Here is the testcase input. The rest is exported to ascii for easier reading.
******* 1 scheduled today and deadline safely outside warning DEADLINE: <2009-09-17 Thu> SCHEDULED: <2009-08-03 Mon> ******* 2 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /safely outside warning/ DEADLINE: <2009-09-17 Thu> SCHEDULED: <2009-07-27 Mon> ******* 3 scheduled today and deadline warning DEADLINE: <2009-08-05 Wed> SCHEDULED: <2009-08-03 Mon> ******* 4 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /warning/ DEADLINE: <2009-08-05 Wed> SCHEDULED: <2009-07-27 Mon> ******* 5 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /due today/ DEADLINE: <2009-08-03 Mon> SCHEDULED: <2009-07-27 Mon> ******* 6 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /overdue/ DEADLINE: <2009-08-01 Sat> SCHEDULED: <2009-07-27 Mon> test case for org agenda with a task with deadline and scheduled timestamps =========================================================================== Table of Contents ================= 1 note: if you try this, try it today [2009-08-03 Mon] 2 input (note the italics) 2.1 1 scheduled today and deadline safely outside warning 2.2 2 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /safely outside warning/ 2.3 3 scheduled today and deadline warning 2.4 4 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /warning/ 2.5 5 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /due today/ 2.6 6 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /overdue/ 3 colophon 4 results, output 5 comments 1 note: if you try this, try it today [2009-08-03 Mon] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 input (note the italics) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2.1 1 scheduled today and deadline safely outside warning ========================================================== DEADLINE: <2009-09-17 Thu> SCHEDULED: <2009-08-03 Mon> 2.2 2 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /safely outside warning/ ====================================================================== DEADLINE: <2009-09-17 Thu> SCHEDULED: <2009-07-27 Mon> 2.3 3 scheduled today and deadline warning =========================================== DEADLINE: <2009-08-05 Wed> SCHEDULED: <2009-08-03 Mon> 2.4 4 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /warning/ ======================================================= DEADLINE: <2009-08-05 Wed> SCHEDULED: <2009-07-27 Mon> 2.5 5 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /due today/ ========================================================= DEADLINE: <2009-08-03 Mon> SCHEDULED: <2009-07-27 Mon> 2.6 6 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /overdue/ ======================================================= DEADLINE: <2009-08-01 Sat> SCHEDULED: <2009-07-27 Mon> 3 colophon ~~~~~~~~~~~ - must be run on the same date as the deadline due date - strategy is effectively time-up category-keep 4 results, output ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ remember: In 2 d.: 3 scheduled today and deadline warning :norefile:: remember: In 2 d.: 4 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /warning/ :norefile:: remember: Deadline: 5 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /due today/ :norefile:: remember: In -2 d.: 6 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /overdue/ :norefile:: remember: Scheduled: 1 scheduled today and deadline safely outside warning :norefile:: remember: Sched. 8x: 2 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /safely outside warning/ :norefile:: remember: Scheduled: 3 scheduled today and deadline warning :norefile:: remember: Sched. 8x: 4 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /warning/ :norefile:: remember: Sched. 8x: 5 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /due today/ :norefile:: remember: Sched. 8x: 6 scheduled earlier than today, deadline /overdue/ :norefile:: 5 comments ~~~~~~~~~~~ 1) i do believe that it is important to support tasks having both scheduled and deadline. i assume that other combinations are not necessary. these include appointment with scheduled, appointment with deadline, and appointment with scheduled and deadline. those can be separate tasks. 2) 3 4 5 6 are duplicated. i think that this should be eliminated, as the op in a previous thread suggests. 3) for some tasks, the deadline/scheduled column prioritizes telling us about scheduled. i think that deadline is more important, so that should be shown instead unless the deadline is safely outside the warning period. other tasks do this correctly. 4) 1 and 3 are likely not important to distinguish (unlike with deadlines, there is nothing /particularly/ special about the fact that scheduled began exactly today). 5) faces are very important for 2 4 5 6. that is, i think that there should probably be 4 separate faces for 2 4 5 6. the reason for this is that imo the most important information the user needs is deadline: 1 safe, 2 within warning, 3 due today, and 4 overdue. this is not the case currently. i think that 1 and 3 should be assigned the same face as 2 and 4, respectively, to keep the number of faces low. of course, there are other important faces: - appointment - scheduled without deadline. this can be the same face as 2. - deadline without scheduled. this can be the same faces as 2 4 5 6. therefore, the total number of faces for the agenda task lines should be just 5. 6) i think that 3 and 4 should put "Warn" instead of "In" for 4. this indicates that it is within the warning period. 7) i would consider putting "OK" or "Safe" or "Prewarn" or something similar instead of "Sched." for 1 and 2. then the column shows only deadline information, which is a consistent approach. another benefit of this is that you know that there /is/ a deadline. if it shows "Sched." then you know that it is merely scheduled. this is important because you might not have set a deadline yet because it was "to be determined". in such a case, with "OK" or similar, you know whether there is a risk of missing the unset deadline. 8) this is minor, but in the input, org puts deadline before scheduled. users are probably more familiar with having earlier dates on the left and later dates on the right, however (in most languages). i think that scheduled should always be earlier than deadline. Hope it helps. _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode