From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Sauer Subject: Re: Cloning tasks subtrees when repeating? Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 13:42:55 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35544) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QM2kv-0000Ae-IX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2011 14:43:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QM2kr-0006X7-Iq for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2011 14:43:01 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:50802) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QM2kr-0006Wv-56 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 16 May 2011 14:42:57 -0400 Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so1584556ewy.0 for ; Mon, 16 May 2011 11:42:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Lindsay Todd Cc: org-mode Have you looked into: C-c C-x c (org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift) Clone a subtree by making a number of sibling copies of it. You will be prompted for the number of copies to make, and you can also specify if any timestamps in the entry should be shifted. This can be useful, for example, to create a number of tasks related to a series of lectures to prepare. For more details, see the docstring of the command org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift. Your usecase may need some modification or adding this to a custom function for it to work. On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Lindsay Todd wrote: > Folks: I am looking for a nice org-mode-ish way to manage a task check > list that repeats regularly. =A0I would like to log, then archive, which > items actually are completed when I close the task. =A0(It isn't > uncommon to have a few open.) > > Here is the situation: Every couple of weeks, I have an opportunity to > work through a checklist of about 40-50 system maintenance tasks, > organized under a repeating TODO-task item. =A0At the end of the > maintenance time period, I close the task (which reschedules nicely), > then cut-n-paste the partly-marked list to the LOGBOOK drawer (as well > as any additional notes I want to log). =A0Then I manually clear out the > check list... > > This is not too much work, but of course it would be nice if the > checklist could automatically be saved, then cleared. =A0But there is > another problem: my LOGBOOK drawer is getting very large, and > checklist processing has been slowing (I can no longer use it). > > What would be nice is if I could close the task, the repeated entry > would be an entirely new task. =A0Perhaps it is a clone of the task I > just closed (with a new date), or perhaps it is populated from some > sort of template. =A0The important thing is I need a new task entry, so > I can archive the old entry, and still have a new entry with a new > date. > > Has anyone else had a similar use-case that could suggest an approach > they've used? > > Thanks! > > /Lindsay > >