From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Re: Recurring items don't always show up in timeline Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:29:32 -0400 Message-ID: <4554.1300145372@alphaville.usa.hp.com> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=48087 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PzHCi-0001JM-Dm for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:29:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PzHCg-0006jI-RP for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:29:36 -0400 Received: from g4t0016.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.19]:31899) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PzHCg-0006j8-M9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:29:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from "Mark S" of "Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:55:56 -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: > 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 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