Noteplan 2.0 is here, on time

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 1, 2019 at 02:01 PM

So some further testing shows something I should have realized earlier: Changing due dates copies the task to a new calendar date, but any edits you make to one version are not reflected in any of the other iterations of the task. Clearly, these are not “clones” of each other, which reflect changes made in one across all versions.

It seems to me that the best way to deal with this is to select the preference “Only add date when scheduling in notes”, and edit your project-related tasks in the project note. That way you’ll always see the up-to-date version of the task.

Does that make sense?

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Ah, I see what you’re saying. I didn’t realize how different that one
>preference selection has on the action of the tasks. So, basically,
>deselecting “Only add date when scheduling in notes” makes the following
>behavior:
> >When you write a task in a general (project) note, then set a date for
>it, Noteplan forwards a copy of the task onto the calendar note you
>chose with a wiki link back to the general note. You can now edit the
>task in the calendar note, including rescheduling it. BUT, the
>reschedule does not appear in the original notation in the general note.
>That is confusing. I bet that is not intentional. I’ll email Eduard and
>see what he says.
> >Captain CowPie wrote:
>That is some of the confusion that I have gone through in using
>>NotePlan. I played around with the preferences and probably do not
>fully
>>understand them at this time.
>>
>>The preference for “Only add date when scheduling in notes” seems to do
>>what you say when checked. But I unchecked it because I found it
>>difficult to reschedule the tasks for each day. I had a number of tasks
>>under each “Project” that needed to be rescheduled. But I had to go
>back
>>to the Note that held the tasks and then try to find each of them to
>>reschedule. Without the ability to sort tasks by scheduled date, it
>>became difficult to find them quickly (I made a request for that
>>option).
>>
>>Is there an easier way that I might be missing?
>>
>>It seems we need someone to do a comprehensive set of videos on using
>>NotePlan ;)