Sam Auciello <ollei...@gmail.com> writes: > I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum for this question.
Not at all; definitely the right place. However, I would suggest you search the mailing list first before asking as your question has come up umpteen times before! It's also answered on Worg. > I'm trying to set up repeating events to stop repeating after a given > date. In this case it's classes I'm taking this semester that need to > repeat once a week so I enter them like: > > *** Programming Workshop > <2012-01-24 Tue 13:30-14:50 +1w>, <2012-01-20 Fri 13:30-14:50 +1w> > > The agenda shows the class being scheduled each tuesday and friday but I > would like to tell it to stop repeating at the end of the semester. > > I didn't see anything helpful here: > http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html#Repeated-tasks > > The options I see here are using C-c C-x c to make a bunch of duplicate > entries (which seems a little messy to me, but perhaps this is just how > it's done) or simply marking the item as DONE at the end of the semester. > The latter option seems a little weird to me too since it would make my > agenda for the following semester cluttered if I was looking at it to plan > future events. Is there an option I'm overlooking? > > Thank you, > > Peace > ~Sam I do the latter (copy with time shift) and have been doing so for quite a while. I find this is quite appropriate for schedules like this as it allows one to "miss" the odd entry (e.g. study/reading week or class cancelled for whatever reason). I am not sure what you mean by saying that it makes the agenda cluttered? The result is the same in the agenda view: an entry for each day/time a class is scheduled. I also do not understand your reference to marking anything done! This is not a TODO item, it is an appointment. I think it's worthwhile distinguishing between appointments (which *have* to take place at the appointed time) and scheduled work (i.e. a /task/ which you intend to do at a certain time but which may end up being done earlier or later). The latter is a TODO item; the former is not. The latter will remain in the agenda view until it is marked done whereas the former only appears on the time+day indicated. I hope this makes some sort of sense... -- : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.92.1 : using Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.122.g5b407)
