From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shelagh Manton Subject: Re: GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics? Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 22:54:30 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgVvT-0006N0-IA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:13:11 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgVvR-0006Kg-Hw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:13:10 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55927 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LgVvR-0006KJ-Ai for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:13:09 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:38430) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgVvQ-0006xR-Un for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:13:09 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgRwO-0002su-KZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:57:52 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LgRtK-0003fa-Js for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:54:42 +0000 Received: from 203-219-222-168-cbr-pow-ts2-2600.tpgi.com.au ([203.219.222.168]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:54:42 +0000 Received: from shelagh.manton by 203-219-222-168-cbr-pow-ts2-2600.tpgi.com.au with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:54:42 +0000 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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