Re: How to define a start date for a task?

[Viktor Rosenfeld <listuser36@googlemail.com>]

Hi,

you could enter the start using an inactive timestamp (optionally as a
property value). Then the entry would not show up on the agenda. The
"Advanced searching" tutorial on Worg explains how you can search for
inactive timestamps or property values:

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/advanced-searching.html#special-properties

Cheers,
Viktor

Karl Maihofer wrote:

> Hi Bernt,
> 
> Bernt Hansen <bernt <at> norang.ca> writes:
> > I assume you have a few typos in the following description:
> > > I'm not sure if this helps. What I'd like to archive is that an unavailable 
> >                                                ^^^^^^^
> >                                                achieve
> 
> Of course, that is a typo. ;-)
> 
> > > I do not want the task to show up on my daily agenda when it 
> > > becomes available.
> >        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >        not want the task to show up [only] on my daily agenda
> 
> But that is not a typo. 
> 
> Correct me, but with your solution, tasks become available 
> (schedule date arrives) and then they will show up on the 
> daily agenda. And they will show up there every day until 
> I mark the task as done. That is not really what I'd like 
> to achieve (not archive!) since tasks with start dates are 
> tasks I can do when the start date arrived but do not have 
> to do on a special date.
> 
> My workflow is as follows: I have a look at my daily agenda 
> to find out what I have to do that day. There I can find 
> tasks that are scheduled or have a deadline. When I finished 
> these tasks and still have time to do some more work, I do 
> agenda searches for tags and/or todo keywords. So, tasks 
> with only a start date should never show up on my daily 
> agenda. They should be hidden from all agenda searches until 
> the start date arrives. Until then they should be available 
> for all agenda searches (but they should not show up on the 
> daily agenda list until I define a schedule date).
> 
> Is that also possible or am I the only person that has a 
> need for this? ;-)
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> 
> Regards,
> Karl
> 
>