Desmond Rivet <desmond_n...@videotron.ca> writes:
> What I'm after is something very close to the DEADLINE feature, but not
> quite. With DEADLINE, you have the following behavour (unless there's a
> way to alter it?):
>
> * without a TODO state, you get early reminders in your agenda up until
> the DEADLINE date, after which you get warnings that the date is
> past, forever.
>
> * with a TODO state item, you get the same thing, except you can turn
> off the reminders/warnings by setting the state to DONE.
>
> So unless you want the DEADLINE'ed date appearing on your agenda forever
> after the due date, you need a TODO state
...not before the deadline (see below).
> and you need to set it to DONE.
Option one (simplest): Omit the todo state before the deadline and then
mark the item DONE after the deadline has past..
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* 6:00pm Appointment
DEADLINE: <2010-04-17 Sat -7d>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
until the deadline passes, then
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* DONE 6:00pm Appointment
DEADLINE: <2010-04-17 Sat -7d>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> I am currently using the diary for this, and incorporating it into the
> orgmode agenda. I have entries like this:
>
> %%(diary-remind '(diary-date 11 12 t) -14) Mom's birthday.
>
> I've been using this system for a while, and it works. But it's not
> ideal. For example, I haven't figured out how to incorporate a time
> with the date using this system. If I had an appointment on April 17th,
> 2010, 6pm, for example, and I wanted a simple reminder 5 days in
> advance, I don't know how I'd do that.
Option two:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* Appointments
%%(diary-remind '(diary-date 2 15 2010) -7) 6:00pm My appointment
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Which produces the following agenda view:
Day-agenda (W06):
Friday 12 February 2010
8:00...... ----------------
10:00...... ----------------
12:00...... ----------------
14:00...... ----------------
16:00...... ----------------
refile: 18:00...... Reminder: Only 3 days until My appointment
20:00...... ----------------
Best,
Matt
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