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From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Change: (org-agenda-bulk-action) Prompt w/number of
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Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2018 21:32:46 +0200
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Hello,

Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net> writes:

> * lisp/org-agenda.el (org-agenda-bulk-action): When scattering, prompt
>   for number of days with number of marked items.

Thank you.

> A typical pattern for me is to mark a significant number of items
> scheduled in the past and scatter them into the future.  Usually I
> want to schedule one item per day, i.e. across a number of days equal
> to the number of marked items.  The default prompt is 7 days, and
> counting the number of items is tedious.  This uses the number of
> marked items as the initial prompt for the number of days.
>
> Alternatively, the number of marked items could be indicated in the
> prompt string, e.g. "Scatter X tasks across how many days:".  A
> customizeable default could also be provided.

FWIW, I slightly prefer the second option. Would you want to provide
a patch for that?

Regards,

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Nicolas Goaziou