From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: Question about agenda Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:23:25 +0530 Message-ID: References: <48ECCA25.3080806@sift.info> <48ECED57.7020201@sift.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KndE3-0001R1-Gg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:53:31 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KndE1-0001QH-UA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:53:31 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44534 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KndE1-0001Q7-Lk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:53:29 -0400 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.190]:17115) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KndE1-0007Oq-0f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:53:29 -0400 Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id u5so11798247tia.10 for ; Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:53:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <48ECED57.7020201@sift.info> Content-Disposition: inline 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: Robert Goldman Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Robert Goldman wrote: > Manish wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Robert Goldman wrote: >> > I have an org file which the agenda sees in which I put an outline item >> > with notes from a meeting. The header for this item is as follows: >> > >> > * Tasks >> > ... >> > * * Meeting with XXXX >> > SCHEDULED: <2008-10-06 Mon> >> > ... >> > >> > What I was somewhat surprised to see was that this continues to roll >> > down my agenda, e.g.: >> > >> > .... >> > Wednesday 8 October 2008 >> > smite: Sched. 3x: Meeting with XXXXX >> > .... >> > >> > I think this means that I don't really understand the meaning of >> > SCHEDULED, nor do I understand how the agendas are composed. But I'm >> > looking at the info manual now, and I'm not actually enlightened. >> > >> > Is there something I should do to tag something SCHEDULED like this so >> > that it no longer appears in my agenda view as something still to be >> > done? Is there a HAPPENED tag, or something like that? >> >> When something is SCHEDULED it continues to appear in agenda as long >> as it is not marked DONE. You can do that (marking something DONE) >> using C-c C-d in the Org file or using "t" from agenda view. >> > > OK. But that does seem weird to me. Meetings seem like things that > should be scheduled, but they are not TODO items, so they don't seem > like the sort of thing that should get a TODO marker (which it what > "DONE" is), and they don't seem like the sort of thing that should > require an active dismissal. Most of my meetings are of recurring nature so I never really thought about this but I see what you mean. > > So it seems like "SCHEDULED" is just the Wrong Thing for stuff like my > meeting. Is there any different flag I could use that would give me a > single appearance in the Agenda? I am sorry I am not aware of any such TODO keyword/tag. I was not aware of an item appearing just once if SCHEDULED keyword was omitted as suggested by Bernt. (He almost always teaches me something new every time.) -- Manish