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From: Daya Atapattu <atapattud@gmail.com>
To: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Org-mode Habit with Varying Description
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:46:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMaREXYVN576rv=G5B4F_GPazOpxxP601-ZTQDKaHGWw3G30tA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87mw8qequf.fsf@bzg.ath.cx>

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Thanks for the response, Bastien.

I guess, short of writing some elisp code, I will have to reschedule each
evening for next day.    I can't schedule in advance, because I miss some
days.

- Daya


On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Bastien <bzg@gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi Daya,
>
> Daya Atapattu <atapattud@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Is there a way to create a habit that picks-up the description from a
> > list?
> >
> > I like to schedule studying a book:  It would be scheduled as "Read
> > pages 100-125."  Then the next day it should read "Read pages
> > 126-150."  The description of the habit varies; org-mode picks that
> > up sequentially from a list.
> >
> > Is that possible?
>
> No.  Also, a habit with a varying description is not really a habit
> anymore.  You really have several recurring tasks, each is different.
>
> --
>  Bastien
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-20 15:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-20 14:33 Org-mode Habit with Varying Description Daya Atapattu
2014-10-20 14:52 ` Bastien
2014-10-20 15:46   ` Daya Atapattu [this message]
2014-10-20 16:02 ` Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo
2014-10-20 17:37 ` Pete Ley
2014-10-21  0:34   ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-21 12:21     ` Samuel Loury
2014-10-21 16:29       ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-24  3:42         ` Pete Ley
2014-10-26 15:51           ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-28 13:28             ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-10-28 13:41               ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-28 15:01               ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-28 16:22                 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-10-28 16:38                   ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-10-29 20:48                     ` Nicolas Goaziou
2014-10-20 19:13 ` Melleus
2014-10-20 20:03 ` Brady Trainor
2014-10-21 15:37 ` Michael Brand

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