Ok - I can see how you would want to keep that facility. I don't work that way so , I guess we are looking at another option - 'When marking done, set to next recurrence which is in the future' Note: I don't use the option to increase the priority of tasks as they become more overdue so when I mark such a task done, the next recurrance appears immediately at the top of my To Do list which doesn't really make sense Richard
On Sunday, February 6, 2011 3:10:17 PM UTC, Dwight wrote: > *Richard, an example to answer “*I still can’t see why you would > immediately want to see another occurrence of the task if you have just > marked it done*”* > > * * > > *I have a daily task to scan several newspapers online for headlines > related to my business. There are days when this task takes 2 minutes but > there have been days when it takes 45 minutes. When I took a week’s vacation > I didn’t do this task. When I got back, I did the current days’ headlines > and the first couple of days I missed. I didn’t have time for more so the > next day when I got back to it, the next recurrence of the task showed me > what I needed to look at next.* > > * * > > *If this wasn’t available I could have looked in my browser history to see > where I left off, but that would have been distinctly less productive. Or, I > could have gone into the task notes and left myself a note about where to > restart, but that would have required a conscious decision that I was > quitting this task for the day. I think what happened was that I got a phone > call and never got back to it, so I would have been unlikely to complete > that. It was a pretty smooth process to scan a day, mark the task done, go > on to the next day.* > > * * > > *The only thing that might have been better for me would have been if I > could mark the “current” date done when I did it, right away, instead of > waiting till that day came up in the task list and remembering, hey this is > where I started. But I am –not- asking for any changes to support that.* > > *-Dwight* > > * * > > * * > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Richard Collings > *Sent:* Sunday, February 06, 2011 9:40 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [MLO] Feature request: when marking a recurring task > completed, keep completed sub-tasks with completed copy of task > > > > Yes, your ‘clear dead plant’ example is precisely the sort of ‘one-off > task’ I was talking about – although in this case it is mixed in with tasks > that you do want to reset to not done – which makes the requirement slightly > more difficult to address. > > > > Perhaps a ‘Recur this sub-task when parent recurs’ flag against the > sub-tasks? > > > > I have sacrificed one of my votes on UserVoice to add this. > > > > As for the missed daily task, if you have multiple occurrences > outstanding, would you want it to recur immediately, which is what happens > when you mark it done?. The ‘recur 1 day after’ doesn’t work for reasons > that I outlined in my reply to Lisa. > > > > At the moment, I do use the ‘Skip occurrence’ option but given that I still > can’t see why you would immediately want to see another occurrence of the > task if you have just marked it done, I would still favour an approach > which, when you mark the first instance done, cycles through the repeat > pattern until it gets to date/time in the future > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *dwight > *Sent:* 06 February 2011 4:10 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [MLO] Feature request: when marking a recurring task > completed, keep completed sub-tasks with completed copy of task > > > > *Hi Richard.* > > *Regarding your “one-off” scenario, I do not entirely follow what you are > saying but I do have a similar situation – Is this anything to do with your > request?* > > * * > > *I have a recurring weekly task having to do with closing my office for > the week. There are a dozen or so subtasks. The recurring task is defined as > a project, with “reset all subtasks to uncompleted” and “Automatically recur > when all subtasks are complete” – I love the way that this works. Sometimes > I think of a new thing that needs to be added to the routine, like “fill > birdfeeder” and I stick in a new subtask, which will recur from now on. And > sometimes there’s something I just want to remember to do once, like > “discard dead plant”. Maybe this is like your one-off. So I will add it to > the project, and when I’ve finished the project I have to remember to go in > and delete it from next week’s project. It would be great to have a way to > add in this subtask in a way that says, “when everything else recurs, do not > recur this task. If THAT’s what you mean, and you put this up on uservoice, > I’ll vote for it.* > > * * > > *Regarding the missed daily task, if there is something I am supposed to > do daily and I miss a couple of days, there’s a good chance that I have to > do it a few times to catch up, and it’s helpful to have multiple > occurrences. If it does not really matter if I missed it or not, so long as > it’s in my task list every day, I would do as Lisa suggested and have it > recur one day after each time it’s completed. Or, if I really want to do it > daily but I miss a few days, I would right-click the task and select “skip > occurrence” then pick “skip all occurrences up to today” then perform > today’s task, mark it complete, and the task will reoccur for tomorrow. * > > *-Dwight* > > * * > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Lisa Stroyan > *Sent:* Saturday, February 05, 2011 10:44 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MLO] Feature request: when marking a recurring task > completed, keep completed sub-tasks with completed copy of task > > > > At 11:40 AM 2/5/2011, you wrote: > > If you have a recurring task and then add (one-off) sub-tasks to it and > then mark these done followed by marking the recurring task done, the > completed sub-tasks are left attached to the ‘new’ uncompleted task > (assuming you don’t have the automatic resetting of sub-tasks enabled). > Logically, they should be left attached to the completed copy (assuming you > have this enabled) as they were effectively completed as specific sub-tasks > of that particular instance of the recurring task. > > > How do you create one-off subtasks under a recurring task? I thought the > recurrence applied to the tree...I suppose if you don't "inherit dates" it > could be seen either way....I'm confused but it's been a long day so it's > probably me :) > > And whilst I am on the subject of recurring tasks, another minor annoyance > is that if you have a recurring task with a short recurring interval (eg > every day) and several days (say) have passed, when you mark that task > completed, the new occurrence should be set to the next occurrence after > the current date/time. > > > Are you looking for the already existing feature, "recur 1 day" (or X days) > after this task is completed? I think this feature already exists and you > just have to choose it. > > I have lots of recurrent tasks and I use both of these, in different ways. > > Lisa > ------------------------------ > > Lisa Stroyan, mailto:[email protected] > *http://www.empathic-parenting.com* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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