From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: How to "snooze" a repeating item Date: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:58:34 -0500 Message-ID: <877ht6cndx.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <4B1599F6.9080302@up.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFbgD-00077R-R4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:58:45 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NFbg9-000725-Vc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:58:45 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55222 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NFbg9-00071p-Qr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:58:41 -0500 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:54589) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NFbg9-0004jO-HA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:58:41 -0500 In-Reply-To: <4B1599F6.9080302@up.edu> (Andrew M. Nuxoll's message of "Tue\, 01 Dec 2009 14\:34\:30 -0800") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Andrew M. Nuxoll" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org "Andrew M. Nuxoll" writes: > I've been using org-mode for four months now and I just love it. So I > think I'm post-newb but still very amateur. > > Anyway, my to-do list has several repeating scheduled items like this > contrived example: > > ***** TODO [#B] Lunch date with Sarah at 12pm > SCHEDULED: <2009-12-08 Tue +1w> > > Or, in English, I meet with Sarah for lunch once a week on Tuesdays. > > Now, let's say that Sarah calls on Monday afternoon and says, "Can we > do lunch on Wednesday this week?" and I say "Sure thing." > > Now I have a problem. I could shift the date to Wednesday like this: > > ***** TODO [#B] Lunch date with Sarah at 12pm > SCHEDULED: <2009-12-09 Wed +1w> > > But that will mean that the following week it will *still* be > scheduled for Wednesdays (specifically Dec 16 instead of Dec 15). I > miss my regular lunch date with Sarah and catch ire for standing her > up. > > How do I handle situations like this? > > It seems like I either need a time stamp "stack" or I need a temporary > flag that "self destructs" after a prescribed time. > > :AMN: I would probably clone the entry once and set it for Wednesday and let the weekly repeater continue for next Tuesday. HTH, Bernt