Re: Bug: org-auto-repeat-maybe only updates first timestamp [7.01trans]

["Andrew J. Korty" <ajk@iu.edu>]

Andrew J. Korty <ajk@iu.edu> wrote:

> Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca> wrote:
> 
> > > If I have multiple timestamps in a TODO item, org-auto-repeat-maybe
> > > only advances the first one.  In the following example, I'd like both
> > > the SCHEDULED and DEADLINE timestamps to advance when the item is
> > > marked DONE, but only the SCHEDULED timestamp advances.
> > >
> > > * TODO do something by Sunday but not until Friday
> > >   SCHEDULED: <2010-09-17 Fri ++1w> DEADLINE: <2010-09-19 Sun ++1w>
> > 
> > Why not just drop the SCHEDULED: tag and change the DEADLINE task to 
> > 
> > DEADLINE: <2010-09-19 Sun ++1w -2d>
> > 
> > This way it won't show up in your agenda until Friday -- 2 days before
> > it's due.
> 
> Right, but then it will show up in tags-todo lists before I want it 
> to.  An example is renewing my driver's license, for which I could use
> 
>     DEADLINE: <2011-10-12 Wed ++4y -2w>
> 
> but it would show up in tags-todo lists way before it would make sense 
> to renew.  Although I suppose I could set org-agenda-ignore-deadlines 
> to 'all and just rely on the daily/weekly agenda to show them to me ...

Oops, frobbing org-agenda-ignore-deadlines won't help.  It works in 
the case of driver's license renewal, but it breaks a different case.  
Say I've been asked to review a document by October 31.  So I set a 
deadline of 2010-12-31.  But I do want to see it on my tags-todo list 
now because if I had time now, I could review the documents and submit 
my comments well before the deadline.

So that's why I use both SCHEDULE and DEADLINE: for tasks I want to 
hide from the daily/weekly agenda *and* tags-todo lists until a 
certain date without removing unscheduled items with deadlines from 
tags-todo lists.

ajk