From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: SW Subject: Re: if both schedule and deadline, appear only once in agenda Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 09:12:48 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87k5psaom7.fsf@hillenius.net> <87641ca3gh.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <87y7e81q1t.fsf@hillenius.net> <87lka88nf9.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40116) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZezn-0000qD-KW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 05:15:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZezh-0007q3-1u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 05:15:11 -0400 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:58507) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZezg-0007nE-RK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 05:15:04 -0400 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SZezf-0002cL-7C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 11:15:03 +0200 Received: from ss2.wits.ac.za ([146.141.1.92]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 11:15:03 +0200 Received: from sabrewolfy by ss2.wits.ac.za with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 11:15:03 +0200 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I know I'm bumping a thread from 5 years ago :) Bastien altern.org> writes: > Gijs Hillenius hillenius.net> writes: > > > But maybe I should not . But here goes: I plan to start working on > > an item by date X -> schedule stamp. The item has a deadline, so -> > > deadline. > > For that I use `org-deadline-warning-days'. I start the deadline when > it shows up in my agenda. The default value for this is 14, but you can > set a value for each deadline like this: > > DEADLINE: <2004-02-29 Sun -10d> > > Meaning that you should start the deadline 10 days before the deadline. > > ,----[ (info "(org)Deadlines and scheduling") ] > | You can specify a different lead time for warnings for a specific > | deadlines using the following syntax. Here is an example with a > | warning period of 5 days `DEADLINE: <2004-02-29 Sun -5d>'. > `---- I think what the OP wanted (and what lead me to this thread) is an advanced warning for *scheduled* items. For example, I'd like to know on the Friday before that I have a scheduled item starting on the Monday. To do this I SCHEDULE the item to Monday and then also set a DEADLINE for Monday, which will obviously warn be in advance. I'm not unhappy with this solution, but I was wondering if there were an alternative.