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Re: [Orgmode] Re: Set timestamp duration


From: Bastien
Subject: Re: [Orgmode] Re: Set timestamp duration
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:42:49 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux)

Nuutti Kotivuori <address@hidden> writes:

> The problem with that is that when I press C-c . it defaults to the
> current date and time when over a timestamp, instead of the time that
> is specified on the timestamp - so to modify it, I have to do as much
> work as I did when creating it.

I think it should defaults to the date specified by the timestamp, as it
already does when the point is at the end of "<2007-05-16 Wed>--"

> For me, the *duration* of an appointment is the main piece of
> information I usually have - not when it is going to end. So I don't
> want to spend my measly brain cells to consider what's 5 and a half
> hours from 11:40, but just say 5:30 as the duration (or 5h30 or 5.5 or
> whatever).

Yes.  Maybe we could have something like this for duration:

* Pick up Sam at school <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w :2h>
                                                  ^^^

-- 
Bastien




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