From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Kitchin Subject: Re: Manipulating Dates Automatically in a Headline Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:23:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54519) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHhtg-0001zj-PF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:24:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHhtY-00031A-0W for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:24:00 -0400 Received: from mail-qa0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c00::22d]:38320) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XHhtX-000314-SY for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 19:23:51 -0400 Received: by mail-qa0-f45.google.com with SMTP id cm18so379383qab.32 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:23:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Matt Price's message of "Wed, 13 Aug 2014 09:37:05 -0400") 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: Matt Price Cc: Org Mode Matt Price writes: I have not done that exactly, but here is some code that does manipulate timestamps: http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu/blog/2014/02/05/Add-time-to-a-deadline/ It is not quite what you want, but it might be a good start. > It's been a couple of days so I'll try restate this question more > clearly. I'm hoping it's possible to do something like this: > > * Week one (<2014-09-09>) > * Week two (EVALUATE A LISP EXPRESSION THAT INSERTS A TIMESTAMP ONE > WEEK LATER THAN LAST TIMESTAMP FOUND IN BUFFER) > > I don't have much experience with babel so I'm not sure how to do > this, but if it's possible I would love some hints. Thanks as always, > > Matt > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Matt Price wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I've asked this before, but that was a year or two ago and am hoping >> someone has an idea now, perhaps involving babel or something. >> >> every year at this time I rewrite a set of syllabi. I do a lot of >> moving htings around while i'm oding it, and at the end I have to >> enter a whole bunch of dates somewhat laboriously. I have headlines >> that look about like either like this: >> >> ----------------- >> * Outline >> ** Week 1: Topic Title (<2013-09-10>) >> Longish Description >> *** Reading >> - Article 1 >> - Article 2 >> *** Lab >> *** Notes >> ----------------------------------- >> >> or like this: >> ---------------------- >> * Outline >> ** Week 1: <2013-09-09> >> *** Seminar: Technology and Society (<2013-09-10>) >> *** Reading >> - Article 1 >> - Article 2 >> *** Plenary: Global Citizenship (<2013-09-13>) >> -------------------- >> >> I would like to replace the timestamps with code that dynamically >> generates timestamps based on the value either in the last sibling >> headline, or the parent headline. It seems to me this ought to be >> possible, but I'm not at all sure how to do it. i would really >> appreciate any guidance. thanks! >> >> Matt > > -- ----------------------------------- John Kitchin Professor Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu