From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Abrahams Subject: Re: How to say "I did that yesterday?" Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:48:43 -0800 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:33333) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RSz8y-0004XX-F5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:48:49 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RSz8x-0006TY-EZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:48:48 -0500 Received: from mail-vx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.220.169]:46878) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RSz8x-0006TR-CI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:48:47 -0500 Received: by vcbfk26 with SMTP id fk26so990688vcb.0 for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:48:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Michael Brand's message of "Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:27:21 +0100") 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: Michael Brand Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org on Tue Nov 22 2011, Michael Brand wrote: > Hi Dave > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 20:40, Dave Abrahams wrote: >> [...] for a repeating event it might >> repeat sooner than if it had been done today. [...] > > Are you looking for habits? > http://orgmode.org/manual/Tracking-your-habits.html#Tracking-your-habits No, I'm alreay using habits! But if I have a habit to shave every three days and sometime in the past two days I forgot to mark that I shaved, I need a way to record that fact without habits letting me slide for a day and a half past the time I should shave next. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com