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Robert Goldman | 8 Oct 16:56

Question about agenda

I have an org file which the agenda sees in which I put an outline item
with notes from a meeting.  The header for this item is as follows:

* Tasks
...
* * Meeting with XXXX
  SCHEDULED: <2008-10-06 Mon>
...

What I was somewhat surprised to see was that this continues to roll
down my agenda, e.g.:

....
Wednesday   8 October 2008
  smite:      Sched. 3x:  Meeting with XXXXX
....

I think this means that I don't really understand the meaning of
SCHEDULED, nor do I understand how the agendas are composed.  But I'm
looking at the info manual now, and I'm not actually enlightened.

Is there something I should do to tag something SCHEDULED like this so
that it no longer appears in my agenda view as something still to be
done?  Is there a HAPPENED tag, or something like that?

Or, is it the case that I should only use SCHEDULED with todo items?

Any guidance much appreciated.

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Bernt Hansen | 8 Oct 17:48

Re: Question about agenda

Robert Goldman <rpgoldman <at> sift.info> writes:

> I have an org file which the agenda sees in which I put an outline item
> with notes from a meeting.  The header for this item is as follows:
>
> * Tasks
> ...
> * * Meeting with XXXX
>   SCHEDULED: <2008-10-06 Mon>
> ...
>
> What I was somewhat surprised to see was that this continues to roll
> down my agenda, e.g.:
>
> ....
> Wednesday   8 October 2008
>   smite:      Sched. 3x:  Meeting with XXXXX
> ....
>
> I think this means that I don't really understand the meaning of
> SCHEDULED, nor do I understand how the agendas are composed.  But I'm
> looking at the info manual now, and I'm not actually enlightened.
>
> Is there something I should do to tag something SCHEDULED like this so
> that it no longer appears in my agenda view as something still to be
> done?  Is there a HAPPENED tag, or something like that?
>
> Or, is it the case that I should only use SCHEDULED with todo items?
>
> Any guidance much appreciated.
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Robert Goldman | 8 Oct 19:28

Re: Question about agenda

Bernt Hansen wrote:
> Robert Goldman <rpgoldman <at> sift.info> writes:
> 
>> I have an org file which the agenda sees in which I put an outline item
>> with notes from a meeting.  The header for this item is as follows:
>>
>> * Tasks
>> ...
>> * * Meeting with XXXX
>>   SCHEDULED: <2008-10-06 Mon>
>> ...
>>
>> What I was somewhat surprised to see was that this continues to roll
>> down my agenda, e.g.:
>>
>> ....
>> Wednesday   8 October 2008
>>   smite:      Sched. 3x:  Meeting with XXXXX
>> ....
>>
>> I think this means that I don't really understand the meaning of
>> SCHEDULED, nor do I understand how the agendas are composed.  But I'm
>> looking at the info manual now, and I'm not actually enlightened.
>>
>> Is there something I should do to tag something SCHEDULED like this so
>> that it no longer appears in my agenda view as something still to be
>> done?  Is there a HAPPENED tag, or something like that?
>>
>> Or, is it the case that I should only use SCHEDULED with todo items?
>>
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Manish | 8 Oct 18:22
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Re: Question about agenda

  On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Robert Goldman wrote:
  > I have an org file which the agenda sees in which I put an outline item
  > with notes from a meeting.  The header for this item is as follows:
  >
  > * Tasks
  > ...
  > * * Meeting with XXXX
  >  SCHEDULED: <2008-10-06 Mon>
  > ...
  >
  > What I was somewhat surprised to see was that this continues to roll
  > down my agenda, e.g.:
  >
  > ....
  > Wednesday   8 October 2008
  >  smite:      Sched. 3x:  Meeting with XXXXX
  > ....
  >
  > I think this means that I don't really understand the meaning of
  > SCHEDULED, nor do I understand how the agendas are composed.  But I'm
  > looking at the info manual now, and I'm not actually enlightened.
  >
  > Is there something I should do to tag something SCHEDULED like this so
  > that it no longer appears in my agenda view as something still to be
  > done?  Is there a HAPPENED tag, or something like that?

When something is SCHEDULED it continues to appear in agenda as long
as it is not marked DONE.  You can do that (marking something DONE)
using C-c C-d in the Org file or using "t" from agenda view.
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Robert Goldman | 8 Oct 19:26

Re: Question about agenda

Manish wrote:
>   On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Robert Goldman wrote:
>   > I have an org file which the agenda sees in which I put an outline item
>   > with notes from a meeting.  The header for this item is as follows:
>   >
>   > * Tasks
>   > ...
>   > * * Meeting with XXXX
>   >  SCHEDULED: <2008-10-06 Mon>
>   > ...
>   >
>   > What I was somewhat surprised to see was that this continues to roll
>   > down my agenda, e.g.:
>   >
>   > ....
>   > Wednesday   8 October 2008
>   >  smite:      Sched. 3x:  Meeting with XXXXX
>   > ....
>   >
>   > I think this means that I don't really understand the meaning of
>   > SCHEDULED, nor do I understand how the agendas are composed.  But I'm
>   > looking at the info manual now, and I'm not actually enlightened.
>   >
>   > Is there something I should do to tag something SCHEDULED like this so
>   > that it no longer appears in my agenda view as something still to be
>   > done?  Is there a HAPPENED tag, or something like that?
> 
> When something is SCHEDULED it continues to appear in agenda as long
> as it is not marked DONE.  You can do that (marking something DONE)
> using C-c C-d in the Org file or using "t" from agenda view.
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Manish | 8 Oct 19:53
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Re: Question about agenda

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Robert Goldman wrote:
> Manish wrote:
>>   On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 8:26 PM, Robert Goldman wrote:
>>   > I have an org file which the agenda sees in which I put an outline item
>>   > with notes from a meeting.  The header for this item is as follows:
>>   >
>>   > * Tasks
>>   > ...
>>   > * * Meeting with XXXX
>>   >  SCHEDULED: <2008-10-06 Mon>
>>   > ...
>>   >
>>   > What I was somewhat surprised to see was that this continues to roll
>>   > down my agenda, e.g.:
>>   >
>>   > ....
>>   > Wednesday   8 October 2008
>>   >  smite:      Sched. 3x:  Meeting with XXXXX
>>   > ....
>>   >
>>   > I think this means that I don't really understand the meaning of
>>   > SCHEDULED, nor do I understand how the agendas are composed.  But I'm
>>   > looking at the info manual now, and I'm not actually enlightened.
>>   >
>>   > Is there something I should do to tag something SCHEDULED like this so
>>   > that it no longer appears in my agenda view as something still to be
>>   > done?  Is there a HAPPENED tag, or something like that?
>>
>> When something is SCHEDULED it continues to appear in agenda as long
>> as it is not marked DONE.  You can do that (marking something DONE)
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Eric Schulte | 8 Oct 20:10
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Re: Question about agenda

Manish <mailtomanish.sharma <at> gmail.com> writes:

>>
>> So it seems like "SCHEDULED" is just the Wrong Thing for stuff like my
>> meeting.  Is there any different flag I could use that would give me a
>> single appearance in the Agenda?
>
> I am sorry I am not aware of any such TODO keyword/tag.  I was not
> aware of an item appearing just once if SCHEDULED keyword was omitted
> as suggested by Bernt.  (He almost always teaches me something new
> every time.)
>

This is the first I've read of this conversation so please forgive if
I'm repeating something that's already been said.  I agree that the
behavior of the SCHEDULED keyword is counter-intuitive.  For all of my
meetings I just include a time stamp C-c. (cntrl-c period) in the header

* one time meeting <2008-10-08 Wed 11:00>

or for repeating meetings

* weekly meeting <2008-10-08 Wed 11:00 +1w>

-- Eric

>
> -- Manish
>
>
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Austin Frank | 8 Oct 20:50
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Re: Question about agenda

On Wed, Oct 08 2008, Robert Goldman wrote:

> I think this means that I don't really understand the meaning of
> SCHEDULED, nor do I understand how the agendas are composed.  But I'm
> looking at the info manual now, and I'm not actually enlightened.
>
> Is there something I should do to tag something SCHEDULED like this so
> that it no longer appears in my agenda view as something still to be
> done?  Is there a HAPPENED tag, or something like that?

,----[ (info "(org)Deadlines and scheduling") ]
| SCHEDULED
|      Meaning: you are planning to start working on that task on the
|      given date.
| 
|      The headline will be listed under the given date(1).  In addition,
|      a reminder that the scheduled date has passed will be present in
|      the compilation for _today_, until the entry is marked DONE.
|      I.e., the task will automatically be forwarded until completed.
| 
|           *** TODO Call Trillian for a date on New Years Eve.
|               SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat>
| 
|      Important: Scheduling an item in Org mode should not be understood
|      in the same way that we understand scheduling a meeting.  Setting
|      a date for a meeting is just a simple appointment, you should mark
|      this entry with a simple plain time stamp, to get this item shown
|      on the date where it applies.  This is a frequent
|      mis-understanding from Org-users.  In Org mode, scheduling means
|      setting a date when you want to start working on an action item.
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