Feature request: Prompt to remove deadline/scheduled dates

Feature request: Prompt to remove deadline/scheduled dates

[Paul Holcomb]

 Its great that there is a log when the DEADLINE or SCHEDULED value
 changes for an entry.  It would also be nice if you could remove the
 deadline or scheduled value using the same interface so it could be
 logged.

 For example, with scheduled I might decide to do a certain task
 next week, and schedule the task accordingly.  Then, something
 changes and I'm now not going to do the task anytime soon.  It
 shouldn't be scheduled and I don't want it to show up in the agenda
 anymore.

 It seems like adding an option to the date/time prompt to null out
 the value works, but is this the right approach?  When you do this
 you end up with items with "SCHEDULED:" or "DEADLINE:" and no date
 after them.  These items don't show in the agenda, but it seems a
 little ugly.


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Paul Holcomb                               *pholcomb    \@      cpoint  net*
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Re: Feature request: Prompt to remove deadline/scheduled dates

[Matt Lundin]

Paul Holcomb <pholcomb@cpoint.net> writes:

>  Its great that there is a log when the DEADLINE or SCHEDULED value
>  changes for an entry.  It would also be nice if you could remove the
>  deadline or scheduled value using the same interface so it could be
>  logged.
>
>  For example, with scheduled I might decide to do a certain task
>  next week, and schedule the task accordingly.  Then, something
>  changes and I'm now not going to do the task anytime soon.  It
>  shouldn't be scheduled and I don't want it to show up in the agenda
>  anymore.
>
>  It seems like adding an option to the date/time prompt to null out
>  the value works, but is this the right approach?  When you do this
>  you end up with items with "SCHEDULED:" or "DEADLINE:" and no date
>  after them.  These items don't show in the agenda, but it seems a
>  little ugly.

I'm not entirely sure if this is what you are asking for, but you can
remove SCHEDULED and DEADLINE metadata by adding a prefix argument to
C-c C-s and C-c C-d. 

,----
| C-c C-s runs the command org-schedule, which is an interactive
| compiled Lisp function in `org.el'.
| 
| It is bound to C-c C-s, <menu-bar> <Org> <Dates and Scheduling>
| <Schedule Item>.
| 
| (org-schedule &optional remove time)
| 
| Insert the SCHEDULED: string with a timestamp to schedule a TODO item.
| With argument remove, remove any scheduling date from the item.
| When time is set, it should be an internal time specification, and the
| scheduling will use the corresponding date.
`----

Perhaps you are looking for something different---e.g., log info about
when an item was unscheduled? The phrase "so it could be logged" in the
first paragraph of your message makes me suspect I may not understand
your request.

Best,
Matt

Re: Feature request: Prompt to remove deadline/scheduled dates

[Paul Holcomb]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 07:14:44PM -0500, Matt Lundin wrote:
> Paul Holcomb <pholcomb@cpoint.net> writes:
> 
> >  Its great that there is a log when the DEADLINE or SCHEDULED value
> >  changes for an entry.  It would also be nice if you could remove the
> >  deadline or scheduled value using the same interface so it could be
> >  logged.
> >
> I'm not entirely sure if this is what you are asking for, but you can
> remove SCHEDULED and DEADLINE metadata by adding a prefix argument to
> C-c C-s and C-c C-d. 

 That's my fault; I wasn't very clear.  

 Here's the problem: When you remove a deadline or schedule with the
 prefix argument, it doesn't make an entry about the removed deadline
 or schedule if you have the variable org-log-redeadline or
 org-log-reschedule set to 'note, respectively.

 From a quick glance, it looks like an easy patch to org-deadline and
 org-schedule as well.  Turns out I was just thinking about it the
 wrong way yesterday.

 Thanks for your followup here.

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Paul Holcomb                               *pholcomb    \@      cpoint  net*
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Re: Re: Feature request: Prompt to remove deadline/scheduled dates

[Carsten Dominik]

On Dec 24, 2009, at 6:53 PM, Paul Holcomb wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 07:14:44PM -0500, Matt Lundin wrote:
>> Paul Holcomb <pholcomb@cpoint.net> writes:
>>
>>> Its great that there is a log when the DEADLINE or SCHEDULED value
>>> changes for an entry.  It would also be nice if you could remove the
>>> deadline or scheduled value using the same interface so it could be
>>> logged.
>>>
>> I'm not entirely sure if this is what you are asking for, but you can
>> remove SCHEDULED and DEADLINE metadata by adding a prefix argument to
>> C-c C-s and C-c C-d.
>
> That's my fault; I wasn't very clear.
>
> Here's the problem: When you remove a deadline or schedule with the
> prefix argument, it doesn't make an entry about the removed deadline
> or schedule if you have the variable org-log-redeadline or
> org-log-reschedule set to 'note, respectively.
>
> From a quick glance, it looks like an easy patch to org-deadline and
> org-schedule as well.  Turns out I was just thinking about it the
> wrong way yesterday.
>
> Thanks for your followup here.

Hi Paul,

would you like to propose a patch?

- Carsten

[PATCH] Log removal of deadline/scheduled dates

[Paul Holcomb]

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 Patch to record a note for removal of SCHEDULED or DEADLINE property.

-- 
Paul Holcomb                               *pholcomb    \@      cpoint  net*
GPG key fingerprint          2B62 05AE EE74 845A 705F  D716 28C4 FE1C 088F CFAC

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 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 27af308..c57b71c 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -2060,7 +2060,10 @@ When nil, only the date will be recorded."
     (state . "State %-12s from %-12S %t")
     (note .  "Note taken on %t")
     (reschedule .  "Rescheduled from %S on %t")
+    (delschedule .  "Not scheduled, was %S on %t")
     (redeadline .  "New deadline from %S on %t")
+    (deldeadline .  "Removed deadline, was %S on %t")
+    (created .  "CREATED %t")
     (clock-out . ""))
   "Headings for notes added to entries.
 The value is an alist, with the car being a symbol indicating the note
@@ -2074,6 +2077,7 @@ empty string.
 
 In fact, it is not a good idea to change the `state' entry, because
 agenda log mode depends on the format of these entries."
+
   :group  'org-todo
   :group  'org-progress
   :type '(list :greedy t
@@ -2083,8 +2087,10 @@ agenda log mode depends on the format of these entries."
 		       state) string)
 	  (cons (const :tag "Heading when just taking a note" note) string)
 	  (cons (const :tag "Heading when clocking out" clock-out) string)
+	  (cons (const :tag "Heading when an item is no longer scheduled" delschedule) string)
 	  (cons (const :tag "Heading when rescheduling" reschedule) string)
-	  (cons (const :tag "Heading when changing deadline" redeadline) string)))
+	  (cons (const :tag "Heading when changing deadline"  redeadline) string
+		(cons (const :tag "Heading when deleting a deadline" deldeadline) string))))
 
 (unless (assq 'note org-log-note-headings)
   (push '(note . "%t") org-log-note-headings))
@@ -10644,6 +10650,9 @@ scheduling will use the corresponding date."
   (let ((old-date (org-entry-get nil "DEADLINE")))
     (if remove
 	(progn
+	  (when (and old-date org-log-redeadline)
+	    (org-add-log-setup 'deldeadline nil old-date 'findpos
+			       org-log-redeadline))
 	  (org-remove-timestamp-with-keyword org-deadline-string)
 	  (message "Item no longer has a deadline."))
       (if (org-get-repeat)
@@ -10665,6 +10674,9 @@ scheduling will use the corresponding date."
   (let ((old-date (org-entry-get nil "SCHEDULED")))
     (if remove
 	(progn
+	  (when (and old-date org-log-reschedule)
+	    (org-add-log-setup 'delschedule nil old-date 'findpos
+			       org-log-reschedule))
 	  (org-remove-timestamp-with-keyword org-scheduled-string)
 	  (message "Item is no longer scheduled."))
       (if (org-get-repeat)
@@ -10919,8 +10931,12 @@ EXTRA is additional text that will be inserted into the notes buffer."
 			      (or org-log-note-state "")))
 		     ((eq org-log-note-purpose 'reschedule)
 		      "rescheduling")
+		     ((eq org-log-note-purpose 'delschedule)
+		      "no longer scheduled")
 		     ((eq org-log-note-purpose 'redeadline)
 		      "changing deadline")
+		     ((eq org-log-note-purpose 'deldeadline)
+		      "removing deadline")
 		     ((eq org-log-note-purpose 'note)
 		      "this entry")
 		     (t (error "This should not happen")))))

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Re: [PATCH] Log removal of deadline/scheduled dates

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Paul, very nice, thank you.

One question:

What is the purpose of

+    (created .  "CREATED %t")


??

- Carsten

On Dec 29, 2009, at 12:26 AM, Paul Holcomb wrote:

>
> Patch to record a note for removal of SCHEDULED or DEADLINE property.
>
> --  
> Paul Holcomb                               *pholcomb    \@       
> cpoint  net*
> GPG key fingerprint          2B62 05AE EE74 845A 705F  D716 28C4  
> FE1C 088F CFAC
> <org.el-log-del-schedule-deadline.patch>

Re: [PATCH] Log removal of deadline/scheduled dates

[Paul Holcomb]

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 09:12:10AM +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Hi Paul, very nice, thank you.
> 
> One question:
> 
> What is the purpose of
> 
> +    (created .  "CREATED %t")

 Mistake, please remove.  This was part of a different patch set to
 automatically add a "CREATED" property for new tasks.  I will send
 that separately as there are some issues with it still.

-- 
Paul Holcomb                               *pholcomb    \@      cpoint  net*
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Re: [PATCH] Log removal of deadline/scheduled dates

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Paul,

I have applied your patch, thank you.

- Carsten

On Dec 31, 2009, at 4:20 PM, Paul Holcomb wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 09:12:10AM +0100, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>> Hi Paul, very nice, thank you.
>>
>> One question:
>>
>> What is the purpose of
>>
>> +    (created .  "CREATED %t")
>
> Mistake, please remove.  This was part of a different patch set to
> automatically add a "CREATED" property for new tasks.  I will send
> that separately as there are some issues with it still.
>
> --  
> Paul Holcomb                               *pholcomb    \@       
> cpoint  net*
> GPG key fingerprint          2B62 05AE EE74 845A 705F  D716 28C4  
> FE1C 088F CFAC

- Carsten