From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jorge.alfaro-murillo@yale.edu (Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo) Subject: Re: Avoid canceling of events which do have multiple time-stamps Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:31:05 -0500 Message-ID: <87vbmqprrq.fsf@yale.edu> References: <2014-11-07T11-42-46@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48223) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xms69-0000uG-2y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:33:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xms61-0004zZ-J2 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:33:41 -0500 Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:46089) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xms61-0004zM-C8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:33:33 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Xms5y-00089h-OA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 23:33:30 +0100 Received: from nat-130-132-173-201.central.yale.edu ([130.132.173.201]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 23:33:30 +0100 Received: from jorge.alfaro-murillo by nat-130-132-173-201.central.yale.edu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 07 Nov 2014 23:33:30 +0100 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi, Karl. Karl Voit writes: > For other events, I do have one single "* Volleyball" heading > and multiple time-stamps for each occurrence in its body. > (method B) > > Unfortunately in the agenda view, both entries are visualized > the same way. This is causing issues in certain cases. > > For example, when I see an event on my agenda and I know that I > don't have time for it, I usually cancel the event right away in > my agenda. > > However, when this time-stamp occured only in the body of a > heading (method B), cancelling does cancel *all* occurrences. > For example when I cancel "Volleyball" on the agenda of > 2014-09-06, I'd cancel also 2014-08-30 (in the past) and > 2014-09-13 (in the future). > > And much worse: I do not notice my error. > > There is a certain issue with this: how to determine whether or > not a time-stamp is the only one or if it is mentioned in the > heading itself. I use several time stamps as well, but I use org-agenda-follow-mode by default (see the variable `org-agenda-start-with-follow-mode') so I can see the entry with its multiple entries before archiving or killing it. > Is there a clever way to differ the two methods so that we are > able to come up with different visualizations? In the case of something like Volleyball, perhaps you might want to look at habits: (info "(org) Tracking your habits") Another option is to create subheadlines for each activity, and avoid multiple timestamps. Best, -- Jorge.