John Hendy <
jw.hendy@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 7:41 PM, c b <
24x7x366@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have been using org-mode with emacs(23) for about a year now and love it.
>>
>> However, sometime in the last couple of weeks, I did a git pull on the master branch (and I redid the same today) and noticed that my recurring tasks are broken.
>>
>> E.g.
>>
>> I have a task
>>
>> ** TODO Pay Creditcard bill
>> DEADLINE: <2012-05-15 Tue +1m -7d>
>>
>> and when I marked it done, it changed state to DONE
>> ** DONE Pay Creditcard bill
>> CLOSED: [2012-05-18 Fri 22:13] DEADLINE: <2012-05-15 Tue +1m -7d>
>>
>>
>> I have been trying to figure out what went wrong, but am clueless. Any pointers on what might be wrong, would be appreaciated.
>>
>
> I don't use this much, but have been contemplating it and thus the
> various org-mode pages on repeating tasks are somewhat fresh in my
> head. Here was my initial thought:
>
> - The org-mode manual itself on repeated tasks does not mention that
> kind of repeating task syntax
> ---
http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html#Repeated-tasks
> --- Only +1, ++1, and .+1 are discussed
>
> - The /org-habit/ page, on the other hand, does mention such syntax
> (well, kind of)
> ---
http://orgmode.org/manual/Tracking-your-habits.html
> --- Note that this page uses .+2d/4d syntax
>
> Anyway, I very likely missed something, but I can't find the specific
> syntax you're looking for in the manual sections above. If the
> functionality of org-habit /does/ do what you want, perhaps you could
> switch to that? If you use this syntax widely, that could be a pain.
>
> Let me know what you think? Also, please point to the documentation
> illustrating the +1m -7d usage. I'd like to see it as well as I'm
> curious about the various time stamp options.
>