From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Re: How to add entries to an org file, not diary Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:28:27 -0500 Message-ID: <871vkagpf8.fsf@gimli.intra.norang.ca> References: <31568.1257520584@maps> <87k4y3muwj.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N6q1o-0002pp-Ph for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:28:48 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N6q1k-0002pP-Sg for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:28:48 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57023 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N6q1k-0002pM-Ne for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:28:44 -0500 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:59891) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N6q1k-0007Bh-DW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:28:44 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Carsten Dominik's message of "Sat\, 7 Nov 2009 08\:02\:12 +0100") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, Stephen Eglen Carsten Dominik writes: > On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote: > >> Stephen Eglen writes: >> >>> Dear all, >>> If I'm visting an agenda (C-c a a) buffer, and want to add a diary >>> entry >>> for a particular day, I can use org-agenda-diary-entry, bound to 'i'. >>> This inserts an entry in my diary file. >>> >>> What I'd like to do is add the entry instead to an org file, >>> e.g. 'agenda.org' where I currently store all diary-like entries. Is >>> that functionality available? (Am trying to wean myself off diary >>> files, after many years of using it...) >>> >>> Thanks, Stephen >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> I agree that would be a nice feature. I stopped using the diary a few >> years ago and have totally avoided the 'i' functions in the agenda >> since >> it creates diary entries that just get lost for me. Instead I've >> trained by fingers to make remember tasks instead but I have to create >> the dates manually in the remember task. >> >> It would be a lot nicer if this could create a task with a diary sexp >> type entry for the details. > > Why diary sexp entries and not direct Org time stamp > entries? Is there a consensus that diary sexps should > be use for this application? Actually the diary sexp isn't really important. I used to make block entries spanning multiple days with the old diary entries and was just thinking that diary sexp entries are needed to do that - but for single dates and times org timestamp entries are fine. -Bernt