Agenda bulk commands: Add Schedule and Deadline

Agenda bulk commands on marked entries now can also set the scheduling
date or a deadline.  Normally, all entries will be set to the
specified date.  However, when writing the change as "++5d" or "++2w",
then each time stamp will independently be shifted by that amount.

doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-07-02  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
+
+	* org.texi (Agenda commands): Document new bulk commands.
+
 2009-07-01  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
 	* org.texi (Plain lists): Document new behavior of

doc/org.texi

@@ -7243,6 +7243,10 @@ t  @r{Change TODO state.  This prompts for a single TODO keyword and}
    @r{suppressing logging notes (but not time stamps).}
 +  @r{Add a tag to all selected entries.}
 -  @r{Remove a tag from all selected entries.}
+s  @r{Schedule all items to a new date.  To shift existing schedule dates}
+   @r{by a fixed number of days, use something starting with double plus}
+   @r{at the prompt, for example @samp{++8d} or @samp{++2w}.}
+d  @r{Set deadline to a specific date.}
 @end example
 
 

lisp/ChangeLog

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2009-07-02  Carsten Dominik  <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
 
+	* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-bulk-action): Add scheduling and
+	setting the deadline.
+
+	* org.el (org-read-date-final-answer): New variable.
+	(org-read-date): Store the final answer string, including the date
+	from the calendar, for reuse by agenda bulk commands.
+
 	* org-publish.el (org-publish-attachment): Fix publishing of
 	attachments.
 

lisp/org-agenda.el

@@ -6330,7 +6330,7 @@ This will remove the markers, and the overlays."
   (interactive)
   (unless org-agenda-bulk-marked-entries
     (error "No entries are marked"))
-  (message "Action: [r]efile [$]archive [A]rch-to-sib [t]odo [+]tag [-]tag")
+  (message "Bulk: [r]efile [$]archive [A]rch->sib [t]odo [+/-]tag [s]chedule [d]eadline")
   (let* ((action (read-char-exclusive))
 	 (entries (reverse org-agenda-bulk-marked-entries))
 	 cmd rfloc state e tag (cnt 0))
@@ -6372,6 +6372,21 @@ This will remove the markers, and the overlays."
 				   (if (stringp (car x)) x)) org-tag-alist)))))
       (setq cmd `(org-agenda-set-tags ,tag ,(if (eq action ?+) ''on ''off))))
 
+     ((memq action '(?s ?d))
+      (let* ((date (org-read-date
+		    nil nil nil
+		    (if (eq action ?s) "(Re)Schedule to" "Set Deadline to")))
+	     (ans org-read-date-final-answer)
+	     (c1 (if (eq action ?s) 'org-agenda-schedule 'org-agenda-deadline)))
+	(setq cmd `(let* ((bound (fboundp 'read-string))
+			  (old (and bound (symbol-function 'read-string))))
+		     (unwind-protect
+			 (progn
+			   (fset 'read-string (lambda (&rest ignore) ,ans))
+			   (call-interactively ',c1))
+		       (if bound
+			   (fset 'read-string old)
+			 (fmakunbound 'read-string)))))))
      (t (error "Invalid bulk action")))
     
     ;; Now loop over all markers and apply cmd

lisp/org.el

@@ -12005,6 +12005,7 @@ So these are more for recording a certain time/date."
 (defvar org-read-date-overlay nil)
 (defvar org-dcst nil) ; dynamically scoped
 (defvar org-read-date-history nil)
+(defvar org-read-date-final-answer nil)
 
 (defun org-read-date (&optional with-time to-time from-string prompt
 				default-time default-input)
@@ -12165,6 +12166,7 @@ user."
 	  (setq org-read-date-overlay nil)))))
 
     (setq final (org-read-date-analyze ans def defdecode))
+    (setq org-read-date-final-answer ans)
 
     (if to-time
 	(apply 'encode-time final)