Recurring events within date ranges

Recurring events within date ranges

[suvayu ali]

Hi everyone,

How does one specify a recurring timestamp that expires beyond a date range?

e.g.
** Do something
    every Sunday from <2010-09-03 Sun +1w>  to <2010-11-07 Sun> but not beyond.

I looked at the the diary library briefly, but didn't find anything
obvious. Any suggestions?


Thanks,
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Re: Recurring events within date ranges

[Jeff Horn]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 12:15 AM, suvayu ali
<fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> How does one specify a recurring timestamp that expires beyond a date range?
>
> e.g.
> ** Do something
>    every Sunday from <2010-09-03 Sun +1w>  to <2010-11-07 Sun> but not beyond.
>
> I looked at the the diary library briefly, but didn't find anything
> obvious. Any suggestions?

I saw a recent discussion on the list, but don't remember the
conclusion. I don't think expiring events are possible currently.

When I no longer need a repeated task, I simply remove the repeater
cookie (+1w in your example above), mark the task as done for the
final time, and archive it.

Jeff

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Re: Recurring events within date ranges

[Carsten Dominik]

Hi Suvaya,

this has come up many tomes on the mailing list, and
the various answers are covered by the FAQ.

http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#diary-sexp-in-org-files

- Carsten

On Nov 28, 2010, at 6:15 AM, suvayu ali wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> How does one specify a recurring timestamp that expires beyond a  
> date range?
>
> e.g.
> ** Do something
>    every Sunday from <2010-09-03 Sun +1w>  to <2010-11-07 Sun> but  
> not beyond.
>
> I looked at the the diary library briefly, but didn't find anything
> obvious. Any suggestions?
>
>
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Suvayu
>
> Open source is the future. It sets us free.
>
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Re: Recurring events within date ranges

[suvayu ali]

Hi Carsten,

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Carsten Dominik
<carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Suvaya,
>
> this has come up many tomes on the mailing list, and
> the various answers are covered by the FAQ.
>
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#diary-sexp-in-org-files
>

Sorry, I should have looked in the FAQ. I had stumbled on the
=diary-block= function but could not figure out how to possibly use
it. Thank you very much. Works perfectly now.

> - Carsten
>




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Suvayu

Open source is the future. It sets us free.