[Orgmode] Re: How to "snooze" a repeating item

[Bernt Hansen]

"Andrew M. Nuxoll" <address@hidden> writes:

> I've been using org-mode for four months now and I just love it.  So I
> think I'm post-newb but still very amateur.
>
> Anyway, my to-do list has several repeating scheduled items like this
> contrived example:
>
> ***** TODO [#B] Lunch date with Sarah at 12pm
>      SCHEDULED: <2009-12-08 Tue +1w>
>
> Or, in English, I meet with Sarah for lunch once a week on Tuesdays.
>
> Now, let's say that Sarah calls on Monday afternoon and says, "Can we
> do lunch on Wednesday this week?" and I say "Sure thing."
>
> Now I have a problem.  I could shift the date to Wednesday like this:
>
> ***** TODO [#B] Lunch date with Sarah at 12pm
>      SCHEDULED: <2009-12-09 Wed +1w>
>
> But that will mean that the following week it will *still* be
> scheduled for Wednesdays (specifically Dec 16 instead of Dec 15).  I
> miss my regular lunch date with Sarah and catch ire for standing her
> up.
>
> How do I handle situations like this? 
>
> It seems like I either need a time stamp "stack" or I need a temporary
> flag that "self destructs" after a prescribed time.
>
> :AMN:

I would probably clone the entry once and set it for Wednesday and let
the weekly repeater continue for next Tuesday.

HTH,
Bernt