Re: [O] relative deadlines

2014-12-09 Thread J. David Boyd
Jeffrey Brent McBeth writes: > From time to time (each time I delve into using org-mode for deadlines > before my habits fall apart), I find the desire to have some form of > relative deadlines. By this I mean, that there are often sequences of > tasks that I know the time required to complete a

Re: [O] relative deadlines

2014-12-09 Thread Nicolas Goaziou
Jeffrey Brent McBeth writes: > This is where I fall down. I don't see how that meets my basic need > case. If you want to repeat the main task and sub-tasks, the function will preserve difference between the timestamps. > I know that certain sub tasks need to start 90 days before the final > d

Re: [O] relative deadlines

2014-12-09 Thread Jeffrey Brent McBeth
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 10:36:52AM +0100, Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Hello, > > Jeffrey Brent McBeth writes: > > > I have a python function that can take a stripped down org file and > > places an active date after each ## (or inactive after > > #[block]#), that I hacked up today to see if it woul

[O] relative deadlines

2014-12-08 Thread Jeffrey Brent McBeth
>From time to time (each time I delve into using org-mode for deadlines before >my habits fall apart), I find the desire to have some form of relative >deadlines. By this I mean, that there are often sequences of tasks that I >know the time required to complete and when things are due. These t