[Orgmode] Re: Repeater Options

[Ben Finney]

Jan Böcker <address@hidden> writes:

> On 17.01.2010 21:31, Nick Parker wrote:
> > Is there a way to specify a todo item that is scheduled to repeat on
> > the 3rd Thursday of the month? I tried to use +1m, however that does
> > not work the same way. Any suggestions?
>
> For more complex repeaters like that, you need to use a diary sexp
> like this:
>
> <%%(diary-float t 4 3>

How does one make these into a date+time specification, so they will
show up at the correct place in the agenda?

> This is adapted from an example in the Org documentation; refer to
> "Diary-style sexp entries" under "8.1 Timestamps, deadlines and
> scheduling".

Can someone who knows how this is supposed to be done please add it to
the “Repeating” part of the documentation? That's where many people
evidently expect to find how to do this.

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