Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-13 Thread Carsten Dominik
On 12.4.2011, at 22:00, Memnon Anon wrote: > Hi, > Christopher Allan Webber writes: > >> I was once one of the many people who apparently originally >> misunderstood what "SCHEDULED" meant, and used to set it to like, an >> appointment time. > > Well, you can use it that way. > The point is: S

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-13 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Michael Brand writes: > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 16:43, Christopher Allan Webber > Are your concerns concrete? > > I have thought about and tested this already before: The three example > items above show up in the agenda, and are still correct even after > changing with `S->'. So this "newer/futu

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-13 Thread Michael Brand
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 16:43, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > Michael Brand writes: >> * _appointment_ that _occurs_ at bike shop (keyword inside drawer) >>  :PROPERTIES: >>  :TIMESTAMP: <2011-04-12 Tue 19:00> >>  :END: >> * _appointment_ that _occurs_ at bike shop (keyword outside drawer) >>

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-13 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Michael Brand writes: > Yes, I suggest to remove this limitation and would prefer TIMESTAMP > much over OCCURANCE, APPOINTMENT (not every occurrance is an > appointment) or any other name to avoid a second name for the same > behavior of the existing special property TIMESTAMP and to avoid > conf

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-13 Thread Michael Brand
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 15:08, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > Michael Brand writes: > >> The name could be critical. To avoid any confusions/collisions I would >> recommend to use just that name TIMESTAMP for easy get/set access: >> >> * _appointment_ that _occurs_ at bike shop >>   :PROPERTIE

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-13 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Michael Brand writes: > The name could be critical. To avoid any confusions/collisions I would > recommend to use just that name TIMESTAMP for easy get/set access: > > * _appointment_ that _occurs_ at bike shop > :PROPERTIES: > :TIMESTAMP: <2011-04-12 Tue 19:00> > :END: > Maybe you're alre

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-13 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Matt Lundin writes: > O.K. I wasn't clear what you meant by property in the original post. > What about :APPOINTMENT:? "Appointment" makes a lot of sense. +1. Better than "occurance" I think. :) -- The bottom line.

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-13 Thread Michael Brand
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 22:52, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > ** Pick up bike from the shop >   :PROPERTIES: >   :OCCURANCE: <2011-04-12 Tue 19:00> >   :END: > > etc. > > It's nice to know there's a meta-property for TIMESTAMP, but I'm > specifically looking for a nice place to put that timesta

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-12 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
Matt Lundin writes: > There is a special property name for active timestamps: TIMESTAMP. You > can access the first active timestamp in an entry (either with column > view or org-entry-get) via the special property TIMESTAMP. Inactive > timestamps = TIMESTAMP_IA. > Hm, that's interesting. But I

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-12 Thread Richard Riley
Memnon Anon writes: > Hi, > Christopher Allan Webber writes: > >> I was once one of the many people who apparently originally >> misunderstood what "SCHEDULED" meant, and used to set it to like, an >> appointment time. > > Well, you can use it that way. > The point is: Scheduled items behave dif

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-12 Thread Matt Lundin
Christopher Allan Webber writes: > Matt Lundin writes: > >> There is a special property name for active timestamps: TIMESTAMP. You >> can access the first active timestamp in an entry (either with column >> view or org-entry-get) via the special property TIMESTAMP. Inactive >> timestamps = TIMES

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-12 Thread Memnon Anon
Hi, Christopher Allan Webber writes: > I was once one of the many people who apparently originally > misunderstood what "SCHEDULED" meant, and used to set it to like, an > appointment time. Well, you can use it that way. The point is: Scheduled items behave differently to timestamped items. If y

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-12 Thread Matt Lundin
Christopher Allan Webber writes: > theo writes: > >> Hello, >> >> On 12/04/2011 00:42, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: >>> I was once one of the many people who apparently originally >>> misunderstood what "SCHEDULED" meant, and used to set it to like, an >>> appointment time. >> >> That's what

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-12 Thread Matt Lundin
Christopher Allan Webber writes: > I was once one of the many people who apparently originally > misunderstood what "SCHEDULED" meant, and used to set it to like, an > appointment time. > > It seems the appropriate thing for what I actually meant was to just > put a timestamp anywhere in the entr

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-12 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
theo writes: > Hello, > > On 12/04/2011 00:42, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: >> I was once one of the many people who apparently originally >> misunderstood what "SCHEDULED" meant, and used to set it to like, an >> appointment time. > > That's what I do. > > Maybe I lack background, but why do

Re: [O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-11 Thread theo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, On 12/04/2011 00:42, Christopher Allan Webber wrote: > I was once one of the many people who apparently originally > misunderstood what "SCHEDULED" meant, and used to set it to like, an > appointment time. That's what I do. Maybe I lack backg

[O] Occurance property, or some similar name?

2011-04-11 Thread Christopher Allan Webber
I was once one of the many people who apparently originally misunderstood what "SCHEDULED" meant, and used to set it to like, an appointment time. It seems the appropriate thing for what I actually meant was to just put a timestamp anywhere in the entry and that works out well. A lot of people pu