From: Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
To: Ben Finney <ben+emacs@benfinney.id.au>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Monthly events based on count of specific weekdays
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:59:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2y6mhb2aj.fsf@fastmail.fm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fx8p434f.fsf@benfinney.id.au> (Ben Finney's message of "Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:23:12 +1100")
Ben Finney <ben+emacs@benfinney.id.au> writes:
> Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:
>
>> Ben Finney <ben+emacs@benfinney.id.au> writes:
>>
>> > How can I set an event in Org mode that repeats every month, on a
>> > specific weekday, on a week counted from the start of the month?
> […]
>
>> > Taking “first Tuesday of the month”, if I set it this month on
>> > <2009-11-15 Sun>, it should next repeat on <2009-12-20 Sun> and so
>> > on each month.
>>
>> From the org manual:
>>
>> ,----[8.1. Timestamps, deadlines, and scheduling]
>> | DIARY-STYLE SEXP ENTRIES
>> | For more complex date specifications, Org mode supports using the
>> | special sexp diary entries implemented in the Emacs calendar/diary
>> | package. For example
>> |
>> | * The nerd meeting on every 2nd Thursday of the month
>> | <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
>> `----
>
> Ah. Where can I find documentation on “the special sexp diary entries
> implemented in the Emacs calendar/diary package”?
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Sexp-Diary-Entries.html
You can also type C-h i inside emacs and navigate to "Calendar/Diary".
>
>> Here's how to schedule the examples above:
>>
>> * First Tuesday of month
>> <%%(diary-float t 2 1)>
>>
>> * Third Sunday of month
>> <%%(diary-float t 0 3)>
>>
>> * First or third Wednesday of month
>> <%%(or (diary-float t 3 1) (diary-float t 3 3))>
>
> Hmm. That makes the entry unreadable as a date+time. One of the main
> advantages of the usual Org date+time specifications is they're
> perfectly readable even to people who know nothing about Org, Emacs, or
> Lisp.
Well, yes. But not for every possible niche usage. Org-mode provides
human readable syntax for the majority of scenarios, but allows power
users to harness the capabilities of emacs and elisp for the rest.
> Is there a way to get a readable format that still behaves as I
> described?
Not that I know of. But since this is org-mode, you could add a note
under the diary sexp explaining what it represents.
You'd have to ask Carsten to implement a new timestamp syntax. What
would you propose as a more readable designation?
- Matt
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-08 12:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-08 5:41 Monthly events based on count of specific weekdays Ben Finney
2009-11-08 11:58 ` Matt Lundin
2009-11-08 12:23 ` Ben Finney
2009-11-08 12:59 ` Matt Lundin [this message]
2009-11-08 20:52 ` Ben Finney
2009-11-09 10:13 ` Giovanni Ridolfi
2009-11-09 10:34 ` Ben Finney
2009-11-19 22:43 ` Feature request: Periodic events based on count of specific weekdays (was: Monthly events based on count of specific weekdays) Ben Finney
2009-11-20 7:37 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-11-20 22:56 ` Feature request: Periodic events based on count of specific weekdays Ben Finney
2009-11-21 3:31 ` Samuel Wales
2009-11-21 7:08 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-11-21 21:06 ` David Bremner
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