From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Scheduled events persists unless deleted Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:54:22 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7224a92b0709050602l144e19e7q7eb1de79e705b2ec@mail.gmail.com> <46DEAD7B.4010706@cc.umanitoba.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISvKr-0001Ib-4v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:54:25 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1ISvKq-0001IP-61 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:54:24 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ISvKq-0001IM-10 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:54:24 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1ISvKp-0007EL-Hn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:54:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <46DEAD7B.4010706@cc.umanitoba.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." 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: Brian van den Broek Cc: Carl Bolduc , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org This is becoming a FAQ, if anyone has an idea how I should present this more clearly in the documentation, let me know. - Carsten On Sep 5, 2007, at 15:22, Brian van den Broek wrote: > Carl Bolduc said unto the world upon 09/05/2007 09:02 AM: >> Hi! >> Still very new to Org... my setup is very simple at the moment, 1 >> file for >> work and 1 file for home. At the top of each of those files, I keep a >> "* >> Event" entry and I put my meetings and events under there. >> If , for example, and event is scheduled for yesterday, it will show >> up >> today as well in my agenda, with "2x" in front of it. I have to >> delete the >> entry if I want it to go away. Since these are often not related to >> ToDo, I >> would like to keep them but I would like them to appear only on the >> day they >> are scheduled. >> Is it possible? >> Thanks, >> Carl > > Hi Carl, > > I'm pretty new, too. But, for an event such as a meeting, have you > tried not scheduling it, but instead simply marking it with an active > timestamp? Try something like this: > > * Events > > ** Meeting with with Pat about foos and bars > <2007-09-09 10:30-12:00> > > *** TODO Prepare notes on foos and bars for meeting with Pat > SCHEDULED: <2007-09-04 Thu> DEADLINE: <2007-09-08 Mon -2d> > > > HTH, > > Brian vdB > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > > -- Carsten Dominik Sterrenkundig Instituut "Anton Pannekoek" Universiteit van Amsterdam Kruislaan 403 NL-1098SJ Amsterdam phone: +31 20 525 7477