Re: Re: FR: multiple or repeating active timestamps in agenda

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Jan 22, 2008, at 4:03 PM, Austin Frank wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 22 2008, Carsten Dominik wrote:
>
>> Hi Austin,
>>>
>>> I'd like to be able to mark it as done every week, without needing  
>>> it
>>> to be SCHEDULED or have a DEADLINE.  Currently, the first time I  
>>> mark
>>> it as done, all past and future repetitions are also marked as done.
>>
>> What is the purpose of marking it done?  It is not going to be on  
>> your
>> agenda after that day, if you have notes for the meeting you can just
>> add them.  So I don't really see the use of this.
>
> The point of marking it done is mostly to have a record of having
> completed it.  I'm trying to use org to generate reports of what I get
> done each week, and attending recurring meetings and courses is a  
> large
> portion of the stuff I have to do.  I'd like a way to include these
> recurring events in the list of things I've accomplished.
>
> I could create a new task for each instance of the event, but a) I  
> worry
> I would forget, and b) that gets to be a hassle when it's something  
> that
> happens two or three times a week over several months.
>
>>> Given that we can't combine repetition intervals with date ranges  
>>> (or
>>> can we?),
>>
>> No, we cannot.
>
> Understandable, for exactly the reasons you mention below.

I do now think that I can allow repeater appointments to interact
with the TODO state as you proposed.  So lets try this in 5.20.

Still no end date for repeating appointments, sorry.

- Carsten