[Orgmode] Re: Newbie Questions

[Memnon Anon]

"Andrew M. Nuxoll" <address@hidden> writes:

> 1.  When I view my agenda for a day it displays TODO items twice if they
> are both SCHEDULED and DEADLINEd (a common occurrence for me).  Can this
> be avoided?  Here's a generic example snippet from my agenda:
>    Thursday    9 July 2009
>      nux:        Scheduled:  TODO [#B] Call Mary :PROJECT::
>      nux:        In   1 d.:  TODO [#B] Call Mary :PROJECT::

I think this is a feature.
For example, if I get some books from a library, I use the deadline to
mark when I absolutely must return the books. The schedule tells me:
Hey, I am near the library this day, so I *want* to do this today. 
I absolutely want both informations in my agenda.

>From the manual:
DEADLINE
        Meaning: the task (most likely a TODO item, though not necessarily) is
        supposed to be finished on that date. 
SCHEDULED
    Meaning: you are planning to start working on that task on the given
    date.

You can set a different deadline for each item, but "avoiding this" totally
means avoiding crucial information in your agenda.