org-mode timestamp and calendar questions

org-mode timestamp and calendar questions

[Randomcoder]

Hi,

Is it possible to make org-mode timestamps inactive? (I mean, the
calendar(Google calendar) and the org-agenda would ignore them)

I tried specifying that I should be notified 1h in advance for an
event like this :  <2015-03-24 Mon 07:30 -1h> but apparently this is
not the way to do it.
Is it currently possible to do this and if so, what is the correct
org-mode timestamp markup for this ?


Best regards,
Stefan

Re: org-mode timestamp and calendar questions

[Sebastien Vauban]

Randomcoder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to make org-mode timestamps inactive? (I mean, the
> calendar(Google calendar) and the org-agenda would ignore them)
>
> I tried specifying that I should be notified 1h in advance for an
> event like this :  <2015-03-24 Mon 07:30 -1h> but apparently this is
> not the way to do it.
> Is it currently possible to do this and if so, what is the correct
> org-mode timestamp markup for this ?

As written in the docs, inactive timestamps have `[' brackets instead of
`<'.

Best regards,
  Seb

-- 
Sebastien Vauban

Re: org-mode timestamp and calendar questions

[Nick Dokos]

Randomcoder <randomcoder1@gmail.com> writes:

> Is it possible to make org-mode timestamps inactive? (I mean, the
> calendar(Google calendar) and the org-agenda would ignore them)
>

I am (as usual) confused: is the part above related to the part below?
As Seb says, <...> are active timestamps, [...] are inactive ones and
the agenda does not pay any attention to the latter. No idea what
happens with Google calendar, or any other for that matter.

> I tried specifying that I should be notified 1h in advance for an
> event like this :  <2015-03-24 Mon 07:30 -1h> but apparently this is
> not the way to do it.
> Is it currently possible to do this and if so, what is the correct
> org-mode timestamp markup for this ?
>

What notification system are you using? The stuff in appt.el perhaps?
If so, see the docstring of org-agenda-to-appt, in particular the
APPT_WARNTIME property. But in general, the notification settings are
appt-related ones: afaik, you cannot use things like -1h in the
timestamp and have it carry over to the appt settings, although that
might be possible "with a small amount of coding".

-- 
Nick