Re: [PATCH] only display a scheduled item if it is due today or in the past

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Hi,

can someone please summarize what the status of this discussion is?

I have lost track....

Thanks!

- Carsten

On May 22, 2010, at 4:09 PM, Nathaniel Flath wrote:

> Yes, this patch is primarily for weekly agendas - it changes when  
> items are displayed to be the same as having a style of 'habit,  
> while also allowing to do it for non-recurring items.
>
> org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all doesn't do quite what I want  
> - I want the item to not show on my weekly agenda if it isn't  
> scheduled for today, where that will make it show a maximum of once.
>
> I'd be wiling to write a personal skip function - I mainly did it  
> this way because I was emulating org-habit, and then I thought it  
> may be useful to other people.  This is what I'll fall back to if  
> you decide not to install this patch.
>
> Thanks,
> Nahtaniel Flath
>
> On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>  
> wrote:
> Nathaniel Flath <flat0103@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >     On May 2, 2010, at 7:37 PM, Nathaniel Flath wrote:
> >
> >         One thing I've wanted from org-mode is the ability to have
> >         certain items 'hidden' from the agenda until the day they  
> are
> >         scheduled - this patch implements this for all properties  
> who
> >         have a STYLE property of 'hidden'.   I ended up implementing
> >         this(the patch is attached), and thought I'd contribute it  
> to
> >         org-mode. If you have any comments, please let me know.
>
> > The primary use I have for it is essentially what Nathan said - it
> > controls display or recurring items to be the same as habits, with  
> the
> > exception of not displaying the habit graph.
>
> To avoid seeing future instances of recurring tasks, you can set the
> variable org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all to nil.
>
> > I also use it when scheduling items that can't be started before a
> > certain date.  For example, I recently got a note that my tax return
> > was being inverstigated and that I should contact the IRS in 30  
> days.
> > Now, I schedule this item for 30 days from now, but in 23 days it
> > starts showing up in my weekly agenda, even though there's nothing  
> that
> > can be done about it at that point.  I'd much rather have it only
> > display when it can actually be worked on.
>
> I'm still a bit confused about this patch. By definition, scheduled
> items do not appear on the agenda until the day on which they are
> scheduled. As I understand it, this patch is primarily for weekly
> agendas---i.e., to prevent items scheduled on Friday from appearing
> under the Friday slot until it is indeed Friday. In that case, why not
> use the daily agenda instead of the weekly agenda?
>
> Would it perhaps be better to write a personal skip function that
> handles this instead of hard-coding another test in org-agenda.el?
>
> Best,
> Matt
>

- Carsten