Re: todo-prefix default value has odd diary interpretation

[Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>]

"Denis Bueno" <dbueno@gmail.com> writes:

> On 4/20/07, Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> wrote:
>> "Denis Bueno" wrote:
>>
>> > So, first: is there a way to set a deadline for a todo, such that
>> > emacs will display an appointment at the time of the deadline for the
>> > todo?
>>
>> It seems not, because todo's don't have a concept of a time at which
>> they need to be done. Why not just make a normal diary entry?
>
> I may do that. It seems weird to have to look in two places for todos
> (if I put deadline-having todos in diary but not in todo-mode), but I
> suppose I could put the deadline in diary, and the todo in .todo-do.
> This duplicates a bit of work, but may be psychologically acceptable.
>
>>
>> > Second: should this behavior be changed so that the time of entering
>> > the todo should not be considered an appointment time?
>>
>> Try customizing todo-time-string-format so that the time of day is not
>> recognized by appt.
>
> Ah. Hadn't thought of that. Will report on any solution.
>
> -Denis
>
>

You may also like to check out planner-mode. It provides quite powerful
facilities for scheduling tasks, being warned about deadlines, tracking time,
generating reports of completed/uncompleted/in-progress tasks, convenient links
between related items in a specific project - including integration with bbdb,
various mail clients, w3m, emacs bookmarks, etc. I've been using it for quite a
while now and have found it extremely useful in managing day planning, project
planning/tracking and information tracking. 

Tim

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