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[meg ford <meg387@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's from Latin, yeah. Subtasks are inherently subordinate, so
changing them does not change meaning/date of the main task.

Removing today might help, but it won't solve your issue, most likely.
However, it's up to you :)

Meg

2012/4/3 Izidor Matušov <izidor.matusov@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Am 03.04.2012 16:51, schrieb meg ford:
>
>> I said on the wiki that I think it should be evident that it is an xor
>> choice- either you schedule something for today, or you move it to a
>> different view.  These should be handles differently, not as two items
>> on a list of several.  Also, you may have a bug for the subtask case,
>> but this is the very confusing. Logically a subtask is an extension of
>> a task, that is just the way that the term is used. It is possible to
>> schedule an extension of a task to another day while needing to
>> perform your main task that day.
>>
>> Meg
>
>
> I am sorry, but I don't understand. You are right that set start date in
> Workview mode shouldn't have item "today" because it doesn't make sense.
> Would removing "today" solve the problem?
>
> When you decompose word subtask you get Latin prefix sub- and word task.
>
> sub-
> A prefix that means "underneath or lower" (as in subsoil), "a subordinate or
> secondary part of something else" (as in subphylum.), or "less than
> completely" (as in subtropical.)
>
> How I understand you that you say a subtask was an extension to main task
> and could be done after completing the main task. But it doesn't comply with
> definition above. (and I am confused what do you want to say).