I am aware of the syntax for creating repeated tasks in org-mode, but for some reason I am now unable to manually edit the text of the "Scheduled" and "Deadline" date fields to do this, unless I do the workaround described below:
Example date field as it appears in my org-buffer:
**** TODO [#B] Order kitty litter
DEADLINE: <2017-02-07>
Example date field as copied and pasted:
**** TODO [#B] Order kitty litter
DEADLINE: <2017-02-07 Tue + = >
If I place the point before the closing angle bracket, as I would normally do to add repeating-event syntax, I cannot type. The only way I can edit this date field manually is if I first move the point to the opening angle bracket and destroy the syntax by adding a random character, e.g. <a2017-02-07., which turns the filed into plain text. I can then move the point to the closing bracket, add the repeat syntax, and then remove the character I inserted to make it editable. But this is not behavior I have encountered before, so something must have changed in my config.
Can anyone point me to a config variable or other problem that might be the culprit? For example, where is that hidden + = text before the closing bracket coming from?
C-h kand then do your movement that is problematic and see if it is actually a special org-mode function that gets activated or something normal. Once you find out what function is being called, then you can deactivate that behavior or change it . . . There is a special feature to overlay timestamps with a more eye catching appearance (perhaps that's it?): orgmode.org/manual/Custom-time-format.html