From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Viktor Rosenfeld Subject: Re: How to define a start date for a task? Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:41:44 +0100 Message-ID: <20111218114144.GA18896@kenny.fritz.box> References: <2011-12-17T21-30-46@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> <87sjkirhdu.fsf@norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57631) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RcF7o-0006Ag-LU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:41:53 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RcF7n-0003qv-KK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:41:52 -0500 Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:61115) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RcF7n-0003qb-E8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:41:51 -0500 Received: by eekc41 with SMTP id c41so4649602eek.0 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:41:49 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Karl Maihofer Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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 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 > >