From: Shelagh Manton <shelagh.manton@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics?
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 22:54:30 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <gp1ib5$2pr$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m0prgsqb52.fsf@gmail.com
On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:36:57 -0400, Austin Frank wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Currently we can use the DEADLINE keyword to indicate a target date for
> an item to be finished. By my way of thinking, deadlines make sense for
> externally imposed constraints. I also try to set goals for myself for
> when an item will be completed. These are softer than deadlines, but I
> think they could share the same semantics for creation, display, and
> export.
>
> Would it be possible to make `org-deadline-string' a list of strings
> that get handled in the same way as DEADLINE is currently handled? That
> way I could do things like
>
> * TODO write first chapter
> GOAL: <2009-03-09 Mon>
>
> * TODO submit manuscript
> GOAL: <2009-05-15 Fri>
> DEADLINE: <2009-06-01 Mon>
>
> Where the first represents my own planning process and the second
> contains my target completion date (trying to work ahead!) and the hard
> constraint imposed by whoever I'm submitting to. In all cases, I'd like
> agenda notification as the date approaches, I'd like to know if I've
> passed it by, and I'd like the option of including it in ical export.
>
> Or maybe I should just learn to treat my GOALs like DEADLINEs and stop
> letting myself off the hook so easily ;)
>
> Do other people think about things this way? Would you have a use for a
> customizable list of keywords that all had the same semantics that
> DEADLINE currently has?
>
> Thanks for considering it,
> /au
I think this sounds like something I've wished for since I first found
out about org-mode. Thank you for analysing it so succinctly.
I would use this if it could be done.
Shelagh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-09 3:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-08 15:36 GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics? Austin Frank
2009-03-08 22:54 ` Shelagh Manton [this message]
2009-03-09 12:01 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-03-09 14:35 ` Bernt Hansen
2009-03-10 17:52 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-03-10 7:15 ` Austin Frank
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