From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Karl Voit Subject: Re: Org-mode is not able to manage complex calendar events Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 12:20:55 +0200 Message-ID: <2011-07-02T12-18-10@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> References: <87aaddaqhz.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <2011-06-20T13-43-17@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> <87aacy6nby.fsf@gnu.org> <2011-07-01T18-22-29@devnull.Karl-Voit.at> <87aacxghrd.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: news1142@Karl-Voit.at Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:36521) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QcxK4-0003wL-AZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:21:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QcxK2-0000Fj-Rz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:21:12 -0400 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:54619) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QcxK2-0000Fe-Gu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 06:21:10 -0400 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QcxK1-0005yn-Kj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:21:09 +0200 Received: from mail.michael-prokop.at ([88.198.6.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:21:09 +0200 Received: from news1142 by mail.michael-prokop.at with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 02 Jul 2011 12:21:09 +0200 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org * Bastien wrote: > Hi Karl, Hi! > Karl Voit writes: > > The idea behind some helper commands to let people construct diary > sexp is that: > > - it won't complexify Org's syntax about timestamps > - such help commands can be maintained and improved independantly > from Org I see the benefits of maintaining and re-use of things already invented. This seems to be a trade-off: easy to use vs. maintaining/re-use. I am happy to be able to be a part of creating a user friendly sexp assistant which enables flexible and easy to use user experience for complicated timestamps. > Moreover, the search for a nice interface to building diary sexp > could help understanding what could be the best syntax for Org itself. Good point. > It's not that I'm too lazy to implement (I'm a bit, of course), but > I really think the syntax of timestamps should be "improved" very > carefully... it's the core of Org. Full ack. -- Karl Voit