Re: Can Org warn me if I create a time conflict?

[Allen Li]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 7:06 AM David Rogers
<address@hidden> wrote:
>
> It's currently possible for me to create two meeting times, one from 
> 8:00-10:00 tomorrow and the other from 9:00-11:00 tomorrow.
>
> When both are mentioned in the same sentence, as above, it's easy to 
> recognize that the two meetings are probably incompatible. But org-mode 
> allows agenda items to be created at different times and in different files; 
> it's possible to create Meeting #1 far in advance, have enough time to forget 
> that Meeting #1 exists, and then create Meeting #2 covering the same period 
> of time. (Compare this with the wall calendar made of paper, where if I try 
> to add Meeting #2 I'll be forced to write it in the same physical space, and 
> therefore automatically be alerted before making the error.)
>
> Is there any method to get org-mode to alert me (by an error message, or a 
> red mark in the agenda, or whatever) that I've created a conflict - 
> specifically, a method that doesn't involve me having to remember to perform 
> any type of conflict-checking myself? If I could remember to do things like 
> conflict checks, I wouldn't really need org-agenda anyway. :-)
>
> I realize that it's likely some situations *do* require timed events to 
> happen concurrently - but I don't believe that they're the usual case for an 
> individual. Having an "ignore conflict" or "accept anyway" type of option 
> would make sense to me for such situations.

Does org-clock-consistency-checks support your needs?
https://orgmode.org/manual/Agenda-commands.html

>
> --
> Thanks
> David
>