That's what I would do too. Also, I suggest making this entry an "habit" with org-habit to see if you like it.
At Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:09:17 -0500, Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@hp.com> wrote: > > 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 !-) > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode