From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jason Dunsmore Subject: Re: Schedule event Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:06:18 -0500 Message-ID: <8739hc98rp.fsf@riotblast.dunsmor.com> References: <877h6raiwc.fsf@riotblast.dunsmor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:36680) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqBUG-0000So-Bz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:06:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqBUF-0003Qy-1q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:06:24 -0400 Received: from deathroller.dunsmor.com ([98.129.169.48]:42658) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QqBUE-0003Qt-V9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:06:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Carsten Dominik's message of "Sat, 6 Aug 2011 08:19:56 +0200") 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: Carsten Dominik Cc: bzg@altern.org, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Carsten Dominik writes: > Why do you want this special interface for setting an event date. > How is that better than `C-c .'? Is it that you don't need to > position the cursor? Yes, that was my original reason. But your suggestion of adding a special keyword for events is another good reason. Also, as recently discussed, consistent formatting conventions and clarifying the frequently-misunderstood issue of SCHEDULED vs. no-keyword active timestamps are good reasons. Regards, Jason