Sagar Shankar <sa...@scubed.in> writes: > Hi all, been using Org-Mode for just over a month now and have stumbled into > something that I cannot still figure out how to implement. > > I want to set aside a fixed amount of time each day (say 2 hours) at a > specific > time(18-00-20:00 say) to work on a specific task. I want this task to repeat > for > 7 days and for state changes (from TODO to DONE) to be tracked for those 7 > days. > The latter while ideal, is also optional, as in a base case, I'd be happy to > just get the task automatically marked TODO 7 times in my Agenda till the 7 > days > are over. > > Right now, I've tried using the following syntax: > > ** TODO Work on XYZ > SCHEDULED: <2015-01-21 Wed 20:30-21:30>-- <2015-01-28 Wed 20:30-21:30> > > When I mark this as complete for today, all the other occurrences are also > marked as DONE, which I do not want. Another confusing factor is that instead > of > counting 7 occurrences of this task, Org counts it as 8 (which is another > thing > I'd love to get explained)
Wednesday to Wednesday is 8 days. I guess you really want Wednesday to Tuesday. I would set up 7 separate tasks, by creating the first and then using C-c C-x c to make 6 clones of the task shifted by a day. Cheers, Loris > I know tracking repeated tasks is best suited for Org-Habits but I cannot find > anywhere in the documentation for that module, a parameter that allows me to > track habits for only 7 times or 8 times say, and for that habit to be > inserted > into the agenda at a specific time only. > > Would really appreciate some advice! > > Thanks for your time, > Sagar > -- This signature is currently under construction.
