François Pinard <pin...@iro.umontreal.ca> writes: > Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > >> First of all, if your event is a meeting, it should only be >> timestamped, not deadlined or scheduled. Then it will just show up >> where it's supposed to, and not before (or after). > > How do I get it quickly rescheduled then, when it is a regular activity? > I find fairly convenient using "t d" to push an activity at its next > slot in the future. Could I do something equivalent with mere time > stamps?
If it's a regular activity, you can use a repeater in the timestamp, like: * Weekly meeting <2013-07-18 Thu 15:00 +1w> or if you need something more complicated, you can use the diary sexp functions, like: * 22:00-23:00 The nerd meeting on every 2nd Thursday of the month <%%(diary-float t 4 2)> * Class every Tuesday and Thursday in the Spring 2013 semester 12:30PM-2PM <%%(org-class 2013 1 22 2013 5 10 2)> <%%(org-class 2013 1 22 2013 5 10 4)> For non-regular meetings, I have a capture template that allows me to easily enter them; maybe this is a good option for you if you regularly need to schedule meetings, but at times that you can't predict before you actually enter them. >> It probably shouldn't even be a TODO. Otherwise, scheduled TODOs show >> up on their schedule, and deadlined TODOs show up on their deadline, >> and also today's agenda, if you're coming up on the deadline. > > There are many Org commands able to find, display and otherwise handle > TODOs. If I stop using such keywords, wouldn't I give up the tools? Maybe. Which tools do you use for TODOs that you also apply to meetings? Apart from the schedule-based agenda view, if you find it convenient to e.g. create a list of all your upcoming meetings, you can do things like tag all your meetings with a :meeting: or :appointment: tag, and then use tag searches and/or custom agenda views to identify them, sort them by timestamp, etc. Hope that's helpful! Best, Richar
