Re: [O] commenting out a SCHEDULED line does not remove todo from agenda.

[Markus Heller]

Rainer Stengele <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 16.01.2013 17:49, schrieb Markus Heller:
>> Rainer Stengele <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> Imagine you have a todo like this:
>>>
>>> ***** TODO a task
>>>       SCHEDULED: <2013-01-16 Mi +2m>
>>>
>>> Now suppose you want to put that todo on hold. In order to no more see
>>> the scheduled date in the agenda I comment out the "SCHEDULED" line.
>>> I do not want to delete it because I maybe need it later again:
>>>
>>>
>>> ***** TODO a task
>>>       # SCHEDULED: <2013-01-16 Mi +2m>
>>>
>>> The todo still appears in the agenda.
>>> Is this not counterintuitive?
>> 
>> No, not IMHO.  You commented out the date on which you were scheduled to
>> start working on the task, but the task remains TODO.
>> 
>> What about changing the TODO state from TODO to WAITING?
>> 
>> Markus
>> 
>> 
>> 
> Markus,
>
> I create the agenda for today.
> Why do I see the todo although it is no more scheduled for today?

Ah, now I get it.

But this works for me, i.e. if I comment the SCHEDULED property out, the
task doesn't show up in the agenda.

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