Thanks, I was confused by the distinction between scheduled items and appointments but you've cleared this up. What I was thinking would be cluttered was if I just used the <.. +1w> syntax and I was looking at my agenda for next semester (when the class is over) then the agenda would be cluttered with events that weren't meant to be there. This link: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#org-class, looks to be just what I needed.
Thanks, Peace ~Sam On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Eric S Fraga <e.fr...@ucl.ac.uk> wrote: > Sam Auciello <ollei...@gmail.com> writes: > > > I apologize in advance if this is the wrong forum for this question. > > Not at all; definitely the right place. However, I would suggest you > search the mailing list first before asking as your question has come up > umpteen times before! It's also answered on Worg. > > > I'm trying to set up repeating events to stop repeating after a given > > date. In this case it's classes I'm taking this semester that need to > > repeat once a week so I enter them like: > > > > *** Programming Workshop > > <2012-01-24 Tue 13:30-14:50 +1w>, <2012-01-20 Fri 13:30-14:50 +1w> > > > > The agenda shows the class being scheduled each tuesday and friday but I > > would like to tell it to stop repeating at the end of the semester. > > > > I didn't see anything helpful here: > > http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html#Repeated-tasks > > > > The options I see here are using C-c C-x c to make a bunch of duplicate > > entries (which seems a little messy to me, but perhaps this is just how > > it's done) or simply marking the item as DONE at the end of the semester. > > The latter option seems a little weird to me too since it would make my > > agenda for the following semester cluttered if I was looking at it to > plan > > future events. Is there an option I'm overlooking? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Peace > > ~Sam > > I do the latter (copy with time shift) and have been doing so for quite > a while. I find this is quite appropriate for schedules like this as it > allows one to "miss" the odd entry (e.g. study/reading week or class > cancelled for whatever reason). > > I am not sure what you mean by saying that it makes the agenda > cluttered? The result is the same in the agenda view: an entry for each > day/time a class is scheduled. I also do not understand your reference > to marking anything done! This is not a TODO item, it is an > appointment. > > I think it's worthwhile distinguishing between appointments (which > *have* to take place at the appointed time) and scheduled work (i.e. a > /task/ which you intend to do at a certain time but which may end up > being done earlier or later). The latter is a TODO item; the former is > not. The latter will remain in the agenda view until it is marked done > whereas the former only appears on the time+day indicated. > > I hope this makes some sort of sense... > > -- > : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.92.1 > : using Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.122.g5b407) >
