From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Mark S" Subject: Bug: Recurring items NEVER show up in timeline unaccompanied Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:43:49 -0800 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: throaway@yahoo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=55802 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q25dq-0000UV-5w for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:45:16 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q25dl-0003yk-4L for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:45:10 -0400 Received: from fed1rmfepo101.cox.net ([68.230.241.143]:37405) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q25dk-0003xv-Tq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:45:09 -0400 Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmfepo101.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20110322174504.TWPN17030.fed1rmfepo101.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:45:04 -0400 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org You know, I think this may be the same bug I ran into 3 years ago when I last tried Org-mode. Is there any hope that this will be addressed? I note that this forum is the only location given for sending bug reports in the documentation. Thanks! Mark --- On Sat, 3/19/11, Nick Dokos wrote: > From: Nick Dokos > Subject: Re: [O] Bug: Recurring items don't always show up in timeline > To: "Chris Randle" > Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 11:46 AM > Chris Randle > wrote: >> On 2011-03-18 21:20, Nick Dokos wrote: > > > Mark Swrote: > > > > > >> I posted this before as a question, but since > it has been confirmed by > > >> others, and shows up under Linux and Windows, > I'll now post the > > >> details as a bug. > > >> > > >> The Timeline view *would* be very useful for > scheduling months in > > >> advance, reviewing history, or printing a > year event > > >> calendar. Unfortunately, it appears that it > can't really be trusted. > > >> The basic problem is that in AGENDA TIMELINE > view ("C-a L") recurring > > >> items are frequently and unpredictably > dropped from the view. The > > >> regular AGENDA view works fine AFAIK -- its > the TIMELINE that is at > > >> issue. > > > > > > AFAICT, the culprit is org-get-all-dates: it > matches date strings, translates > > > to number of days since the (imaginary) date > 0001-12-31bce, > > > accumulates them in a list, sorts them, takes > care of gaps - but > > > completely ignores any repeaters: iow, the "don't > always show" in the > > > Subject line should more accurately say "never > show". > >> Unless I'm missing something (again!), when I try it, > they *do* repeat > > *sometimes*. For example, the entry > >> TODO [#A] Bath for dog <2011-03-10 Thu +1w> > >> appears in agenda timeline as follows: > >> 2011-03-10, miss 1 week, 2011-03-24, 2011-03-31, > 2011-04-07, miss 7 > > weeks, 2011-06-02, miss 8 weeks (agenda terminates > 2011-07-31). > >That's true. I believe that's when it coincides with > another entry: it > sneaks in on the heels of the other entry. But I may very > well be wrong: > I have only scratched the surface a bit. >Nick >