From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics? Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:01:59 +0100 Message-ID: <45FD3D92-E16C-477C-BBF7-7BF00DF4E479@uva.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgeBL-0005JV-O9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:02:07 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgeBL-0005Im-3c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:02:07 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44592 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LgeBK-0005IN-F8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:02:06 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f179.google.com ([209.85.219.179]:44076) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgeBJ-0003tw-SN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:02:06 -0400 Received: by ewy27 with SMTP id 27so981742ewy.42 for ; Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:02:01 -0700 (PDT) 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: Austin Frank Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hi Austin, since you want to use the same semantics as for deadlines, i.e. the same warning period etc, this really is a psychological issue :-) It is trouble to implement a new keyword or number of keywords. New commands needed to insert this new keyowrd, for example, and many regular expressions to generalize. What I would do if I was bothered by this would be (setq org-deadline-string "DUE:") which captures both the colors of DEADLINE and GOAL pretty well, I think. In fact, I wish I had made this the default from beginning, a much shorter and nicer word. Now it is too late to change this, I am afraid..... - Carsten On Mar 8, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Austin Frank wrote: > Hi all! > > Currently we can use the DEADLINE keyword to indicate a target date > for > an item to be finished. By my way of thinking, deadlines make sense > for > externally imposed constraints. I also try to set goals for myself > for > when an item will be completed. These are softer than deadlines, but > I think they could share the same semantics for creation, display, and > export. > > Would it be possible to make `org-deadline-string' a list of strings > that get handled in the same way as DEADLINE is currently handled? > That > way I could do things like > > * TODO write first chapter > GOAL: <2009-03-09 Mon> > > * TODO submit manuscript > GOAL: <2009-05-15 Fri> > DEADLINE: <2009-06-01 Mon> > > Where the first represents my own planning process and the second > contains my target completion date (trying to work ahead!) and the > hard > constraint imposed by whoever I'm submitting to. In all cases, I'd > like > agenda notification as the date approaches, I'd like to know if I've > passed it by, and I'd like the option of including it in ical export. > > Or maybe I should just learn to treat my GOALs like DEADLINEs and stop > letting myself off the hook so easily ;) > > Do other people think about things this way? Would you have a use for > a customizable list of keywords that all had the same semantics that > DEADLINE currently has? > > Thanks for considering it, > /au > > -- > Austin Frank > http://aufrank.net > GPG Public Key (D7398C2F): http://aufrank.net/personal.asc > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode