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From: "Sebastien Vauban" <wxhgmqzgwmuf-geNee64TY+gS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>
To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Timestamp, deadline and scheduling clarification
Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 15:21:19 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <80d35n9l80.fsf@somewhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: loom.20120529T103306-318@post.gmane.org

Hi SW,

SW wrote:
> I'd like to clarify some of the usage of timestamps. Preceeding a timestamp with
> DEADLINE or SCHEDULE gives extra functionality in the agenda. Omitting these
> keywords produces a normal timestamp which *appears* in the agenda but does not
> trigger advanced warning before and does not continue to remind afterwards -- is
> this correct? So such a normal timestamp appears and disappears off the agenda
> and could therefore be missed. What is the use-case of a normal timestamp -- one
> without DEADLINE or SCHEDULE?

They're meant to represent events which have no meaning before or after the
date. Good examples are appointments, TV programs, or a birthday date.

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban

      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-05-29 13:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-29  8:35 Timestamp, deadline and scheduling clarification SW
2012-05-29 12:50 ` Nick Dokos
2012-05-29 13:21 ` Sebastien Vauban [this message]

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