From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: property values and timestamps Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:27:12 -0400 Message-ID: <11282.1318570032@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:37877) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REaIf-0001sA-9t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:27:18 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REaId-00062P-Tn for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:27:17 -0400 Received: from g4t0015.houston.hp.com ([15.201.24.18]:33445) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1REaId-00062K-N4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:27:15 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Skip Collins of "Fri, 14 Oct 2011 01:16:07 EDT." List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Skip Collins Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-org list Skip Collins wrote: > I store a timestamp in a property. I create the property by > typing > C-c C-x p > and then entering the property name, say BIRTHDAY. Then I > have to enter the date manually. > You can plan ahead a bit and avoid the manual entry: o enter the time stamp into the org file: C-c ! or whatever. o kill the timestamp o enter the property - when it's time to enter the value, yank the killed timestamp. > It would be nice if > C-c ! > and other timestamp creation commands were available in > the minibuffer when entering property values. > But this *would* be nicer, indeed. Nick