* Karl Maihofer <ignora...@gmx.de> wrote: > > when I used Omnifocus for my task management I made heavy use of > start dates to keep unavailable > tasks from my tasks lists. If you for example create a task > "Buy new DVD" this task should not be shown in > your lists until the DVD is published and available.
Three things I am using can help you: 1) Use warning periods together with DEADLINE or SCHEDULED: «You can specify a different lead time for warnings for a specific deadlines using the following syntax. Here is an example with a warning period of 5 days DEADLINE: <2004-02-29 Sun -5d>.» 2) Use http://orgmode.org/org.html#TODO-dependencies 3) http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-depend.html -- Karl Voit