Andrew M. Nuxoll <nux...@up.edu> 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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