Re: FR: Repeated time stamp, jumping from current time

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Mar 2, 2008, at 5:52 AM, Wanrong Lin wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Right now we can have a repeated time stamp like this:
>
> * TODO Do this every month
> SCHEDULED: <2008-03-01 Sat +1m>
>
> If I am late and mark the above done on 2008-03-05, the time stamp  
> will automatically jump to 2008-04-01. This is very useful for  
> things like paying monthly bills.
>
> However, for some tasks, it would make more sense to jump from the  
> date when it is marked done, not from when it is scheduled to be  
> done. An example is changing my furnace filter. I am supposed to  
> change it once a month, but if I am late for 10 days, the next date  
> to change should be 30 days away, not 20 days away.
>
> Maybe we can use a syntax like this to indicate that:
>
> <2008-03-01 Sat +=1m>

This is a good idea, along with Rainers version of it.

I have just pushed a change into the git repo which has two new
ways to write the repeater cookie:

++1w  will shift the date by at least one week, but also by as
       many weeks as needed to make sure that the next date lies
       in the future.

.+1w  will shift the date to 1 week from the moment when you mark the
       entry DONE.

Thanks for these useful ideas, Wanrong and Rainer.

- Carsten