From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Bug: Recurring items don't always show up in timeline Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:20:04 -0400 Message-ID: <4486.1300483204@alphaville.usa.hp.com> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57549 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q0h5b-0001MN-8V for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:20:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0h5a-0008FW-8e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:20:07 -0400 Received: from g4t0016.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.19]:30138) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q0h5a-0008FO-2c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:20:06 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from "Mark S" of "Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:58:00 -0800." 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: throaway@yahoo.com Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Mark S wrote: > I posted this before as a question, but since it has been confirmed by > others, and shows up under Linux and Windows, I'll now post the > details as a bug. > > The Timeline view *would* be very useful for scheduling months in > advance, reviewing history, or printing a year event > calendar. Unfortunately, it appears that it can't really be trusted. > The basic problem is that in AGENDA TIMELINE view ("C-a L") recurring > items are frequently and unpredictably dropped from the view. The > regular AGENDA view works fine AFAIK -- its the TIMELINE that is at > issue. AFAICT, the culprit is org-get-all-dates: it matches date strings, translates to number of days since the (imaginary) date 0001-12-31bce, accumulates them in a list, sorts them, takes care of gaps - but completely ignores any repeaters: iow, the "don't always show" in the Subject line should more accurately say "never show". Nick