From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Austin Frank Subject: Re: GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics? Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:15:59 -0400 Message-ID: References: <45FD3D92-E16C-477C-BBF7-7BF00DF4E479@uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0735423044==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgwCS-0006sN-TV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:16:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgwCR-0006sB-9p for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:16:28 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41928 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LgwCR-0006s8-36 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:16:27 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:19914) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgwCQ-0004fd-Is for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:16:26 -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 1LgwCP-0005BW-4O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:16:25 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LgwCF-0006Tu-Ot for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:16:15 +0000 Received: from colossus.cvs.rochester.edu ([128.151.80.181]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:16:15 +0000 Received: from austin.frank by colossus.cvs.rochester.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:16:15 +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 --===============0735423044== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 09 2009, Carsten Dominik wrote: > since you want to use the same semantics as for deadlines, i.e. the > same warning period etc, this really is a psychological issue :-) But isn't that why we have org-mode in the first place-- to help us label our way out of these pesky psychological issues? :P > What I would do if I was bothered by this would be > > (setq org-deadline-string "DUE:") > > which captures both the colors of DEADLINE and GOAL pretty well, I > think. Yes, I will use this. I think that the case I described where I wanted both a GOAL and a DEADLINE for the same task can be handled reasonably well by creating two different tasks and giving each a due date. So instead of * TODO submit manuscript GOAL: DEADLINE: I can do * TODO submit manuscript DUE: *** publisher deadline DUE: This way I have all of the information in one place, and both dates get into the agenda. The top level TODO and its due date represent my goal for submitting. The sub-heading isn't a TODO because I'm working on my schedule, not theirs. But, I put the hard deadline there just in case my schedule and the official deadline get too close for comfort. Also, if I keep them close together, then follow mode helps me see both at the same time. I don't know if DEADLINE timestamps are supposed to be applied to non-TODO headings, but it didn't seem to break anything, so I'm going to go forward with this approach for now. Thanks, /au =2D-=20 Austin Frank http://aufrank.net GPG Public Key (D7398C2F): http://aufrank.net/personal.asc --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) iEYEARECAAYFAkm2E7AACgkQlHMl2/XbR4Hf9wCfbaYIFJ8TuFEgcQK7ShWGRaKf VeEAnjUF/hLUYtfpqalmooqcz1/9k9kq =VeIm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- --===============0735423044== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode --===============0735423044==--