Re: Requesting some help with scheduled repeated tasks

[Andreas Leha <andreas.leha@med.uni-goettingen.de>]

Hi Sagar,

Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in> writes:
> Thanks Christopher, the latter option seems to accomplish what I
> require though not very elegant

I though so first, too.  But by now I came to like that approach a lot.
It provides so much flexibility with the individual instances (like
moving, keeping notes, cancellation, etc.).

Give it some time and maybe you'll like it in the end ;-)

Regards,
Andreas

>
> With Regards,
> Sagar
>
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Christopher Witte
> <chris@witte.net.au> wrote:
>
>     
>     
>     Hi Sagar,
>     
>     I think you either want a repeating task see
>     http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html
>     
>     
>     or to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift see
>     http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-editing.html#Structure-editing
>     
>     
>     I think repeated tasks repeat for ever, so from your description
>     org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift might be better.
>     
>     
>     
>     I hope that helps,
>     Chris.
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     
>     On 26 January 2015 at 14:13, Sagar Shankar <sagar@scubed.in>
>     wrote:
>     
>     
>         Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have
>         stumbled into something that I cannot still figure out how to
>         implement.
>         
>         
>         I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2
>         hours) at a specific time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a
>         specific task. I want this task to repeat for 7 days and for
>         state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be tracked for those 7
>         days. The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a base
>         case, I'd be happy to just get the task automatically marked
>         TODO 7 times in my Agenda till the 7 days are over.
>         
>         
>         Right now, I've tried using the following syntax:
>         
>         
>         
>         ** TODO Work on XYZ
>         SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed
>         20:30-21:30>
>         
>         
>         When I mark this as complete for today, all the other
>         occurrences are also marked as DONE, which I do not want.
>         Another confusing factor is that instead of counting 7
>         occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which is another
>         thing I'd love to get explained)
>         
>         
>         I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits
>         but I cannot find anywhere in the documentation for that
>         module, a parameter that allows me to track habits for only 7
>         times or 8 times say, and for that habit to be inserted into
>         the agenda at a specific time only. 
>         
>         
>         Would really appreciate some advice!
>         
>         
>         Thanks for your time,
>         Sagar