Re: access to specific instance(s) of past recurring event(s)

[Tim Cross]

Mark Barton <mbarton98@gmail.com> writes:

> 
>
>> On Sep 25, 2022, at 5:44 AM, Saša Janiška <sjaniska@atmarama.net> wrote:
>> 
>> When looking for some solution I've stumbled upon this (old) post
>> https://karl-voit.at/2017/01/15/org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift/ which 
>> utilizes
>> *org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift*.
>
> I also use this method for some of my reoccurring events. I usually create a 
> year's worth
> of clones and then a task to clone more for next year. It is nice to be able 
> to
> remove/adjust some of the subtree entries to accommodate holidays.
>
> When I don't use this method for a reoccurring event then I usually just 
> schedule a
> repeating task and then have my notes in that task to record what happened 
> each time.
>
> Mark

That is pretty much my work flow as well. Sometimes cloning is useful
because you actually want separate 'entries' and want to retain
them. Other times, you actually want all the notes associated with some
repeating 'thing' to be kept together. Having this flexibility is very
useful.