From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dieter Grollmann Subject: Re: Cyclic timestamps for SCHEDULED and DEADLINE Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:33:16 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FZGvM-0001pF-KH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:33:32 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FZGvJ-0001p3-WA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:33:31 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FZGvJ-0001p0-Rq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:33:29 -0400 Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1FZGyL-0005rl-4j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:36:37 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1FZGvD-0005e9-V4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:33:24 +0200 Received: from 248.146.79.83.cust.bluewin.ch ([83.79.146.248]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:33:23 +0200 Received: from groll-ay by 248.146.79.83.cust.bluewin.ch with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:33:23 +0200 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 Carsten Dominik gmail.com> writes: > On Apr 26, 2006, at 16:42, Dieter Grollmann wrote: > > > It seems, that org-mode does not allow timestamps like, for example, > > <*-*-25> > > (to match the 25th of every month) for SCHEDULED resp. DEADLINE? Of > > course I can > > do this with diary, but diary entries are not carried forward... > > > > Did I miss something in the manual? > > No, such a feature is currently not available in Org-mode. For myself, > I can't think of many applications for this. Do you have concrete > examples where you need this, together with scheduling? It's difficult for me to explain this in english, I hope you will understand what I mean :-) My life as musician is split into a couple of different jobs. There is teaching, which goes quite regular, although every day is different and the schedule of lessons changes every six months. This time-table goes NOT in Org, because I have it in my mind, it's so to say my "daily life". Besides teaching there are "big" events in irregular intervals, for example concerts. These are extraordinary events which of course are to schedule, mostly months or years in advance. Such events are extremely absorbing and often I have to change my daily life completely in view of them, some weeks or months in advance. Then I live in a "state of emergency". As third part of my life there are some cyclic tasks (meetings of an association, comitee of the music school etc) which I normally cannot defer or omit, even in "states of emergency". Now, beeing in such a "state of emergency" everything is "out of order" and my way of thinking changes completely. While I can adapt my daily life (teaching), I cannot do the same with those cyclic tasks. And it's often not easy for me to remember those "profane" things while I'm doing such "big and important" things like preparing a concert ;-) So automatic scheduling or deadlining for cyclic tasks which would insist on being displayed as TODO until I mark them as DONE could be helpful for me in such times. But of course ... > Another way to deal with this is just creating a scheduled item and > reschedule it to one month later when you are done. ... I can do so. Perhaps one day, when you feel bored ... ;-) Thank you for your great modes! Dieter