From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pete Phillips Subject: Re: recurring events, alternative to shift modifier, tag positions, smart [ ], and org-publish questions Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:29:57 +0000 Message-ID: <23269.1165660197@lap1.smtl.co.uk> References: Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GszUX-0005iy-HD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:31:37 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GszUT-0005hZ-Dd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:31:37 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GszUT-0005hR-9F for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:31:33 -0500 Received: from [193.131.77.174] (helo=mailhost.smtl.co.uk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GszTH-0007v9-AK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Dec 2006 05:30:23 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message from "Scott Jaderholm" of "Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:11:16 MST." 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: Scott Jaderholm Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Morning all. >>>>> "Scott" == Scott Jaderholm writes: Scott> 1. Is there a way to do recurring events? Even if it were Scott> just a function that could rewrite the dates every Scott> day/week/month I find it hard to believe that so many people Scott> use org-mode as a planner without this functionality. org-mode integrates pretty well with diary mode, so I use the diary file to keep my appointments, and org mode does a fantastic job of merging the diary and org mode events (deadlines, scheduled etc) for me in the *Org Agenda* buffer. diary mode allows you to schedule recurring events. For example, we hold a technical group meeting on the first friday of the month, so in my ~/diary file I have the following: %%(diary-float t 5 1) 9:15 TG Meeting the diary manual will explain what's going on here, the point being that you *can* schedule repeating events. This wiki here: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/DiaryMode will help a lot. Scott> 2. I use org-mode over ssh and since shift doesn't work along Scott> with other modifiers many of the keystrokes do not work. Has Scott> anyone come up with alternate keystrokes not involving shift Scott> that they could share? I don't understand why. I can ssh onto our servers from home, run emacs remotely, and it sees all the modifier keys. I can use and over my linux-linux ssh conection. Are you running standard UNIX/Linux machines on both sides of the connection ? Are you running emacs or Xemacs ? Frankly, I would think that not being able to use the shift key is a bit of a showstopper when entering text anyway ? Pete