From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Deadline->scheduled workflow Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:53:28 +0100 Message-ID: <6B708BCE-3795-425D-9A8C-541EAADD5AA6@gmail.com> References: <20100215095608.GL6068@cs.dal.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NhFRF-0001T2-88 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:33 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60185 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NhFRE-0001Rr-4K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:32 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhFRD-0004cE-A4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:31 -0500 Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.149]:1147) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NhFRD-0004au-4n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:31 -0500 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so1795458eyg.34 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:53:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100215095608.GL6068@cs.dal.ca> 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: Norbert Zeh Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Norbert, this is currently not possible, I am afraid. You could deal with it by hand, by changing the warning period once you have scheduled the item. - Carsten On Feb 15, 2010, at 10:56 AM, Norbert Zeh wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have a question whether the following workflow is possible in > orgmode: > > - I create a task with a given deadline some time in the future. I > don't want to worry about scheduling it. > > - I configure deadline warnings to I get a warning that a deadline is > coming up, say 4 weeks before the deadline. When I see this warning, > I know I will have to schedule the task to work on it. > > - Now, with the 4-weeks warning, it would be rather annoying to have > the > task show up on every day for the 4 weeks before the task needs to be > completed. So I would like upcoming deadlines to show up in my > agenda > view only if the task is not scheduled yet. > > Ideally, I think a 2-layered warning system for deadlines would be > useful above. Warn 4 weeks in advance for unscheduled tasks that > have a > deadline coming up. Warn, say, 7 days in advance for scheduled but > not completed tasks that have a deadline coming up. Is there any > way to > do any of this in orgmode, possibly with some lisp hacking? > > Thanks, > Norbert > > -- > "And it happened all the time that the compromise between two > perfectly > rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all." > -- Neal Stephenson, Anathem > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode - Carsten