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From: Michael Brand <michael.ch.brand@gmail.com>
To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
Cc: Org Mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: automating incrementing of date stamps
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:12:14 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALn3zoh1moaOOGPhqSJR+gF8A9M=2tAtnjkR1q-mJvdWOZE=rA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.01.1211121339370.42214@freire1.furyyjbeyq.arg>

Hi Jude

On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net> wrote:
> I have a table set up with the first column being a date column and I put
> a date stamp of <2012-11-10 Sat +1D> in for the first date.  I figure to
> use the table to log events not in any todo context.  Does some way exist
> when I tab into the next row of the table that <2012-11-11 Sun +1D> would
> appear in the first column automatically? and continue to do so for
> subsequent additions of rows in the table?  I'll probably need to put a
> vmean entry in for another column but I've got help from this list doing
> that before with another table.

S-<RET> (org-table-copy-down) on

| <2012-11-10 Sat> |

fills the cell below point with the next day:

| <2012-11-10 Sat> |
| <2012-11-11 Sun> |

For integers the increment is derived from the current cell and the
one above. For dates the increment is always one day.

Michael

  reply	other threads:[~2012-11-12 21:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-11-12 18:46 automating incrementing of date stamps Jude DaShiell
2012-11-12 21:12 ` Michael Brand [this message]
2012-11-12 23:10   ` Jude DaShiell
2012-11-13  6:27     ` Michael Brand
2012-11-13  9:56       ` Alan Schmitt

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