Based your advices, I used org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift for my application today -- worked like a charm. Thanks to the both of you!
Best, --Rick On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Brian van den Broek <brian.van.den.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Rick, > > I know of no way to do exactly what you are after. But, for things > like that, I make one headline task and then apply M-x > org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift to get the desired number of > distinct tasks. Perhaps that will suit your needs. > > Best, > > Brian vdB On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Darlan Cavalcante Moreira <darc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Instead of using a repeater you can clone the task. Just create the task > the way you like it (with a schedule and a deadline) for the first day and > then call 'M-x org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift'. Org-mode will ask you > the number of clones it should create and the time shift. Just specify the > time shift as '1d' and you are done. > > -- > Darlan > > At Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:06:30 -0400, > Rick Hanson wrote: >> >> [1 <text/plain; ISO-8859-1 (7bit)>] >> Hi everyone, >> >> I've already RTFMed for this, but I still don't see how to do the following. >> >> Fact: I can add a repeater to a time stamp (like "+1d") in org-mode so that >> a task shows up in my agenda as an every day item. >> >> Question: Can I restrict this repetition to, say, 1 week? >> >> For instance, I have a task I have to perform every day this week, /but >> only for this week/. So if I were to pull up my agenda for this week, I >> should see the task posted every day of this week, but if I then hit the >> "f" key to go forward a week, I should *not* see that task in this (the >> following) week. >> >> This is a not deal-breaker if not possible. I can just get rid if the task >> at the end of the week (but it's state, of course, that I have to keep in >> my mind, instead of committing it to the magic of org-mode). >> >> Thanks a lot of any help! (My apologies if it's in the manual and I missed >> it.) >> >> Best, --Rick >> [2 <text/html; ISO-8859-1 (quoted-printable)>] >>
