I agree that workaround works, its just not optimal. In fact its what I used on Bonsai. For Dave the OP, it seems to me he could work around his problem by always putting the due dates after a certain known date. Then he could use advanced rules to only select tasks with due dates before that date...
d On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 6:19:24 AM UTC-7, Dwight Arthur wrote: > > Hi, David. Here’s a way to think about the due date requirement on > recurring tasks. > > > > MLO actually recognizes the kind of use cases you are describing, and for > that reason it’s really good at handling tasks that have a start date but > no due date. The exception is for recurring tasks. So, in order for the > task to have a scheduled recurrence, you normally need some idea of when > you will finish the current occurrence, right? So you can just set the > current recurrence to finish just before the next one begins. I say > “normally” because when you say “recurs x period after completed” you may > well have no idea when you will complete it or when the next occurrence > will actually begin. In those cases you can use the technique that someone > posted and give a due date that’s impossibly far into the future. That > works for most cases, the exception being Dave the OP, who wants to treat > tasks that have a due date assigned more seriously than those that don’t. > So in his case it’s not just that the due date is an annoyingly pointless > thing, it actually detracts from his task management. > > > > -Dwight > > Reminder: I’m just a user of MLO and this is just my opinion and may have > no resemblance to the actual design philosophies and decisions of MLO > developers. > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *David Rees > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 03, 2013 4:51 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* [MLO] Re: Recurrence without a due date > > > > I don't understand why a due date is required for recurrence either. Many > of my use cases are I don't want to start worrying about something until a > particular date, that doesn't mean its due on that date. > > > > d > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/8341777e-8490-45cc-a76f-c3c5638010e5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
