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[Orgmode] Re: GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics?
From: |
Shelagh Manton |
Subject: |
[Orgmode] Re: GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics? |
Date: |
Sun, 8 Mar 2009 22:54:30 +0000 (UTC) |
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Pan/0.132 (Waxed in Black) |
On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:36:57 -0400, Austin Frank wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> Currently we can use the DEADLINE keyword to indicate a target date for
> an item to be finished. By my way of thinking, deadlines make sense for
> externally imposed constraints. I also try to set goals for myself for
> when an item will be completed. These are softer than deadlines, but I
> think they could share the same semantics for creation, display, and
> export.
>
> Would it be possible to make `org-deadline-string' a list of strings
> that get handled in the same way as DEADLINE is currently handled? That
> way I could do things like
>
> * TODO write first chapter
> GOAL: <2009-03-09 Mon>
>
> * TODO submit manuscript
> GOAL: <2009-05-15 Fri>
> DEADLINE: <2009-06-01 Mon>
>
> Where the first represents my own planning process and the second
> contains my target completion date (trying to work ahead!) and the hard
> constraint imposed by whoever I'm submitting to. In all cases, I'd like
> agenda notification as the date approaches, I'd like to know if I've
> passed it by, and I'd like the option of including it in ical export.
>
> Or maybe I should just learn to treat my GOALs like DEADLINEs and stop
> letting myself off the hook so easily ;)
>
> Do other people think about things this way? Would you have a use for a
> customizable list of keywords that all had the same semantics that
> DEADLINE currently has?
>
> Thanks for considering it,
> /au
I think this sounds like something I've wished for since I first found
out about org-mode. Thank you for analysing it so succinctly.
I would use this if it could be done.
Shelagh