Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks

Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks

[Sagar Shankar]

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Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled
into something that I cannot still figure out how to implement.

I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a
specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task
to repeat for 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be
tracked for those 7 days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a
base case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked TODO 7
times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.

Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:

** TODO Work on XYZ
   SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30>

When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are also
marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that
instead of counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which
is another thing I'd love to get explained)

I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot
find anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows
me to track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to
be inserted into the agenda at a specific time only.

Would really appreciate some advice!

Thanks for your time,
Sagar

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Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks

[Christopher Witte]

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Hi Sagar,

I think you either want a repeating task see
http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html

or to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift see
http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-editing.html#Structure-editing

I think repeated tasks repeat for ever, so from your description
org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift might be better.

I hope that helps,
Chris.

On 26 January 2015 at 14:13, Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> wrote:

> Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled
> into something that I cannot still figure out how to implement.
>
> I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a
> specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task
> to repeat for 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be
> tracked for those 7 days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a
> base case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked TODO 7
> times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.
>
> Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>
> ** TODO Work on XYZ
>    SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30>
>
> When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are also
> marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that
> instead of counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which
> is another thing I'd love to get explained)
>
> I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot
> find anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows
> me to track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to
> be inserted into the agenda at a specific time only.
>
> Would really appreciate some advice!
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Sagar
>

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Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks

[Loris Bennett]

Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> writes:

> Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled into
> something that I cannot still figure out how to implement.
>
> I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a specific
> time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task to repeat for
> 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be tracked for those 7 days.
> The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a base case, I'd be happy to
> just get the task automatically marked TODO 7 times in my Agenda till the 7 days
> are over.
>
> Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>
> ** TODO Work on XYZ
> SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30>
>
> When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are also
> marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that instead of
> counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which is another thing
> I'd love to get explained)

Wednesday to Wednesday is 8 days.  I guess you really want Wednesday to
Tuesday.

I would set up 7 separate tasks, by creating the first and then using

C-c C-x c

to make 6 clones of the task shifted by a day.

Cheers,

Loris

> I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot find
> anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows me to
> track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to be inserted
> into the agenda at a specific time only. 
>
> Would really appreciate some advice!
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Sagar
>

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Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks

[Sagar Shankar]

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Thanks Christopher, the latter option seems to accomplish what I require
though not very elegant

With Regards,
Sagar

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Christopher Witte <chris@witte.net.au>
wrote:

> Hi Sagar,
>
> I think you either want a repeating task see
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html
>
> or to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift see
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-editing.html#Structure-editing
>
> I think repeated tasks repeat for ever, so from your description
> org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift might be better.
>
> I hope that helps,
> Chris.
>
> On 26 January 2015 at 14:13, Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> wrote:
>
>> Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled
>> into something that I cannot still figure out how to implement.
>>
>> I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a
>> specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task
>> to repeat for 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be
>> tracked for those 7 days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a
>> base case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked TODO 7
>> times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.
>>
>> Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>>
>> ** TODO Work on XYZ
>>    SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30>
>>
>> When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are
>> also marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that
>> instead of counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which
>> is another thing I'd love to get explained)
>>
>> I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot
>> find anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows
>> me to track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to
>> be inserted into the agenda at a specific time only.
>>
>> Would really appreciate some advice!
>>
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Sagar
>>
>
>

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Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks

[Andreas Leha]

Hi Sagar,

Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> writes:
> Thanks Christopher, the latter option seems to accomplish what I
> require though not very elegant

I though so first, too.  But by now I came to like that approach a lot.
It provides so much flexibility with the individual instances (like
moving, keeping notes, cancellation, etc.).

Give it some time and maybe you'll like it in the end ;-)

Regards,
Andreas

>
> With Regards,
> Sagar
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Christopher Witte
> <chris@witte.net.au> wrote:
>
>     
>     
>     Hi Sagar,
>     
>     I think you either want a repeating task see
>     http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html
>     
>     
>     or to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift see
>     http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-editing.html#Structure-editing
>     
>     
>     I think repeated tasks repeat for ever, so from your description
>     org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift might be better.
>     
>     
>     
>     I hope that helps,
>     Chris.
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     On 26 January 2015 at 14:13, Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in>
>     wrote:
>     
>     
>         Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have
>         stumbled into something that I cannot still figure out how to
>         implement.
>         
>         
>         I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2
>         hours) at a specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a
>         specific task. I want this task to repeat for 7 days and for
>         state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be tracked for those 7
>         days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a base
>         case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked
>         TODO 7 times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.
>         
>         
>         Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>         
>         
>         
>         ** TODO Work on XYZ
>         SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed
>         20:30-21:30>
>         
>         
>         When I mark this as complete for today, all the other
>         occurrences are also marked as DONE, which I do not want.
>         Another confusing factor is that instead of counting 7
>         occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which is another
>         thing I'd love to get explained)
>         
>         
>         I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits
>         but I cannot find anywhere in the documentation for that
>         module, a parameter that allows me to track habits for only 7
>         times or 8 times say, and for that habit to be inserted into
>         the agenda at a specific time only. 
>         
>         
>         Would really appreciate some advice!
>         
>         
>         Thanks for your time,
>         Sagar

Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks

[Samuel Loury]

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Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> writes:

> Thanks Christopher, the latter option seems to accomplish what I require
> though not very elegant

This discussion is also about this issue. I think you'll find it
interested.

http://mid.gmane.org/871tp74ic2.fsf@konixwork.incubateur.ens-lyon.fr

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