Hi Sagar, Sagar Shankar <sa...@scubed.in> writes: > Thanks Christopher, the latter option seems to accomplish what I > require though not very elegant
I though so first, too. But by now I came to like that approach a lot. It provides so much flexibility with the individual instances (like moving, keeping notes, cancellation, etc.). Give it some time and maybe you'll like it in the end ;-) Regards, Andreas > > With Regards, > Sagar > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Christopher Witte > <ch...@witte.net.au> wrote: > > > > Hi Sagar, > > I think you either want a repeating task see > http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html > > > or to use org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift see > http://orgmode.org/manual/Structure-editing.html#Structure-editing > > > I think repeated tasks repeat for ever, so from your description > org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift might be better. > > > > I hope that helps, > Chris. > > > > > > On 26 January 2015 at 14:13, Sagar Shankar <sa...@scubed.in> > wrote: > > > 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) > > > 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