From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Mikhail Skorzhinskiy" Subject: Re: Can Org warn me if I create a time conflict? Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 17:38:27 +0100 Message-ID: References: <85B12EB9-0B93-456A-AAA5-6A49356E1F4F@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:49617) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ihcLe-0002Ns-0T for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:38:55 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ihcLc-0007FM-I0 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:38:53 -0500 Received: from wout1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([64.147.123.24]:45283) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ihcLb-0006wl-VQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:38:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Allen Li , David Rogers Cc: Org Mode I think there is a package exactly for this: https://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg123154.html I'm happily using this since summer with latest org. Although in case you want to extend scheduling function (ie check it automatically) you need to write write some code around. I can send you my customizations on top of that package, but at the end of the week, im in vacation currently. -- Mikhail Skorzhinskiy mskorzhinskiy@eml.cc On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, at 09:02, Allen Li wrote: > On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 7:06 AM David Rogers > wrote: > > > > It's currently possible for me to create two meeting times, one from 8:00-10:00 tomorrow and the other from 9:00-11:00 tomorrow. > > > > When both are mentioned in the same sentence, as above, it's easy to recognize that the two meetings are probably incompatible. But org-mode allows agenda items to be created at different times and in different files; it's possible to create Meeting #1 far in advance, have enough time to forget that Meeting #1 exists, and then create Meeting #2 covering the same period of time. (Compare this with the wall calendar made of paper, where if I try to add Meeting #2 I'll be forced to write it in the same physical space, and therefore automatically be alerted before making the error.) > > > > Is there any method to get org-mode to alert me (by an error message, or a red mark in the agenda, or whatever) that I've created a conflict - specifically, a method that doesn't involve me having to remember to perform any type of conflict-checking myself? If I could remember to do things like conflict checks, I wouldn't really need org-agenda anyway. :-) > > > > I realize that it's likely some situations *do* require timed events to happen concurrently - but I don't believe that they're the usual case for an individual. Having an "ignore conflict" or "accept anyway" type of option would make sense to me for such situations. > > Does org-clock-consistency-checks support your needs? > https://orgmode.org/manual/Agenda-commands.html > > > > > -- > > Thanks > > David > > > >