From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jude DaShiell Subject: Re: calendar date adjustments blocked Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 06:30:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <6690.1320458628@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <0376B403-8F85-412C-84BD-285C7619E3BC@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:45155) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMdWc-0004Lg-1H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:30:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMdWa-0006ll-S9 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:30:58 -0400 Received: from shellworld.net ([69.60.117.94]:51450 helo=server1.shellworld.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RMdWa-0006lZ-PG for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:30:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: <0376B403-8F85-412C-84BD-285C7619E3BC@gmail.com> 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: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Is it just the calendar or other things that use pop ups in emacs? On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Carsten Dominik wrote: > > On 5.11.2011, at 03:03, Nick Dokos wrote: > > > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > >> I needed to enter information for two dates in org-mode and went into > >> calendar using c-c+! and got the current date as expected then hit c-b to > >> move the date to yesterday and pointer remained on today's date. So I > >> ended up hitting on today's date and editing it in the actual org > >> file and filling the rest of my entry in after it. Then I repeated the > >> operation for today and entered today's information. I was a bit > >> surprised that the date was locked like that once calendar mode was > >> entered but managed a workaround anyway. > >> > > > > 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. > > > > 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: > > > > ,---- > > | Error in post-command-hook (org-read-date-display): (buffer-read-only *Calendar*) > > `---- > > > > 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. > > 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. > > 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 > > http://orgmode.org/manual/Creating-timestamps.html#Creating-timestamps > > HTH > > - Carsten > > > 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.