Re: Creating consecutive time stamps

[Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net>]

Hello Carsten,

Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> writes:

> Hi MIchael,
>
> the automatic reset of the starting date for a second time stamp on works
> if the command `org-time-stamp' is invoked twice in direct succession.  So
> if you press `C-c  .'  to insert a time stamp, and then you press it
> immediately again, the magic will take its course.  This is probably the
> situation that you remember.
ah, suddenly all makes sense ;). I changed the template a couple of
years ago. It could well be that I inserted both time stamps vie C-c.
before the change.


> However, if you use %T in a template, then `last-command' is `org-capture',
> and the time stamp command does not know that you are making a range.  I
> could, by looking back and finding <...>-- , but that is not implemented.
> You might be better off Using an empty template and then inserting both
> time stamps with `C-c .' - which will make it easy to also directly choose
> the starting date.
Yes, that's way faster than navigation the calendar two times, esp. if
the appointment is far in the future.

Thank you
hmw