From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Randle Subject: Re: Bug: Recurring items don't always show up in timeline Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:45:30 +0000 Message-ID: <4D84EBBA.2000807@amlog.co.uk> References: <4486.1300483204@alphaville.usa.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59221 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q10Db-0001g4-Ux for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:45:40 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q10Da-0007Zp-Oa for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:45:39 -0400 Received: from lon1-post-1.mail.demon.net ([195.173.77.148]:61598) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q10Da-0007ZX-JG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:45:38 -0400 Received: from amlog.demon.co.uk ([80.177.106.135] helo=[192.168.128.2]) by lon1-post-1.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.69) id 1Q10DY-0007Z3-WH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:45:36 +0000 In-Reply-To: <4486.1300483204@alphaville.usa.hp.com> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 2011-03-18 21:20, Nick Dokos wrote: > 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". Unless I'm missing something (again!), when I try it, they *do* repeat *sometimes*. For example, the entry TODO [#A] Bath for dog <2011-03-10 Thu +1w> appears in agenda timeline as follows: 2011-03-10, miss 1 week, 2011-03-24, 2011-03-31, 2011-04-07, miss 7 weeks, 2011-06-02, miss 8 weeks (agenda terminates 2011-07-31). -- Chris Randle