Re: Can Org warn me if I create a time conflict?

[Mikhail Skorzhinskiy]

I think there is a package exactly for this:

https://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg123154.html

I'm happily using this since summer with latest org. Although in case you want 
to extend  scheduling function (ie check it automatically) you  need to write 
write some code around.

I can send you my customizations on  top of that package, but at the end of  
the week, im in vacation currently.

-- 
  Mikhail Skorzhinskiy
  address@hidden

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, at 09:02, Allen Li wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 7:06 AM David Rogers
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > It's currently possible for me to create two meeting times, one from 
> > 8:00-10:00 tomorrow and the other from 9:00-11:00 tomorrow.
> >
> > When both are mentioned in the same sentence, as above, it's easy to 
> > recognize that the two meetings are probably incompatible. But org-mode 
> > allows agenda items to be created at different times and in different 
> > files; it's possible to create Meeting #1 far in advance, have enough time 
> > to forget that Meeting #1 exists, and then create Meeting #2 covering the 
> > same period of time. (Compare this with the wall calendar made of paper, 
> > where if I try to add Meeting #2 I'll be forced to write it in the same 
> > physical space, and therefore automatically be alerted before making the 
> > error.)
> >
> > Is there any method to get org-mode to alert me (by an error message, or a 
> > red mark in the agenda, or whatever) that I've created a conflict - 
> > specifically, a method that doesn't involve me having to remember to 
> > perform any type of conflict-checking myself? If I could remember to do 
> > things like conflict checks, I wouldn't really need org-agenda anyway. :-)
> >
> > I realize that it's likely some situations *do* require timed events to 
> > happen concurrently - but I don't believe that they're the usual case for 
> > an individual. Having an "ignore conflict" or "accept anyway" type of 
> > option would make sense to me for such situations.
> 
> Does org-clock-consistency-checks support your needs?
> https://orgmode.org/manual/Agenda-commands.html
> 
> >
> > --
> > Thanks
> > David
> >
> 
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