Re: how to add cyclic tasks

[Ross Patterson <me@rpatterson.net>]

Ross Patterson <me@rpatterson.net> writes:

> Paul R <paul.r.ml@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:55:00 +0530, "alpesh gajbe" <alpeshgajbe@gmail.com> said:
>> alpesh> * Lecture at Kalina Health center from 9.00 to 10.00
>> alpesh> SCHEDULED: <2008-08-20 Wed +1w>
>>
>> This entry will be push 1 week forward as soon as it gets DONE
>
> Actually, I think this just means it happens every wednesday.  I think
> the *following* will do the behaviour you describe, pushing it forward
> one week every time the task is marked done:
>
>     * Lecture at Kalina Health center from 9.00 to 10.00
>     SCHEDULED: <2008-08-20 Wed .+1w>
>
> From the info pages:
>
>     With the `+1m' cookie, the date shift will always be exactly one
>     month.  So if you have not payed the rent for three months, marking
>     this entry DONE will still keep it as an overdue deadline.
>     Depending on the task, this may not be the best way to handle it.
>     For example, if you forgot to call you father for 3 weeks, it does
>     not make sense to call him 3 times in a single day to make up for
>     it.  Finally, there are tasks like changing batteries which should
>     always repeat a certain time after the last time you did it.  For
>     these tasks, Org mode has special repeaters markers with `++' and
>     `.+'.  For example:

Nope, I misread it and now I understand it better.  Well I've helped
myself if no one else.  :/

Ross