Re: Org-mode is not able to manage complex calendar events

[Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at>]

* Rémi Vanicat <vanicat@debian.org> wrote:
> Karl Voit <devnull@Karl-Voit.at> writes:
>
>
>> Sure, org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift is very cool indeed. But it
>> goes in this direction:
>>
>>     * Event <2011-06-21 Tue>
>>     * Event <2011-06-28 Tue>
>>     * Event <2011-07-05 Tue>
>>     * Event <2011-07-12 Tue +1w>
>>
>> But I aim in a slightly different direction:
>>
>>     * Event
>>         <2011-06-21 Tue>
>>         <2011-06-28 Tue>: additional note
>>         <2011-07-05 Tue>
>>         <2011-07-12 Tue +1w>
>
> I would use standard Emacs edit command to go from the first form to the
> second one: a keyboard macro or rectangle edit.

This is my current workaround, yes.

But it's a bit annoying because usually I do not start with:

    * Event <2011-07-12 Tue +1w>" 

... but rather with something like:

    * Event <2011-06-21 Tue +1w>
    :PROPERTIES:
    :CREATED: <2011-06-21 Tue 18:40>
    :END:
    <empty line>

And then the whole properties-drawer followed by the empty line gets
cloned too which is not so easy to be modified by a simple rectangle
operation alone.  I'll have to look into Emacs keyboard macros
(since I did not use them for nearly a decade). 

But if this is something a lot of people are aiming to, it might be
a cool idea to provide a not-so-workaround solution :-)

If not, I'll go for a works-for-me solution.

-- 
Karl Voit