org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map should use C-n/p/f/b

org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map should use C-n/p/f/b

[Alex Branham]

Hello -

I find it unintuitive that the usual calendar keys C-n/p/f/b don't work
when scheduling tasks in org mode (yes, I know about S-right, etc). I've
something like this to my init file for those four keys (based on their
setup in org-keys.el) for some time with no negative repercussions (that
I know about anyway), perhaps the same should be done for org itself?

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd "C-n") (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-forward-week 1))))
#+end_src

Thanks,
Alex

Re: org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map should use C-n/p/f/b

[Matthew Lundin]

Alex Branham <alex.branham@gmail.com> writes:

> I find it unintuitive that the usual calendar keys C-n/p/f/b don't work
> when scheduling tasks in org mode (yes, I know about S-right, etc). I've
> something like this to my init file for those four keys (based on their
> setup in org-keys.el) for some time with no negative repercussions (that
> I know about anyway), perhaps the same should be done for org itself?
>
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd "C-n") (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-forward-week 1))))
> #+end_src

While I can't think of any obvious conflicts for C-n and C-p in the
context of the read date minibuffer (please correct me if I'm wrong),
C-f and C-b are bound to forward-char and backward-char, which I
frequently use when entering and editing dates.

Best,

Matt

Re: org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map should use C-n/p/f/b

[Bastien]

Hi Alex and Matthew,

Matthew Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org> writes:

> Alex Branham <alex.branham@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I find it unintuitive that the usual calendar keys C-n/p/f/b don't work
>> when scheduling tasks in org mode (yes, I know about S-right, etc). I've
>> something like this to my init file for those four keys (based on their
>> setup in org-keys.el) for some time with no negative repercussions (that
>> I know about anyway), perhaps the same should be done for org itself?
>>
>> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
>> (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd "C-n") (lambda
>> () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-forward-week 1))))
>> #+end_src
>
> While I can't think of any obvious conflicts for C-n and C-p in the
> context of the read date minibuffer (please correct me if I'm wrong),
> C-f and C-b are bound to forward-char and backward-char, which I
> frequently use when entering and editing dates.

I agree with Matt on this: I also use C-f and C-b here, and adding
C-n and C-p only makes sense if we add all four keys.  So I suggest
not to add these keybindings.

Thanks,

-- 
 Bastien