Orage - how to 'clear' repeated event until the next one?

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 11:26:48PM +0200, Juha Kautto wrote:
> 1.1.2012 17:28, Chris Green kirjoitti:
> >On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 03:46:54PM +0200, Juha Kautto wrote:
> >It *really* needs a date beside it or something, what happens if you
> >have five or six todos, you have to hover the mouse over each one to
> >find which one relates to which date.
> Well, I have ten or so...and I basically ignore all that are black
> since I know they are in
> the future. When one becomes blue, I know I need to check it more.
> But yes, perhaps using due time would make sense.
> >
[snip]
> >My 'classic' requirement is to be reminded to do my company's tax
> >calculation and payment once a quarter.  It's due on the 19th January,
> >19th April, 19th July and 19th October.  I want to be warned about it a
> >few days in advance so, in general, I complete it before the 19th.
> >However if I complete it early or even if I complete it late I *still*
> >want to be reminded for the next 19th as the next one is due then
> >regardless of when the previous one was completed.
> Yes, seems like you should set TODO base to "Start", which means
> TODO happens
> regularly no matter when you completed it. Suitable for taxes. The
> default is

Ah!  Thank you.  I hadn't understood what that "Start" option meant.  

... and I was going to say that maybe a ToolTip would help but I see
there is one already - I should have hovered more!

> "Completed", which is suitable for like "clean the cat litter box"
> or wash the floor, where
> it is better to do it next time two weeks after you did it previously.
> >


I think, now I understand all the settings/options for a TODO in Orage
that, along with my python script, I can get it to work the way I want
it to.


Thank you for all your help and patience Juha.

-- 
Chris Green