repetitive activity over a period of time, starting at the same time each day

repetitive activity over a period of time, starting at the same time each day

[Crni Gorac]

How to specify a time interval for a TODO that will say span over two
weeks, working days only, and that will start each day at 10am.  I
tried with timestamps available in org-mode, as well as with Emacs
diary timestamps, but to no avail.  Any suggestion?

Thanks.

Re: repetitive activity over a period of time, starting at the same time each day

[Stephan Schmitt]

Hi Crni,

you could create a todo heading scheduled for the first day, then use
org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift (you are asked for the number of
clones and the time shift, e.g. +1d), and then remove manually the
todo headings scheduled for the weekend.

hth,
	Stephan

Crni Gorac wrote:
> How to specify a time interval for a TODO that will say span over two
> weeks, working days only, and that will start each day at 10am.  I
> tried with timestamps available in org-mode, as well as with Emacs
> diary timestamps, but to no avail.  Any suggestion?
> 
> Thanks.

Re: repetitive activity over a period of time, starting at the same time each day

[Matt Lundin]

Crni Gorac <cgorac@gmail.com> writes:

> How to specify a time interval for a TODO that will say span over two
> weeks, working days only, and that will start each day at 10am.  I
> tried with timestamps available in org-mode, as well as with Emacs
> diary timestamps, but to no avail.  Any suggestion?
>

You could use a diary sexp:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* 10:00am Every weekday for two weeks
<%%(and (memq (calendar-day-of-week date) '(1 2 3 4 5)) (diary-block 11 9 2009 11 20 2009))>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

- Matt

Re: repetitive activity over a period of time, starting at the same time each day

[Crni Gorac]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
> Crni Gorac <cgorac@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> How to specify a time interval for a TODO that will say span over two
>> weeks, working days only, and that will start each day at 10am.  I
>> tried with timestamps available in org-mode, as well as with Emacs
>> diary timestamps, but to no avail.  Any suggestion?
>>
>
> You could use a diary sexp:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> * 10:00am Every weekday for two weeks
> <%%(and (memq (calendar-day-of-week date) '(1 2 3 4 5)) (diary-block 11 9 2009 11 20 2009))>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> - Matt
>
>

Thanks Matt, this is almost there; however, if this is a TODO item,
and if I mark it done, than it's marked done once and for all, and not
only for given day, like org-mode timestamps with repeater interval.
Any further suggestions here?  Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems very
strange to me that a need for alike timestamps was not recognized in
org-mode - for example, how would one build a TODO item for something
like a class spanning say over two months and with class hours say Mon
and Wed between 10am and 11am?

Also, is this placing time at the start of item, and having it
recognized when agenda view built some kind of special syntax?  I
wasn't able to find it mentioned in org-mode documentation...

Thanks.

Re: repetitive activity over a period of time, starting at the same time each day

[Matt Lundin]

Crni Gorac <cgorac@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> wrote:
>> Crni Gorac <cgorac@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> How to specify a time interval for a TODO that will say span over two
>>> weeks, working days only, and that will start each day at 10am.  I
>>> tried with timestamps available in org-mode, as well as with Emacs
>>> diary timestamps, but to no avail.  Any suggestion?
>>>
>>
>> You could use a diary sexp:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> * 10:00am Every weekday for two weeks
>> <%%(and (memq (calendar-day-of-week date) '(1 2 3 4 5)) (diary-block 11 9 2009 11 20 2009))>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> - Matt
>>
>
> Thanks Matt, this is almost there; however, if this is a TODO item,
> and if I mark it done, than it's marked done once and for all, and not
> only for given day, like org-mode timestamps with repeater interval.
> Any further suggestions here?  

Ah. I see. I don't think there's any way make an item with a diary sexp
behave like a recurring timestamp. I think the best solution here would
be to create multiple items w/ todos, as Stephan suggested in his post.

> Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems very strange to me that a need for alike
> timestamps was not recognized in org-mode - for example, how would one
> build a TODO item for something like a class spanning say over two
> months and with class hours say Mon and Wed between 10am and 11am?

I imagine one way to do this would be to create two items with repeating
timestamps:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* TODO 10:00am Class
  SCHEDULED: <2009-11-09 Mon +1w>
* TODO 10:00am Class
  SCHEDULED: <2009-11-11 Wed +1w>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

>
> Also, is this placing time at the start of item, and having it
> recognized when agenda view built some kind of special syntax?  I
> wasn't able to find it mentioned in org-mode documentation...

I'm sorry to say that I'm not sure where it's documented. But org-mode
does scan the headline for time of day information.

Best,
Matt