[Orgmode] FR: multiple or repeating active timestamps in agenda

[Austin Frank]

Hello!

I'm getting to the point of actually using org for organization (as
opposed to using it for note taking and publishing and procrastination).
Currently, when a repeated task is marked as done, it shows up again in
the agenda on the date of the next occurrence of the task as long as the
task is scheduled or has a deadline.  I'd like to request two additions
to this behavior.

First, would it be possible to add this same feature for active
timestamps that don't occur in a SCHEDULED or DEADLINE line?  I follow
the advice in the manual and don't use SCHEDULED for meetings, but I do
have some recurring meetings.  So, for the following entry:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Standing Appointments
** TODO Meeting with Mike
   <2008-01-23 Wed 10:00-11:30 +1w>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I'd like to be able to mark it as done every week, without needing it to
be SCHEDULED or have a DEADLINE.  Currently, the first time I mark it as
done, all past and future repetitions are also marked as done.

Second, for some events with only a few repetitions I create multiple
active timestamps within one entry instead of using a repeating
timestamp.  So, for example, I have an entry like:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Standing Appointments
** TODO Swing III
   <2008-01-21 Mon 19:30-21:30>
   <2008-01-28 Mon 19:30-21:30>
   <2008-02-04 Mon 19:30-21:30>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Given that we can't combine repetition intervals with date ranges (or
can we?), would it be possible to add a new behavior to deal with this
case?  When a TODO entry contains multiple time stamps, all of them
would show up in the agenda as TODO items.  Marking the item as done
would use the same logic used for dealing with repeaters, and would
continue to include the next active timestamp in the agenda as a TODO.

In the past I have dealt with this second case by adding more structure
to the task:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Standing Appointments
** Swing III
*** TODO Week 1
    <2008-01-21 Mon 19:30-21:30>
*** TODO Week 2
    <2008-01-28 Mon 19:30-21:30>
*** TODO Week 3
    <2008-02-04 Mon 19:30-21:30>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

This gets the job done, but seems unnecessarily cluttered and redundant
to me.

Thanks for considering it,
/au

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