From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Wiegley Subject: Re: [feature request] More flexible repeats Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:16:29 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45553) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R7QLW-0007X8-OX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:24:39 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R7QLV-00018P-FY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:24:38 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:52379) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R7QLV-00018K-8l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:24:37 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R7QLT-0003Vv-Mk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:24:35 +0200 Received: from c-98-215-105-167.hsd1.il.comcast.net ([98.215.105.167]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:24:35 +0200 Received: from jwiegley by c-98-215-105-167.hsd1.il.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2011 13:24:35 +0200 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-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org >>>>> Dave Abrahams writes: > I have habits that I need to perform, e.g., every weekday, or four times a > week. I don't see a way to express that. If I could schedule a task for > +1.4d or +1.75d (respectively), I'd be happy. Habits aren't really for scheduling, they're for monitoring a simple kind of consistency. So, if you *actually* need to do something four times a week, habits aren't the best way to express that need. If I had something that I wanted to do around four times a week, I'd use this: .+1d/2d Which means, I could do it 7 times a week, or I should do it 3 times a week, but I'm likely going to fall somewhere in between. Habits were never meant as a precise way to keep you on a schedule. The closest way I can think of to do that within Org's current framework is to schedule four different instances of your task, each with its own 1 week repeating interval. That way, you'd see the item appearing in your agenda four times. However, if you start slipping, things get very messy, very fast. Lastly, even if you did have a 1.4d repeating interval for a habit, Habits would only show you if you'd been consistent at doing the task every 1.4 days. It would never be able to tell you if you'd been consistent at doing it 4 times within any given week. John