need help with repeated tasks (won't reapeat)

need help with repeated tasks (won't reapeat)

[Gregor Zattler]

Dear org mode users, I have problems with a repeated task.  I
want to clean something round about every 60 days.  I set up this
task in order to monitor my cleaning:


*** TODO Clean it
DEADLINE:<2018-08-12 So +.60d -9d>
:PROPERTIES:
:LAST_REPEAT: [2018-05-30 Mi 16:01]
:REPEAT_TO_STATE: TODO
:END:
:LOGBOOK:
- State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2018-05-30 Mi 16:01]
- State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2018-03-26 Mo 16:47]
:END:


But when I do a C-c C-t (org-agenda-todo) with point on the
heading or on the corresponding line in the agenda, the task
switches simply to DONE and that's it.  It doesn't switch back to
TODO, the deadline is not shifted:

*** DONE Clean it
DEADLINE:<2018-08-12 So +.60d -9d>
:PROPERTIES:
:LAST_REPEAT: [2018-05-30 Mi 16:01]
:REPEAT_TO_STATE: TODO
:END:
:LOGBOOK:
- State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2018-05-30 Mi 16:01]
- State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2018-03-26 Mo 16:47]
:END:


I would expect the TODO State to shift back to TODO and the
deadline base date to be shifted by 60 days from today.


My problems persist if I test this with emacs -Q with these two
versions of emacs and org-mode

GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.11) of 2017-09-15, modified by Debian
Org-mode version 8.2.10 (release_8.2.10 @ /usr/share/emacs/25.1/lisp/org/)

GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 4, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.11) of 2018-08-17
Org mode version 9.1.9 (release_9.1.9-65-g5e4542 @ /usr/local/stow/emacs-snapshot/share/emacs/27.0.50/lisp/org/)


and with this newer org mode version but with my configurations
loaded:

GNU Emacs 27.0.50 (build 4, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.11) of 2018-08-17
Org mode version 9.1.13 (release_9.1.13-898-gab1f77 @ /home/grfz/src/org-mode/lisp/)



Since this is really basic usage I assume no bug but some error
on my side.  What am I doing wrong?



Ciao; Gregor
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Re: need help with repeated tasks (won't reapeat)

[Marco Wahl]

Hi!

Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> writes:

> Dear org mode users, I have problems with a repeated task.  I
> want to clean something round about every 60 days.  I set up this
> task in order to monitor my cleaning:
>
>
> *** TODO Clean it
> DEADLINE:<2018-08-12 So +.60d -9d>

How about toggling the plus and the dot like so?

DEADLINE:<2018-10-18 .+60d -9d>

[...]

> But when I do a C-c C-t (org-agenda-todo) with point on the
> heading or on the corresponding line in the agenda, the task
> switches simply to DONE and that's it.  It doesn't switch back to
> TODO, the deadline is not shifted:

[...]


Bye,  Marco

Re: need help with repeated tasks (won't reapeat)

[Eric S Fraga]

On Sunday, 19 Aug 2018 at 13:09, Gregor Zattler wrote:
> Dear org mode users, I have problems with a repeated task.  I
> want to clean something round about every 60 days.  I set up this
> task in order to monitor my cleaning:
>
>
> *** TODO Clean it
> DEADLINE:<2018-08-12 So +.60d -9d>

Change this to SCHEDULED?  Or maybe you need a combination of scheduled
and deadline.  I use scheduled with +1m, for instance, to have a task
that I need to do every month but I don't have a deadline on it.

-- 
Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, Org release_9.1.13-783-g97fac4

Re: need help with repeated tasks (won't reapeat)

[Gregor Zattler]

Hi Marco, org mode users,
* Marco Wahl <marcowahlsoft@gmail.com> [2018-08-19; 13:46]:
> Gregor Zattler <telegraph@gmx.net> writes:
>
>> Dear org mode users, I have problems with a repeated task.  I
>> want to clean something round about every 60 days.  I set up this
>> task in order to monitor my cleaning:
>>
>>
>> *** TODO Clean it
>> DEADLINE:<2018-08-12 So +.60d -9d>
>
> How about toggling the plus and the dot like so?
>
> DEADLINE:<2018-10-18 .+60d -9d>

You are spot on, this was the mistake I made and did not realize
although I reread the relevant manual section...

Ciao; Gregor
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