* Repeated tasks, but only for a limited period (of time)
@ 2013-03-12 15:06 Rick Hanson
2013-03-12 16:58 ` Brian van den Broek
2013-03-12 17:01 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
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From: Rick Hanson @ 2013-03-12 15:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org-mode Mailing List
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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
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* Re: Repeated tasks, but only for a limited period (of time)
2013-03-12 15:06 Repeated tasks, but only for a limited period (of time) Rick Hanson
@ 2013-03-12 16:58 ` Brian van den Broek
2013-03-12 17:01 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
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From: Brian van den Broek @ 2013-03-12 16:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rick Hanson; +Cc: Org-mode Mailing List
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
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* Re: Repeated tasks, but only for a limited period (of time)
2013-03-12 15:06 Repeated tasks, but only for a limited period (of time) Rick Hanson
2013-03-12 16:58 ` Brian van den Broek
@ 2013-03-12 17:01 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
2013-03-12 19:54 ` Rick Hanson
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Darlan Cavalcante Moreira @ 2013-03-12 17:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rick Hanson; +Cc: Org-mode Mailing List
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 <text/plain; ISO-8859-1 (7bit)>]
> 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 <text/html; ISO-8859-1 (quoted-printable)>]
>
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* Re: Repeated tasks, but only for a limited period (of time)
2013-03-12 17:01 ` Darlan Cavalcante Moreira
@ 2013-03-12 19:54 ` Rick Hanson
2013-03-13 8:59 ` Bastien
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Rick Hanson @ 2013-03-12 19:54 UTC (permalink / raw)
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
<brian.van.den.broek@gmail.com> 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
<darcamo@gmail.com> 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 <text/plain; ISO-8859-1 (7bit)>]
>> 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 <text/html; ISO-8859-1 (quoted-printable)>]
>>
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* Re: Repeated tasks, but only for a limited period (of time)
2013-03-12 19:54 ` Rick Hanson
@ 2013-03-13 8:59 ` Bastien
2013-03-13 14:42 ` Rick Hanson
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Bastien @ 2013-03-13 8:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Rick Hanson; +Cc: Brian van den Broek, Org-mode Mailing List
Hi Rick,
Rick Hanson <cryptorick@gmail.com> writes:
> 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!
Yes, that's what the manual advised too.
But I find your request to be useful in another circumstance: when
there is a repeated scheduled item and a deadline. In that case, the
meaning should be "repeat until the deadline".
You can now achieve this by setting
(setq org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown
'repeated-after-deadline)
which translates to: "Skip the agenda scheduled item when it repeats
after the deadline."
This feature is available from master.
Thanks for coming up with this idea and for the clear use-case!
--
Bastien
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2013-03-13 8:59 ` Bastien
@ 2013-03-13 14:42 ` Rick Hanson
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Rick Hanson @ 2013-03-13 14:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bastien; +Cc: Brian van den Broek, Org-mode Mailing List
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Thank you, Bastien!
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 4:59 AM, Bastien <bzg@altern.org> wrote:
> Hi Rick,
>
> Rick Hanson <cryptorick@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > 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!
>
> Yes, that's what the manual advised too.
>
> But I find your request to be useful in another circumstance: when
> there is a repeated scheduled item and a deadline. In that case, the
> meaning should be "repeat until the deadline".
>
> You can now achieve this by setting
>
> (setq org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown
> 'repeated-after-deadline)
>
> which translates to: "Skip the agenda scheduled item when it repeats
> after the deadline."
>
> This feature is available from master.
>
> Thanks for coming up with this idea and for the clear use-case!
>
> --
> Bastien
>
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