[Orgmode] Re: Repeating TODOs

[Bernt Hansen]

"Gary ." <address@hidden> writes:

> As I mentioned yesterday, I am trying to follow
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/tracking-habits.php
>
> I have the following entry:
>
> ** TODO Go to the gym                   :habit:
>    SCHEDULED: <2010-03-24 Wed .+2d>
>
> and even managed to successfully go to the gym as planned :) However,
> I couldn't update the status until today (the day after I completed
> the task), so when I updated the status with C-c C-t it added the
> next occurence two days from *today*. It might not always be the way
> that I update the status a day after, sometimes it might be the same
> day, or two days after, or whatever. Is there a way, short of
> manually editing the file, of taking care of that? I know it's
> because of the "." in the .+2d but given that sometimes I won't do it
> on the planned date, I think it's best to have that in there - or is
> there a better solution for when I miss the planned date?

I think it works as you want if you just drop the .
>    SCHEDULED: <2010-03-24 Wed +2d>

.+2d is 2 days from today
+2d  is 2 days later
++2d repeat 2 days later until the date is after today

I think all of these formats work with habits.

HTH,
Bernt