From: Michael C Gilbert <mcg@gilbert.org>
To: emacs-orgmode Mailinglist <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Release 7.7
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:33:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BA11FFD9-2AE1-42D2-8B57-A207C6B6A8FF@gilbert.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y5zi1y2d.fsf@gnu.org>
On Jul 28, 2011, at 3:47 AM, Bastien wrote:
> Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
> ======================================================
>
> You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
> when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
> (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
> today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
>
> You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
> will work on the current entry.
>
> You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
> (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
>
> Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
Thank you to both Memnon and Bastien. This feature alone has already made a difference to me and my colleagues.
Orgmode and its contributors continue to astound me.
— Michael
Nonprofit News
http://nonprofitnews.org
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-07-28 14:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-28 10:47 Release 7.7 Bastien
2011-07-28 11:10 ` suvayu ali
2011-07-28 14:33 ` Michael C Gilbert [this message]
2011-07-28 17:55 ` Marcelo de Moraes Serpa
2011-07-28 22:00 ` Nathan Neff
2011-07-28 23:02 ` suvayu ali
2011-07-29 10:29 ` Alvar Maciel
2011-07-29 10:35 ` Torsten Wagner
2011-08-16 13:29 ` Bastien
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