From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: timestamp with repeater interval Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:22:47 +0200 Message-ID: <17AE3133-267B-4750-9CA6-CC317B179295@gmail.com> References: <878w1v4ci9.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> <8739s2r46h.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> <8762wwz607.fsf@fastmail.fm> <87bp6o11j6.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> <87k4l7o4x5.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> <87aam25gei.fsf@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51409 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PAcz5-0002rS-Vg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:26:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PAcz4-0000L1-Nd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:26:11 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:50003) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PAcz4-0000K1-Fw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:26:10 -0400 Received: by mail-ew0-f41.google.com with SMTP id 25so2207316ewy.0 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:26:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87aam25gei.fsf@fastmail.fm> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Matt Lundin Cc: r.thiel@uni-jena.de, org-mode mailing list On Oct 25, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Matt Lundin wrote: > Eric S Fraga writes: > >> On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 17:11:34 +0200, Rainer Thiel > jena.de> wrote: > >>>>> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#org-diary-class >>> >>> This would be exactly what I need -- if it really worked. It does >>> not >>> for me, probably because I haven't really understood how it is >>> supposed to work. I should have expected that an entry like this: >>> >>> * TODO Class 10:00am-12:00am >>> <%%(org-diary-class 10 18 2010 2 12 2011 3)> >>> >>> in one of my agenda files would make show up an agenda entry every >>> Wednesday between Oct 18th, 2010 and Feb 12, 2011 in my agenda. But >>> this is not the case, nothing shows up. What am I doing wrong? >> >> What is wrong (if you can call it that) is that the actual argument >> list to the org-diary-class function depends on the settings of a >> couple of variables: calendar-date-style and/or >> european-calendar-style. I have been wondering for many years: What was Edward M. Reingold thinking when he made this horrible decision. I mean, local dependencies when parsing plain text dates - I guess there is no way around it. But in a function call? Sequence of arguments? What????? Cheers - Carsten >> As I have the former set to 'iso, in my case >> I need to specify dates in the Y M D order: >> >> * TODO Class 10:00am-12:00am >> <%%(org-diary-class 2010 10 18 2011 2 12 3)> >> >> You may need to do the same. >> >> I've cc-ed the org-mode list for others to be aware of this as well. > > Thanks for this clarification Eric. I updated the FAQ accordingly. > > Best, > Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode