Dwight, Thanks very much. I see the light now!! I do agree that the default behavior in the RTE box should work for -s and -d without having to resort to the -L workaround.
Phil. On Monday, October 8, 2012 4:59:00 PM UTC-4, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > Phil, before trying to answer, let me be extremely clear that we are > talking about workarounds for a feature which is apparently suffering from > a bug. You are asking about “the correct syntax” but the correct syntax > does not currently seem to work. So my answer will attempt to provide > workarounds. > > > > 1. A task that starts today and is due in 3 days time. > > Taskname –S Today –L3d > > > > 2. A task due in 7 days’ time that starts two days prior to the due > date? > > Taskname –D7d –L2d > > > > For anyone who does not know, the bug we are discussing is where start > date and due date are both specified on an RTE entry and lead time is not > specified. The result of the bug is that the date specified for due date > will be used for both start and due date, the date specified for start date > will be ignored. > > > > In answering Phil’s question I experienced a second anomaly. Today is > October 8. When I specify –D1d I expect the due date to be in one day which > makes it October 9 but instead I get October 10. Similarly if I specify > –D7d I expect October 15 but I get the 16th. Perhaps this is because I am > running this test late in the day of the 8th, or because MLO knows that > the 8th is a US holiday. But probably it’s just a bug. > > -Dwight > > > > *From:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > mylifeo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Philb > *Sent:* Monday, October 08, 2012 1:13 PM > *To:* mylifeo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* [MLO] Re: Does Rapid Task entry support entering a start date > AND a due date for an item? > > > > Still struggling with this. So what would the correct syntax be for these: > > > > 1. A task that starts today and is due in 3 days time. > > 2. A task due in 7 days time that starts two days prior to the due date? > > > > > On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:47:12 PM UTC-4, Philb wrote: > > I don't seem to be able to get MLO to parse both a start and a due date > for a single item via the Rapid Task Entry window. Is this supported? If > so, can someone show me the syntax? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/MWE3sHR6XTEJ. > To post to this group, send email to mylifeo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mylifeorganiz...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/6O4IvUh9pjMJ. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
