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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] 'to do' tags
From:       Anne Wilson <cannewilson () tiscali ! co ! uk>
Date:       2007-04-05 8:25:52
Message-ID: 200704050925.58068.cannewilson () tiscali ! co ! uk
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On Wednesday 04 April 2007, Art Alexion wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 April 2007 12:18, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On Wednesday 04 April 2007, Art Alexion wrote:
> > > On Tuesday 03 April 2007 15:19, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > > The ToDo section is a great disappointment.   When you set a to-do
> > > > with a start and end date it needs to display in your organizer from
> > > > the start date.
> > >
> > > Anne,
> > >
> > > I must confess that the to-do module is the one I use least among the
> > > big PIM apps (mail, calendar, address & to-do).  That said, I'm not
> > > sure what you mean by the above.
> >
> > My life is in my addressbook and my diary, aka kabc and korganizer, so if
> > I lose them I'm in deep you-know-what :-)  When I look at my diary I
> > expect to see everything that has to be fitted in over the next few days.
> >  If I set a to-do to check that a domain has been renewed, for instance,
> > I would give it a due-by date, but a start date of 7-10 days earlier, so
> > that I have time to chase it up.  I want that to-do to show up in
> > korganizer, and I want it to show up when I should be doing something
> > about it, not on the due day, when it's too late.
>
> I clearly understand your problem now.
>
> Much of what I do in kontact, I tailor to how it will sync with my Palm.  I
> am not always at my computer, but I generally have my phone with me.  The
> to-do list in the Palm does not have a start date function, only a due
> date.  To get around that, the Palm provides alarms and filtering.
>
> After playing around, I see that filtering might help in the to-do list app
> itself, but not in the to-do display of the calendar.  (It appears that
> this is a flaw in the calendar app, not the to-do app.)  Alarms could help.
>  You can configure more than one per to-do item.

The next time I have one that needs this is in June.  I've set multiple 
alarms, but I think this could be better.  The repeat function only allows me 
to set it in minutes.  If I could set 7 repeats at daily intervals it would 
be much better.  Perhaps it's time to post a wish.

Anne

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