From: lecodesportif@eml.cc
To: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using properties for diary-anniversaries
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:27:54 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1295857674.26398.1416871253@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7298.1295831795@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org>
On Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:16 -0500, "Nick Dokos" <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
wrote:
> lecodesportif@eml.cc wrote:
>
> > I have an anniversary list in Org Mode where entries have this format:
> >
> > * John
> > :PROPERTIES:
> > :Name: John
> > :Birthday: 5 4 1900
> > :END:
> >
> > I would like to add the "Birthday" and "Name" properties to Org Agenda
> > automatically. What I have so far is:
> >
> > %%(apply 'diary-anniversary (read (org-entry-get nil "Birthday"))) John
> >
> > When I enter this line right after the properties, the anniversary is
> > added at the correct date in the agenda. But I still have to enter the
> > name manually.
> >
>
> Try something like this:
>
> %%(apply 'diary-anniversary (mapcar 'string-to-number (split-string
> (org-entry-get nil "Birthday")))) John is %d years old
The %d was already working with my above code and the entry was
displayed at the correct date. What I am looking for is a way to get the
value of the name property ("John") automatically. That way I wouldn't
have to insert all names manually in the %%(apply... line following the
properties.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-24 8:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-23 14:36 Using properties for diary-anniversaries lecodesportif
2011-01-23 21:03 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-23 23:04 ` lecodesportif
2011-01-24 1:16 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-24 8:27 ` lecodesportif [this message]
2011-01-24 14:36 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-24 20:46 ` Adam
2011-01-24 21:02 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-25 13:17 ` lecodesportif
2011-01-25 14:53 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-25 15:05 ` Nick Dokos
2011-01-25 15:22 ` lecodesportif
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