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From: Brian van den Broek <brian.van.den.broek@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Repeated tasks, but only for a limited period (of time)
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:58:58 -0400
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On 12 March 2013 11:06, Rick Hanson <cryptorick@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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


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