From: "Andrew J. Korty" <ajk@iu.edu>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Bug: org-auto-repeat-maybe only updates first timestamp [7.01trans]
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:34:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <60432.1284759285@iu.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mxrgw6l5.fsf@fastmail.fm>
Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
> "Andrew J. Korty" <ajk@iu.edu> writes:
>
> > Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
> >
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >> * TODO Review really important document
> >> DEADLINE: <2010-10-31 Sun -2m>
> >> * TODO Review less important document
> >> DEADLINE: <2010-10-31 Sun>
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >>
> >> Let's assume the following settings:
> >>
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >> (setq org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines 'far
> >> org-deadline-warning-days 14)
> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >>
> >> With these settings, the first task would show up *today* both in your
> >> agenda and in your TODO list, while the second task would appear in both
> >> places two weeks before the deadline.
> >
> > Right, but what I want is for the second task to appear in the todo
> > list even before two weeks before the deadline, and I don't want it to
> > appear in the agenda until two weeks before the deadline. In other
> > words, I always want to see tasks I can do now in my todo lists,
> > whereas I only want to see tasks that are due soon in the agenda.
> > Lengthening the lead time won't help because it unnecessarily shows
> > tasks in the agenda that aren't due soon.
> >
> > But maybe my usage is not an intended one.
>
> Oops. I misunderstood your request.
>
> What you are describing is org-mode's default behavior---i.e., to show
> all todos with deadlines in the todo list, but only to show deadlines in
> the agenda when they are within org-deadline-warning days.
>
> To ensure this behavior, you'll want to make sure that
> org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines is set to nil (the default). All todos
> with deadlines will then appear in your todo list.
True, but then we're back to the problem with the driver's license
renewal.
ajk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-17 21:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-14 15:01 Bug: org-auto-repeat-maybe only updates first timestamp [7.01trans] Andrew J. Korty
2010-09-16 9:55 ` Bernt Hansen
2010-09-16 14:58 ` Andrew J. Korty
2010-09-16 15:28 ` Andrew J. Korty
2010-09-17 12:29 ` Matt Lundin
2010-09-17 12:48 ` Andrew J. Korty
2010-09-17 18:47 ` Matt Lundin
2010-09-17 21:34 ` Andrew J. Korty [this message]
2010-09-18 2:39 ` Matt Lundin
2010-09-18 13:08 ` Andrew J. Korty
2010-09-17 12:05 ` Matt Lundin
2010-09-17 12:43 ` Andrew J. Korty
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