John Hendy <jw.he...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 7:41 PM, c b <24x7x...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I have been using org-mode with emacs(23) for about a year now and love it. >> >> However, sometime in the last couple of weeks, I did a git pull on the >> master branch (and I redid the same today) and noticed that my recurring >> tasks are broken. >> >> E.g. >> >> I have a task >> >> ** TODO Pay Creditcard bill >> DEADLINE: <2012-05-15 Tue +1m -7d> >> >> and when I marked it done, it changed state to DONE >> ** DONE Pay Creditcard bill >> CLOSED: [2012-05-18 Fri 22:13] DEADLINE: <2012-05-15 Tue +1m -7d> >> >> >> I have been trying to figure out what went wrong, but am clueless. Any >> pointers on what might be wrong, would be appreaciated. >> > > I don't use this much, but have been contemplating it and thus the > various org-mode pages on repeating tasks are somewhat fresh in my > head. Here was my initial thought: > > - The org-mode manual itself on repeated tasks does not mention that > kind of repeating task syntax > --- http://orgmode.org/manual/Repeated-tasks.html#Repeated-tasks > --- Only +1, ++1, and .+1 are discussed > > - The /org-habit/ page, on the other hand, does mention such syntax > (well, kind of) > --- http://orgmode.org/manual/Tracking-your-habits.html > --- Note that this page uses .+2d/4d syntax > > Anyway, I very likely missed something, but I can't find the specific > syntax you're looking for in the manual sections above. If the > functionality of org-habit /does/ do what you want, perhaps you could > switch to that? If you use this syntax widely, that could be a pain. > > Let me know what you think? Also, please point to the documentation > illustrating the +1m -7d usage. I'd like to see it as well as I'm > curious about the various time stamp options. >
DEADLINE: <2012-05-15 Tue -7d> is a standard deadline with a 7 day warning period as defined in section 8.3 Deadlines and scheduling. DEADLINE: <2012-05-15 Tue +1m -7d> This just adds a monthly repeater to the syntax and is perfectly legal syntax AFAIK. This entry repeats normally for me. Org-mode version 7.8.10 (release_7.8.10-578-g42f7ba @ /home/bernt/git/org-mode/lisp/) GNU Emacs 23.2.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.0) of 2010-12-11 on raven, modified by Debian Regards, Bernt
