From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Deadline->scheduled workflow Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:28:43 +0100 Message-ID: <0D7B51F9-9986-4C86-96B6-4341408085B3@gmail.com> References: <20100215095608.GL6068@cs.dal.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NhsO2-0002Kg-0X for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:28:50 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=56916 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NhsO1-0002K9-0x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:28:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhsNz-0003Bh-5f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:28:48 -0500 Received: from mail-ew0-f224.google.com ([209.85.219.224]:55500) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhsNy-0003BD-Vo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:28:47 -0500 Received: by mail-ew0-f224.google.com with SMTP id 24so1173613ewy.26 for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:28:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100215095608.GL6068@cs.dal.ca> 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: Norbert Zeh Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Norbert, Robert Goldman had the same request - that makes two of you. Implemented now, please use the variable org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled. To get the two-level system you were proposing, set the variable to a number like 7. (setq org-deadline-warning-days 30 org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled 7) HTH - Carsten On Feb 15, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Norbert Zeh wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a question whether the following workflow is possible in > orgmode: > > - I create a task with a given deadline some time in the future. I > don't want to worry about scheduling it. > > - I configure deadline warnings to I get a warning that a deadline is > coming up, say 4 weeks before the deadline. When I see this warning, > I know I will have to schedule the task to work on it. > > - Now, with the 4-weeks warning, it would be rather annoying to have > the > task show up on every day for the 4 weeks before the task needs to be > completed. So I would like upcoming deadlines to show up in my > agenda > view only if the task is not scheduled yet. > > Ideally, I think a 2-layered warning system for deadlines would be > useful above. Warn 4 weeks in advance for unscheduled tasks that > have a > deadline coming up. Warn, say, 7 days in advance for scheduled but > not completed tasks that have a deadline coming up. Is there any > way to > do any of this in orgmode, possibly with some lisp hacking? > > Thanks, > Norbert > > -- > "And it happened all the time that the compromise between two > perfectly > rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all." > -- Neal Stephenson, Anathem > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten