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authorBastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>2013-02-13 17:46:04 +0100
committerBastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>2013-02-13 17:47:06 +0100
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org.texi (Deadlines and scheduling): Add documentation about delays for scheduled tasks
* org.texi (Deadlines and scheduling): Add a variable to the index. Add documentation about delays for scheduled tasks.
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@@ -5839,6 +5839,7 @@ Meaning: the task (most likely a TODO item, though not necessarily) is supposed
to be finished on that date.
@vindex org-deadline-warning-days
+@vindex org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled
On the deadline date, the task will be listed in the agenda. In
addition, the agenda for @emph{today} will carry a warning about the
approaching or missed deadline, starting
@@ -5853,7 +5854,9 @@ until the entry is marked DONE@. An example:
You can specify a different lead time for warnings for a specific
deadlines using the following syntax. Here is an example with a warning
-period of 5 days @code{DEADLINE: <2004-02-29 Sun -5d>}.
+period of 5 days @code{DEADLINE: <2004-02-29 Sun -5d>}. This warning is
+deactivated if the task get scheduled and you set
+@code{org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled} to @code{t}.
@item SCHEDULED
@cindex SCHEDULED keyword
@@ -5874,6 +5877,17 @@ the task will automatically be forwarded until completed.
SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat>
@end example
+@vindex org-scheduled-delay-days
+@vindex org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline
+If you want to @emph{delay} the display of this task in the agenda, use
+@code{SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>}: the task is still scheduled on the
+25th but will appear two days later. In case the task contains a repeater,
+the delay is considered to affect all occurrences; if you want it to affect
+only the first scheduled occurrence of the task, use @code{--2d} instead.
+See @code{org-scheduled-delay-days} and
+@code{org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline} for details on how to
+control this globally or per agenda.
+
@noindent
@b{Important:} Scheduling an item in Org mode should @i{not} be
understood in the same way that we understand @i{scheduling a meeting}.