Re: Double SCHEDULED: problem

[Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>]

pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (François Pinard) writes:

> Hi, Org friends!
>
> For my employer, I have to fill a "time form" every two weeks for
> salary, and also every month for customer billing.  So, I have one
> SCHEDULED: line for each of these recurrences.  Last week, the entry
> started like this:
>
>
> ** TODO *Rapport d'heures (Formation)                        :projet:
> SCHEDULED: <2012-02-27 lun ++2w>
> SCHEDULED: <2012-03-01 dim ++1m>
>
>
> Last Monday, turning the entry to DONE produced the following:
>
>
> ** TODO *Rapport d'heures (Formation)                        :projet:
> SCHEDULED: <2012-03-12 lun ++2w>
> SCHEDULED: <2012-04-01 dim ++1m>
>
>
> That is, *both* SCHEDULED: lines were advanced, and so, I missed to be
> remembered to do my little filling duty yesterday, which has not been a
> problem because others and I also received an email to that effect.
>
> I wonder if or how Org could have helped me better.  I would prefer
> keeping a single entry, because there many lines of contents ( the
> recipe details about how to fill the company form, clocktables,
> logbooks, and such things), which I would not like duplicated.
>

Two SCHEDULED: lines on a single entry is not supported by org-mode
AFAIK.  I would create a subtask for each of these

<untested>

* TODO Parent task with the details
  All your notes and procedures go here
** TODO Subtask 1
   SCHEDULED: <2012-03-12 lun ++2w>
** TODO subtask 2
   <2012-04-01 dim ++1m>

HTH,
Bernt