From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yuri Niyazov Subject: Re: How to include time when generating timestamp for DEADLINE/SCHEDULE Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 17:36:03 -0700 Message-ID: References: <8e8765aacd3d4148986e0834917c3596@fcmailsvr3.familycareinc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34350) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YM4FN-0003Xf-B3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:36:44 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YM4FH-0007eM-8s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:36:40 -0500 Received: from mail-lb0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c04::22f]:60397) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YM4FH-0007e3-1a for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 19:36:35 -0500 Received: by mail-lb0-f175.google.com with SMTP id n10so12642588lbv.6 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:36:33 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <8e8765aacd3d4148986e0834917c3596@fcmailsvr3.familycareinc.org> 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: Subhan Michael Tindall Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org" On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Subhan Michael Tindall wrote: > Not really an acceptable answer. Having to use 2 different interface meth= ods to fill in one time/date stamp value is confusing and cludgy. Plus, if = you type in a full time/date stamp + time, you can still move around in the= calendar, but it doesn't update the selected datestamp in yellow. Also co= nfusing. Cludgy is in the eye of the beholder. I am hugely bothered by various inconsistencies in org-mode user interface (see my other posts to this list) but this one is very far down on the list. This is why: When I need to schedule a date, it is sufficiently close to today's date that it is usually 2-3 S+ARROWS keystrokes away from today, so the calendar with "today" selected as default is great. So, let's see how a time selector would work: When you bring up a time selector, it could by default show one of the following three options: 1) The current time 2) The last time you selected when you used the time selector 3) Some default configurable time like "noon" When I need to schedule a time for an event, the time that something needs to happen is usually not related to any times on that list, so using S+ARROWS would be less efficient than typing out the time, which is at most four keystrokes if its on the hour. (E.g. "10pm" ). Of course, this is only true if you are a touch-typist.