org-capture-template: "SCHEDULED:" obsolete?

org-capture-template: "SCHEDULED:" obsolete?

[Marius Hofert]

Hi

I set up org-capture-templates like this:

(setq org-capture-templates
      '(("t" "TODO in ~/org/agenda.org -> Tasks" entry (file+headline "" "Tasks")
             "* TODO %?\n%^t\n%a")))

If I fire up C-c a a in ~/org/agenda.org, I'll see the entries created via C-c c. They are displayed in the foreground color. I am wondering if I should adjust the above template to insert the date as "SCHEDULED: <date>" instead of just <date>? Apparently, the string "SCHEDULED:" is not required for an entry to appear in agenda view. However, a difference I saw was that "SCHEDULED: <date>" entries appeard in a different color ( a light green on my black background). 
An advantage of using the shorter version is, that the string "Scheduled:" does not appear in agenda view which creates more space for the Todo's heading.

Cheers,

Marius

Re: org-capture-template: "SCHEDULED:" obsolete?

[Jan Böcker]

On 11/05/2011 11:35 PM, Marius Hofert wrote:

> Apparently, the string "SCHEDULED:" is not required for an entry to appear in agenda view. 

Hi Marius,

the difference between <date> and SCHEDULED: <date> is that <date> will
cause the entry to appear in the agenda only on the given day, whereas
SCHEDULED: <date> will also cause the entry to be displayed on the
current day if it is scheduled in the past and has not been marked DONE yet.

To see what I mean, put the following entries into an agenda file:

* Test 1
  SCHEDULED: <2011-11-05 Sat>

* DONE Test 2
  SCHEDULED: <2011-11-05 Sat>

* Test 3
  <2011-11-05 Sat>

Because Test 1 it is not marked done, if you refresh your agenda view
today, you will see something like this:

 Sched. 2x:  Test 1

Test 2 does not show up because it is marked DONE and Test 3 does not
show up because it does not contain the SCHEDULED keyword.

(Note that Test 1 will only show up on the agenda view for today and the
day it was scheduled for when you look at the agenda view for a day in
the past or future, for example by using the weekly or monthly view or
going forward/backward with the f and b keys.

For more information, please refer to Section 8.3, "Deadlines and
scheduling", in the Org manual.

Hope this helps,
  Jan

Re: org-capture-template: "SCHEDULED:" obsolete?

[Marius Hofert]

Thanks a lot, Jan, that explained it very well.

Cheers,

Marius

On 2011-11-06, at 11:30 , Jan Böcker wrote:

> On 11/05/2011 11:35 PM, Marius Hofert wrote:
> 
>> Apparently, the string "SCHEDULED:" is not required for an entry to appear in agenda view. 
> 
> Hi Marius,
> 
> the difference between <date> and SCHEDULED: <date> is that <date> will
> cause the entry to appear in the agenda only on the given day, whereas
> SCHEDULED: <date> will also cause the entry to be displayed on the
> current day if it is scheduled in the past and has not been marked DONE yet.
> 
> To see what I mean, put the following entries into an agenda file:
> 
> * Test 1
>  SCHEDULED: <2011-11-05 Sat>
> 
> * DONE Test 2
>  SCHEDULED: <2011-11-05 Sat>
> 
> * Test 3
>  <2011-11-05 Sat>
> 
> Because Test 1 it is not marked done, if you refresh your agenda view
> today, you will see something like this:
> 
> Sched. 2x:  Test 1
> 
> Test 2 does not show up because it is marked DONE and Test 3 does not
> show up because it does not contain the SCHEDULED keyword.
> 
> (Note that Test 1 will only show up on the agenda view for today and the
> day it was scheduled for when you look at the agenda view for a day in
> the past or future, for example by using the weekly or monthly view or
> going forward/backward with the f and b keys.
> 
> For more information, please refer to Section 8.3, "Deadlines and
> scheduling", in the Org manual.
> 
> Hope this helps,
>  Jan