com> wrote:
I have an eve= nt that I like to repeat three times a week: on Monday, Wednesday en Friday= . Do I need three entries like:
* TODO Do It
=C2=A0 SCHEDULED: <20= 18-04-06 Fri ++1w>
* TODO Do It
=C2=A0 SCHEDULED: <2018-04-09 M= on ++1w>
* TODO Do It
=C2=A0 SCHEDULED: <2018-04-11 Wed ++1w>= ;

Or is there a better way?

--
Cecil Westerhof

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