From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Hanson Subject: Re: Repeated tasks, but only for a limited period (of time) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:54:32 -0400 Message-ID: References: <513f5f6e.02b6ec0a.69dd.ffff8157@mx.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48814) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFWT6-0003oO-R0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:11:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFWS2-0001mW-Pc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:10:44 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c01::22f]:54737) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFVHN-00042j-HV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:54:33 -0400 Received: by mail-ea0-f175.google.com with SMTP id o10so76784eaj.34 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:54:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <513f5f6e.02b6ec0a.69dd.ffff8157@mx.google.com> 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: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira , Brian van den Broek Cc: Org-mode Mailing List Based your advices, I used org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift for my application today -- worked like a charm. Thanks to the both of you! Best, --Rick On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Brian van den Broek wrote: > > Hi Rick, > > I know of no way to do exactly what you are after. But, for things > like that, I make one headline task and then apply M-x > org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift to get the desired number of > distinct tasks. Perhaps that will suit your needs. > > Best, > > Brian vdB On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira wrote: > > Instead of using a repeater you can clone the task. Just create the task > the way you like it (with a schedule and a deadline) for the first day and > then call 'M-x org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift'. Org-mode will ask you > the number of clones it should create and the time shift. Just specify the > time shift as '1d' and you are done. > > -- > Darlan > > At Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:06:30 -0400, > Rick Hanson wrote: >> >> [1 ] >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've already RTFMed for this, but I still don't see how to do the following. >> >> Fact: I can add a repeater to a time stamp (like "+1d") in org-mode so that >> a task shows up in my agenda as an every day item. >> >> Question: Can I restrict this repetition to, say, 1 week? >> >> For instance, I have a task I have to perform every day this week, /but >> only for this week/. So if I were to pull up my agenda for this week, I >> should see the task posted every day of this week, but if I then hit the >> "f" key to go forward a week, I should *not* see that task in this (the >> following) week. >> >> This is a not deal-breaker if not possible. I can just get rid if the task >> at the end of the week (but it's state, of course, that I have to keep in >> my mind, instead of committing it to the magic of org-mode). >> >> Thanks a lot of any help! (My apologies if it's in the manual and I missed >> it.) >> >> Best, --Rick >> [2 ] >>