* Michael Brand <michael.ch.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all Hi!
> Karl on Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 22:31: >> When I set org-deadline-warning-days to 0, I do not get warnings >> even for DEADLINE strings containing a desired warning definition >> like -3d :-( > > Manish on Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 09:02: >> My bad. I should have read the docstring again before posting. It >> clearly states: >> >> "When 0 or negative, it means use this number (the absolute value of >> it) even if a deadline has a different individual lead time >> specified." > > Since at least Manish and me were surprised by 0 my suggestion is to > use the yet unused nil for what 0 does now (never warn, even if > deadline has an individual lead time) and 0 for what we expected (use > 0 if deadline has no individual lead time). The change would break the > customizations that already use 0. I see. Is there a policy regarding to changing behavioral of settings in Org-mode? In my personal opinion, changing the code to differ between «nil» and «0» is not that bad. People might enjoy the additional feature[1] which does not seem to be implemented so far. > In the Org customization survey 0 was not used. > http://orgmode.org/worg/org-configs/org-customization-survey.html Is there going to be another one? In 2009, I did not even use Emacs and I'd happy to share my settings as well :-) <just brainstorming> Wouldn't it be nice to have a tool that scans for my settings, compares it for changes/mentions in the changelogs and notifies me upon matches? :-) </just brainstorming> [1] Allowing no warning for each timestamp without explizit warning period *and/or* allowing warning for explizit warning periods within timestamps. -- Karl Voit