From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christopher Allan Webber Subject: Re: Occurance property, or some similar name? Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:52:08 -0500 Message-ID: <8739lnnqfb.fsf@dustycloud.org> References: <87d3ksqujv.fsf@dustycloud.org> <87oc4bxoew.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45381) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q9pFO-0002Ok-6l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:52:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q9kZ2-0007Ip-9O for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:51:57 -0400 Received: from li28-75.members.linode.com ([75.127.72.75]:33018) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q9kZ2-0007Ib-5x for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:51:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87oc4bxoew.fsf@fastmail.fm> (Matt Lundin's message of "Tue, 12 Apr 2011 15:25:27 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Matt Lundin Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Matt Lundin writes: > There is a special property name for active timestamps: TIMESTAMP. You > can access the first active timestamp in an entry (either with column > view or org-entry-get) via the special property TIMESTAMP. Inactive > timestamps =3D TIMESTAMP_IA. > Hm, that's interesting. But I'm not talking about a way to access it via elisp, I'm talking about a place to actually put it in say, the property drawer. Say: ** Pick up bike from the shop :PROPERTIES: :OCCURANCE: <2011-04-12 Tue 19:00> :END: etc. It's nice to know there's a meta-property for TIMESTAMP, but I'm specifically looking for a nice place to put that timestamp away. This is for cleanliness / easy get-set purposes. >> - Maybe if we formalize this property, we should make a command for it? >> Maybe C-c C-S-o? > > There is currently a command to change plain active timestamps from the > agenda. (In fact, this will also change SCHEDULED and DEADLINE > timestamps when on a SCHEDULED or DEADLINE line.) > > org-agenda-date-prompt (>) > > AFAIK, there is no similar built-in function to call on headlines in org > files. One can, however, navigate to the timestamp and use the > Shift-arrow keys or C-c . to change the appointment. > That's useful, and would change this property even if I put it in such a drawer... provided that property already existed. But what if I want to insert something on a currently un-OCCURANCE'd (or whatever) thing? I don't want it to go on the headline, that looks gross. >> - It would be nice to formalize this so we could actually steer people >> in the right direction in the docs. > > What would you suggest adding to the following pages? > > (info "(org) Creating timestamps") > (info "(org) Special properties") That's entirely dependent on if we can suggest a property for this behavior. It doesn't have to be mandatory. I'm partly trying to see if other people want this as much as I do. Surely I'm not the only one who finds putting active timestamps on the headline or scattered just anywhere in the entry kind of gross? I do appreciate your useful reply, though! - Chris --=20 =F0=9D=93=92=F0=9D=93=B1=F0=9D=93=BB=F0=9D=93=B2=F0=9D=93=BC=F0=9D=93=BD=F0= =9D=93=B8=F0=9D=93=B9=F0=9D=93=B1=F0=9D=93=AE=F0=9D=93=BB =F0=9D=93=90=F0= =9D=93=B5=F0=9D=93=B5=F0=9D=93=AA=F0=9D=93=B7 =F0=9D=93=A6=F0=9D=93=AE=F0= =9D=93=AB=F0=9D=93=AB=F0=9D=93=AE=F0=9D=93=BB