From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Austin Frank Subject: GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics? Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:36:57 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1561329943==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgL42-0002Kk-Cg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:37:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgL41-0002KA-Mb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:37:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60320 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LgL41-0002K2-8G for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:37:17 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:49599 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgL40-00048p-Jf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:37:16 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LgL3x-0004ou-Rq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:37:13 +0000 Received: from rrcs-24-103-156-31.nys.biz.rr.com ([24.103.156.31]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:37:13 +0000 Received: from austin.frank by rrcs-24-103-156-31.nys.biz.rr.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:37:13 +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 --===============1561329943== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" --=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 =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) iEYEARECAAYFAkmz5hoACgkQlHMl2/XbR4GE6gCbBvFFVqgPkNVIWliczu/SjPBY 14oAoLJtv6gr0ghitiZhRew4HGxcMfOO =9xDi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=-- --===============1561329943== 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 --===============1561329943==--