Repeated tasks marked as DONE

Repeated tasks marked as DONE

[Tomasz Piotrowski]

Hi,

I have a simple question, yet couldn't find an equally simple answer to
it. Namely, if I set a repeated task (everyday, say), the agenda
shows this tasks _for all days_, even in the past.

How can I mark a repeated task DONE if it is completed for a given day,
while keeping it as TODO for the future?

Kind regards,

Tomasz Piotrowski

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Re: Repeated tasks marked as DONE

[Myles English]

Hello Tomasz,

Tomasz Piotrowski writes:

> I have a simple question, yet couldn't find an equally simple answer to
> it. Namely, if I set a repeated task (everyday, say), the agenda
> shows this tasks _for all days_, even in the past.
>
> How can I mark a repeated task DONE if it is completed for a given day,
> while keeping it as TODO for the future?

This is what works for me, the last_repeat property seams to enable the
behaviour you describe, the logbook is something extra I vaguely
remember setting up:

* TODO Put recycle bin out
 SCHEDULED: <2016-01-28 Thu +2w>
:PROPERTIES:
:LAST_REPEAT: [2016-01-16 Sat 13:10]
:END:
:LOGBOOK:
- State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2016-01-16 Sat 13:10]
- State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2016-01-02 Sat 17:41]
- State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2015-12-21 Mon 16:22]
:END:

Myles

Re: Repeated tasks marked as DONE

[Myles English]

Myles English writes:

> Hello Tomasz,
>
> Tomasz Piotrowski writes:
>
>> I have a simple question, yet couldn't find an equally simple answer to
>> it. Namely, if I set a repeated task (everyday, say), the agenda
>> shows this tasks _for all days_, even in the past.
>>
>> How can I mark a repeated task DONE if it is completed for a given day,
>> while keeping it as TODO for the future?
>
> This is what works for me, the last_repeat property seams to enable the
> behaviour you describe, the logbook is something extra I vaguely
> remember setting up:
>
> * TODO Put recycle bin out
>  SCHEDULED: <2016-01-28 Thu +2w>
> :PROPERTIES:
> :LAST_REPEAT: [2016-01-16 Sat 13:10]
> :END:
> :LOGBOOK:
> - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2016-01-16 Sat 13:10]
> - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2016-01-02 Sat 17:41]
> - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2015-12-21 Mon 16:22]
> :END:

And see also the variable org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all.
(Having read the available help, don't quite understand way it working
for me...)

Myles

Re: Repeated tasks marked as DONE

[Tomasz Piotrowski]

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Hi Myles,

Thanks a lot for your help. I also do not quite understand the way it
works, and I hope there must be a simpler way to mark previous occurrences
as "DONE", while those in the future as "TO DO", for a given reccurring
event.

If something else is available, please advise.

Kind regards,

Tomasz

2016-01-27 13:47 GMT+01:00 Myles English <mylesenglish@gmail.com>:

>
> Myles English writes:
>
> > Hello Tomasz,
> >
> > Tomasz Piotrowski writes:
> >
> >> I have a simple question, yet couldn't find an equally simple answer to
> >> it. Namely, if I set a repeated task (everyday, say), the agenda
> >> shows this tasks _for all days_, even in the past.
> >>
> >> How can I mark a repeated task DONE if it is completed for a given day,
> >> while keeping it as TODO for the future?
> >
> > This is what works for me, the last_repeat property seams to enable the
> > behaviour you describe, the logbook is something extra I vaguely
> > remember setting up:
> >
> > * TODO Put recycle bin out
> >  SCHEDULED: <2016-01-28 Thu +2w>
> > :PROPERTIES:
> > :LAST_REPEAT: [2016-01-16 Sat 13:10]
> > :END:
> > :LOGBOOK:
> > - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2016-01-16 Sat 13:10]
> > - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2016-01-02 Sat 17:41]
> > - State "DONE"       from "TODO"       [2015-12-21 Mon 16:22]
> > :END:
>
> And see also the variable org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all.
> (Having read the available help, don't quite understand way it working
> for me...)
>
> Myles
>
>

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