From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: feature suggestion: apply datetime prompt magic to selected region Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:18:02 +0100 Message-ID: <87ipkxdtui.fsf@altern.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:60159) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RguLk-0001t3-Rl for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:31:33 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RguLj-0001CA-SV for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:31:32 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com ([209.85.212.169]:42582) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RguLj-0001BZ-OD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:31:31 -0500 Received: by mail-wi0-f169.google.com with SMTP id hq12so9935197wib.0 for ; Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:31:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Brian van den Broek's message of "Thu, 6 Oct 2011 14:40:49 +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: Brian van den Broek Cc: emacs-orgmode Hi Brian, Brian van den Broek writes: > I very much appreciate orgmode's ability to parse the content of a > yank for date and time information while entering a timestamp. I think > it would be even cooler were orgmode able to parse the content of a > selected region and extract the same information, replacing the region > with the timestamp created on the basis of the text in the region. I'm not sure I understand: right now, when you select a timestamp and run `C-c .' on it, the selected timestamp is the default prompt. Is this what you have in mind? If not, can you give a clearer example? Thanks! -- Bastien