From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Allen Li Subject: Re: Can Org warn me if I create a time conflict? Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:02:38 +0900 Message-ID: References: <85B12EB9-0B93-456A-AAA5-6A49356E1F4F@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:53603) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ihUIG-0007o6-HZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:02:53 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ihUIF-0001v2-9B for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:02:52 -0500 Received: from mail-qk1-x72f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::72f]:40943) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ihUIE-0001sc-Pe for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2019 03:02:51 -0500 Received: by mail-qk1-x72f.google.com with SMTP id c17so826926qkg.7 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:02:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <85B12EB9-0B93-456A-AAA5-6A49356E1F4F@gmail.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" To: David Rogers Cc: Org Mode On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 7:06 AM David Rogers wrote: > > It's currently possible for me to create two meeting times, one from 8:00= -10:00 tomorrow and the other from 9:00-11:00 tomorrow. > > When both are mentioned in the same sentence, as above, it's easy to reco= gnize that the two meetings are probably incompatible. But org-mode allows = agenda items to be created at different times and in different files; it's = possible to create Meeting #1 far in advance, have enough time to forget th= at Meeting #1 exists, and then create Meeting #2 covering the same period o= f time. (Compare this with the wall calendar made of paper, where if I try = to add Meeting #2 I'll be forced to write it in the same physical space, an= d therefore automatically be alerted before making the error.) > > Is there any method to get org-mode to alert me (by an error message, or = a red mark in the agenda, or whatever) that I've created a conflict - speci= fically, a method that doesn't involve me having to remember to perform any= type of conflict-checking myself? If I could remember to do things like co= nflict checks, I wouldn't really need org-agenda anyway. :-) > > I realize that it's likely some situations *do* require timed events to h= appen concurrently - but I don't believe that they're the usual case for an= individual. Having an "ignore conflict" or "accept anyway" type of option = would make sense to me for such situations. Does org-clock-consistency-checks support your needs? https://orgmode.org/manual/Agenda-commands.html > > -- > Thanks > David >