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Re: [Orgmode] How to "snooze" a repeating item
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Darlan Cavalcante Moreira |
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Re: [Orgmode] How to "snooze" a repeating item |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:04:53 -0300 |
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Wanderlust/2.15.6 (Almost Unreal) Emacs/23.1 Mule/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) |
That's what I would do too. Also, I suggest making this entry an "habit" with
org-habit to see if you like it.
At Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:09:17 -0500,
Nick Dokos <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Andrew M. Nuxoll <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > 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:
> >
>
> If you are looking for an exclusively org solution, this won't satisfy.
> But here's how I would do it:
>
> o go to the agenda, move to the item and press <RET> to visit it.
>
> o copy/paste the subtree (C-c C-x M-w and C-c C-x C-y).
>
> o In one copy, advance the date by a week (to skip tomorrow's reminder).
>
> o In the other, advance the date to Wed and delete the repeater.
>
> HTH,
> Nick
>
> PS. To paraphrase Bernt: "Repeat after me: It's just text."
> Every time I start thinking of all kinds of Rube-Goldbergesque
> solutions to simple problems, I whack myself on the head with
> Bernt's reminder and my sanity is restored !-)
>
>
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