From: Ben Finney <ben+emacs@benfinney.id.au>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Monthly events based on count of specific weekdays
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:52:13 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bpjc4u4i.fsf@benfinney.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: m2y6mhb2aj.fsf@fastmail.fm
Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:
> Ben Finney <ben+emacs@benfinney.id.au> writes:
>
> > Hmm. [a sexp] makes the entry unreadable as a date+time. One of the
> > main advantages of the usual Org date+time specifications is they're
> > perfectly readable even to people who know nothing about Org, Emacs,
> > or Lisp.
>
> Well, yes. But not for every possible niche usage.
That's partly my point: “second Tuesday of the month” isn't niche, it is
pretty common, I would have thought.
> Org-mode provides human readable syntax for the majority of scenarios,
> but allows power users to harness the capabilities of emacs and elisp
> for the rest.
Much appreciated.
> > Is there a way to get a readable format that still behaves as I
> > described?
>
> Not that I know of. But since this is org-mode, you could add a note
> under the diary sexp explaining what it represents.
>
> You'd have to ask Carsten to implement a new timestamp syntax. What
> would you propose as a more readable designation?
How about this:
<2009-10-13 Tue 14:00 +1m Tue>
Repeat each month, on the second Tuesday of the month. Calculated
because this date is the second Tuesday of the month, and the repeat
weekday is specified.
<2009-10-13 Tue 14:00 +1m>
Repeat each month, on the 13th day of the month. Calculated because
this date is the 8th of the month, and the repeat weekday is not
specified.
<2009-10-13 Tue 14:00 +1m Fri>
Invalid, since this date is not on a Friday.
Or, rather than introducing syntax that makes it easy to put invalid
syntax:
<2009-10-13 Tue 14:00 +1m dow>
Repeat each month, on the second Tuesday of the month. Calculated
because this date is the second Tuesday of the month, and “dow” is
the specified repeat type.
<2009-10-13 Tue 14:00 +1m dom>
Repeat each month, on the 13th day of the month. Calculated because
this date is the 8th of the month, and “dom” is the specified repeat
type.
<2009-10-13 Tue 14:00 +1m>
Repeat each month, on the 13th day of the month. Calculated because
this date is the 8th of the month, and “dom” is the default repeat
type.
I somewhat prefer this latter syntax, because it uses a brief keyword,
allowing for other keywords in the future if a case can be made for
other repeat types.
--
\ “Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take |
`\ for granted … but to weigh and consider.” —Francis Bacon |
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Ben Finney
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-08 20:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-08 5:41 Monthly events based on count of specific weekdays Ben Finney
2009-11-08 11:58 ` Matt Lundin
2009-11-08 12:23 ` Ben Finney
2009-11-08 12:59 ` Matt Lundin
2009-11-08 20:52 ` Ben Finney [this message]
2009-11-09 10:13 ` Giovanni Ridolfi
2009-11-09 10:34 ` Ben Finney
2009-11-19 22:43 ` Feature request: Periodic events based on count of specific weekdays (was: Monthly events based on count of specific weekdays) Ben Finney
2009-11-20 7:37 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-11-20 22:56 ` Feature request: Periodic events based on count of specific weekdays Ben Finney
2009-11-21 3:31 ` Samuel Wales
2009-11-21 7:08 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-11-21 21:06 ` David Bremner
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