From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jude DaShiell Subject: Re: things I don't understand about tables Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:05:30 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <8650.1352765561@alphaville.americas.hpqcorp.net> <3878.1352784613@alphaville> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:44930) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYPXz-0001Pd-1n for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:05:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYPXv-0001BV-VC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:05:34 -0500 Received: from shellworld.net ([69.60.117.94]:52422 helo=server1.shellworld.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TYPXv-0001Ad-QJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:05:31 -0500 In-Reply-To: <3878.1352784613@alphaville> 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: Nick Dokos Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Nick Dokos wrote: > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > On Mon, 12 Nov 2012, Nick Dokos wrote: > > > > > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > > > > Why is it when I try putting a date in this table using the calendar I get > > > > no date entered when in a blank field and hear the message: > > > > Before first headline at position 376 in buffer medlog.org > > > > > > > > > > How are you trying to insert the date? > > > > > > This error is usually produced because some function is trying to do an > > > org-back-to-heading, i.e. the function does not expect the table to be > > > at top level. In particular, C-c C-d (org-deadline) and C-c C-s (org-schedule) > > > *want* a headline and insert the scheduling information after the headline, > > > not in the table. > > > > > > OTOH, I tried entering a date into a table at top level with C-c . > > > which is bound to org-time-stamp, and the date gets inserted with no error > > > (and S-RET also works to increment the date in subsequent rows as > > > Michael Brand mentioned) > > > > > > Org-mode version 7.9.2 (release_7.9.2-577-gb0a051 @ /home/nick/elisp/org-mode/lisp/) > > > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > > First I try with c-c c-d that didn't get me into the calendar. Next I try > > with c-c . and that got me into the calendar and on current date. > > Unfortunately, c-b c-b failed to move me two days back from the current > > date. This is with emacs 24.x on debian. > > > > When org-read-date pops up a calendar, you are not "in the calendar", > you are in the minibuffer with the prompt. You can select previous dates > by using something like -2 or you can use a set of calendar commands > that are bound to keys in the minibuffer. In particular, you can move > the cursor in the calendar to the previous day with S-. There are > similar keys for moving forward/backward through days, weeks, months and > 3-month periods. All of these are documented in the manual: > > (info "(org)The date/time prompt") > > AFAICT, you cannot go "into the calendar": you can switch buffers, but > even so the calendar buffer does not seem to recognize any keys. Not > entirely sure that I've got this right (and I certainly don't understand > what's going on), but it seems to be a correct description of the > behavior. > > Nick > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude Adobe fiend for failing to Flash The minibuffer is read only when I try to type -2 and S-left generates some symbols like = and [ but does not change the highlighted date.