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[Orgmode] Re: GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics?
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Austin Frank |
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[Orgmode] Re: GOAL keyword with DEADLINE semantics? |
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Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:15:59 -0400 |
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On Mon, Mar 09 2009, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> since you want to use the same semantics as for deadlines, i.e. the
> same warning period etc, this really is a psychological issue :-)
But isn't that why we have org-mode in the first place-- to help us
label our way out of these pesky psychological issues? :P
> What I would do if I was bothered by this would be
>
> (setq org-deadline-string "DUE:")
>
> which captures both the colors of DEADLINE and GOAL pretty well, I
> think.
Yes, I will use this.
I think that the case I described where I wanted both a GOAL and a
DEADLINE for the same task can be handled reasonably well by creating
two different tasks and giving each a due date. So instead of
* TODO submit manuscript
GOAL: <optimistic date>
DEADLINE: <hard deadline>
I can do
* TODO submit manuscript
DUE: <optimistic date>
*** publisher deadline
DUE: <hard deadline>
This way I have all of the information in one place, and both dates get
into the agenda. The top level TODO and its due date represent my goal
for submitting. The sub-heading isn't a TODO because I'm working on my
schedule, not theirs. But, I put the hard deadline there just in case
my schedule and the official deadline get too close for comfort. Also,
if I keep them close together, then follow mode helps me see both at the
same time.
I don't know if DEADLINE timestamps are supposed to be applied to
non-TODO headings, but it didn't seem to break anything, so I'm going to
go forward with this approach for now.
Thanks,
/au
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