On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 7:06 AM David Rogers <davidandrewrog...@gmail.com> 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 >