From: Erik Iverson <erikriverson@gmail.com>
To: Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de>, emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to specify birthdays?
Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 17:54:09 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKzGw12rXuC43owzijANbRCdOk2LnaPSwtWaM9CCmrN9A3jpPw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140512214229.GB18283@raven.inka.de>
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Not a direct answer, but have you found the org-contacts package?
https://julien.danjou.info/projects/emacs-packages#org-contacts
It supports the BIRTHDAY property. See the note at bottom of the link above
about how it integrates with the agenda.
Example:
** Dad
:PROPERTIES:
:BIRTHDAY: 1955-01-21
:END:
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Josef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to use org-mode for birthdays. I have tried those two entries:
>
> * Calendar
> ** Birthdays
> *** Somebody
> SCHEDULED: <1970-05-20 Mo +1y>
> *** Somebody1
> SCHEDULED:
> %%(org-anniversary 1970 5 20) Somebody1 is %d years old
>
>
> The first entry is shown in the agenda for the current day as:
>
>
> Calendar: Sched.358x: Somebody
>
> I find this a bit strange. I want a reminder a couple of days before the
> event. But I don't want an everday reminder of how days have gone past the
> last event.
>
> The second entry doesn't appear at all in the agenda.
>
> Any ideas what I am missing here?
>
> --
> Josef Wolf
> jw@raven.inka.de
>
>
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-12 22:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-12 21:42 How to specify birthdays? Josef Wolf
2014-05-12 22:22 ` Dominic Surano
2014-05-13 1:40 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-05-13 7:24 ` Josef Wolf
2014-05-13 9:07 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-05-13 11:17 ` Josef Wolf
2014-05-13 13:32 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-05-13 7:07 ` Josef Wolf
2014-05-13 17:15 ` Nick Dokos
2014-05-12 22:54 ` Erik Iverson [this message]
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