Re: Re: Recurring items don't always show up in timeline

[Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>]

Mark S <throaway@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Here's a version of the calendar I'm using. There are two date ranges
> as well as regular dates. It might be that recurring events that occur
> on  days that are inside of a date range do not show up. On mine,
> "Bath for  dog" doesn't show up on April 14th, for instance which
> happens to be  inside of a date range. The Pay Cell Phone item does
> not occur 90 days  later (about 4/15) which would also be inside of a
> date range. BUT it also  does not occur on or near 7/15, which is not
> inside of a date range.
> The "Do this every 3 months" item does not show up in June, even
> though it would not fall inside of a date range.
> 
> Mark
> 
> * CALENDAR 2011
> ** TODO Pay Cell Phone Bill TriMonthly <2011-01-15 Sat +90d>
> ** TODO [#A] Bath for dog <2011-03-10 Thu +1w> 				 :PM:
> ** Books due at LIB1 <2011-03-24 Thu>
>    More stuff here
> ** Books due at LIB2 <2011-03-12 Sat +1w>
>    Stuff here
> ** DONE Check planning schedule  <2011-03-13 Sun>
>    CLOSED: [2011-03-14 Mon 06:38]
>    - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2011-03-14 Mon 06:38]
> ** TODO Recharge electrical equipment <2011-03-13 Sun +1w>
> ** TODO Orthodontist Visit <2011-03-13 >
> ** Book Fair <2011-03-24 Thu> 					     :Child1:
> ** Do this every 3 months <2011-03-28 Mon +90d>
> ** Parent Teacher Conference Days  <2011-03-31 Thu>--<2011-04-07 Thu>
> :Child1:
> ** Spring Break <2011-04-11 Mon>--<2011-04-22 Fri> 		     :Child1:
> ** PTA Picnic <2011-05-20 Fri> 					     :Child1:
> ** Memorial Day <2011-05-30 Mon>
> ** Summer begins <2011-06-02 Thu> 				     :Child1:
> ** Harry Potter's Birthday <2011-07-31 Sun>
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:02:14 -0800, Mark S <throaway@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have a very simple calendar ORG file set up. A couple of the items
> > have recurring days set to 90d. Like
> >
> >   ** Do something periodically <2011-01-15 Sat +90d>
> >
> > When I activate the agenda timeline, I see the first one of these
> > (in January) but none of the other scheduled events show up. (I have
> > other  scheduled items to create a calendar that goes out further
> > than the 90  days). If I view this in the regular weekly agenda,
> > using "f" to step  through the weeks, the item does show up.
> >
> > If I change the setting to +1w, I see several more entries, but not
> > one for every week. Some weeks are skipped. It seems hit and miss. I
> > haven't  been able to establish the exact pattern, but it appears
> > that I can not  depend on recurring items to show up in the
> > timeline.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this? Is there a way to make all activities
> > show up in the timeline?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark
> > --------------------
> > Emacs 23.2.1
> > Win XP
> > Org-mode 7.5
> >

OK, I couldn't see any problems at first, and I didn't know about the
timeline view - never used it before (C-c a L in the default setup) -
but I think I can reproduce something like this (I haven't checked in
detail) with the above file and a minimal.emacs similar to this (paths
need to be modified):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/src/emacs/org/org-mode/lisp"))
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.\\(org\\|org_archive\\|txt\\)$" . org-mode))
(require 'org-install)
(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'org-store-link)
(global-set-key "\C-ca" 'org-agenda)

;; modify the path to point to the file above
(setq org-agenda-files '("~/src/org/misc/marks/foo.org"))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Nick