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From: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
To: SW <sabrewolfy@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: if both schedule and deadline, appear only once in agenda
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 11:46:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMXnza2-HmF97YR2+q9ENS+0NettFF4aSW2piV_dCuvc47y9Aw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <loom.20120530T110720-856@post.gmane.org>

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:12 AM, SW <sabrewolfy@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think what the OP wanted (and what lead me to this thread) is an advanced
> warning for *scheduled* items. For example, I'd like to know on the Friday
> before that I have a scheduled item starting on the Monday. To do this I
> SCHEDULE the item to Monday and then also set a DEADLINE for Monday, which will
> obviously warn be in advance. I'm not unhappy with this solution, but I was
> wondering if there were an alternative.

<http://orgmode.org/manual/Deadlines-and-scheduling.html#Deadlines-and-scheduling>

...
Important: Scheduling an item in Org mode should not be understood in
the same way that we understand scheduling a meeting. Setting a date
for a meeting is just a simple appointment, you should mark this entry
with a simple plain timestamp, to get this item shown on the date
where it applies. This is a frequent misunderstanding by Org users. In
Org mode, scheduling means setting a date when you want to start
working on an action item.
...

-- 
Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-30  9:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-10-12  5:28 if both schedule and deadline, appear only once in agenda Gijs Hillenius
2007-10-12 13:05 ` Bastien
2007-10-12 12:21   ` Gijs Hillenius
2007-10-12 13:36     ` Bastien
2012-01-10 10:15       ` Detlef Steuer
2012-05-30  9:12       ` SW
2012-05-30  9:46         ` suvayu ali [this message]
2012-05-30  9:52           ` SW
2012-06-01  8:09             ` Eric S Fraga
2012-06-05 22:31               ` Mike McLean

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