Thanks for the responses. After fiddling around a bunch and not getting it to work, I just recreated my .emacs.d folder (and config) and it seems to work now. Must have been some corruption, but can't figure out what.
Thanks a bunch for the responses c.b On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Bernt Hansen <be...@norang.ca> wrote: > 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 >
