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From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
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Cc: "Andrew M. Nuxoll" <nuxoll@up.edu>, Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org

Eric S Fraga <ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> At Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:08:31 -0700,
> Andrew M. Nuxoll wrote:
> > In my mind, there is no conflict between scheduling and deadlining.
> 
> I agree with you on this point but, in this case, it makes sense for
> both aspects to be highlighted in the agenda view.  I would suggest
> that you might wish to change (reduce) the warning period for the
> deadline when you schedule an item or alternatively not schedule an
> item but simply assign an appointment date/time (i.e. an active time
> stamp) to it for when you want to work on the task.  The latter is
> what I do in many cases.
> 

Quite likely it's a failure of imagination on my part, but I still
don't see why you would both schedule and deadline an item. Could
you provide a scenario where that would be useful?

Thanks,
Nick