Re: Active timestamp with notification in advance

[Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>]

Maybe use SCHEDULED: instead of DEADLINE: ?


Wanrong Lin <wanrong.lin@gmail.com> writes:

> Changing appointment time stamp into deadline will work, but I just
> think conceptually it is kind of twisted, because "deadline" means you
> have to do it BEFORE the specified time, while "appointment" means you
> have to do it at the specified time. Many calendar systems (like
> Google) support ahead notifications for appointments, so maybe we can
> consider extending the definition of ahead warnings in org-mode to
> scheduled items and active time stamps. Just my 2 cents. (Or, maybe I
> should make a better habit of looking ahead a few days in my agenda
> buffer. :-))
>
> Wanrong
>
> Carsten Dominik wrote:
>> In Org-mode, by definition, Deadlines are the ones with ahead warnings.
>> Why don't you just turn the appointments where you need early
>> reminders into deadlines?
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>> On Feb 26, 2008, at 11:01 PM, Wanrong Lin wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Currently we can set the number of days a deadline should be
>>> notified in advance with something like this:
>>>
>>> * TODO Do this
>>> DEADLINE: <2008-03-24 Mon -30d>
>>>
>>> But it does not work on a plain active time stamp like this:
>>>
>>> * TODO See Doctor
>>> <2008-03-24 Mon -30d>
>>>
>>> Can we consider adding this feature to plain active time stamp? It
>>> would be great for appointment notification.
>>>
>>> Thanks for giving that a thought.
>>>
>>> Wanrong
>>>
>>>
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