From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: calendar date adjustments blocked Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 12:11:59 +0100 Message-ID: <67A5D004-7087-4E4C-895C-4B6902D4738F@gmail.com> References: <6690.1320458628@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <0376B403-8F85-412C-84BD-285C7619E3BC@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:50748) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMeAP-00071r-Ux for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:12:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMeAO-00049d-K8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:12:05 -0400 Received: from mail-ey0-f169.google.com ([209.85.215.169]:52841) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMeAO-00046d-Ff for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:12:04 -0400 Received: by mail-ey0-f169.google.com with SMTP id 4so3077880eye.0 for ; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:12:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: Jude DaShiell Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 5.11.2011, at 11:30, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Is it just the calendar or other things that use pop ups in emacs? Just the calendar, and only when called from an Org-mode command that prompts the user for a date. - Carsten > On Sat,=20 > 5 Nov 2011, Carsten Dominik wrote: >=20 >>=20 >> On 5.11.2011, at 03:03, Nick Dokos wrote: >>=20 >>> Jude DaShiell wrote: >>>=20 >>>> I needed to enter information for two dates in org-mode and went = into=20 >>>> calendar using c-c+! and got the current date as expected then hit = c-b to=20 >>>> move the date to yesterday and pointer remained on today's date. = So I=20 >>>> ended up hitting on today's date and editing it in the actual = org=20 >>>> file and filling the rest of my entry in after it. Then I repeated = the=20 >>>> operation for today and entered today's information. I was a bit=20= >>>> surprised that the date was locked like that once calendar mode was=20= >>>> entered but managed a workaround anyway. >>>>=20 >>>=20 >>> I guess your problem is that the calendar is indeed popped up, but = the cursor >>> is still in the daytime prompt in the minibuffer. As Bernt points = out, typing >>> -2 at that point gets you to the right date. >>>=20 >>> The calendar seems to be for inveterate mouser users, not keyboard >>> types: even if I C-x o to the calendar window, the cursor ends up = not on >>> today's date but off to the right somewhere and I get an error = message: >>>=20 >>> ,---- >>> | Error in post-command-hook (org-read-date-display): = (buffer-read-only *Calendar*) >>> `---- >>>=20 >>> Not sure what's going on there: I expected that after I switched = windows >>> to the Calendar, my cursor would be on today's date. >>=20 >> The popup calender in Org is a special construct that hijacks key = presses >> so that all control can be done from the minibuffer, without = switching to the >> calender buffer itself. This has side effects if you try to move >> into the calendar buffer window anyway. >>=20 >> Bernt showed one way to specify the date. You can also click on the = date >> to get it selected immediately. Or you can use S-left twice to get = the date >> selected with the shadow cursor in the calendar window. There are = more >> key presses that manipulate the calendar window from the minibuffer, = see >>=20 >> = http://orgmode.org/manual/Creating-timestamps.html#Creating-timestamps >>=20 >> HTH >>=20 >> - Carsten >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20 > Jude > When people ask do you believe in Numerology, the proper reply for me = at > least is do you believe in a hammer? The proper answer for me for = both > questions is no, they're both tools and to be used under appropriate > circumstances. >=20